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I let out a deep sigh.“Are you sure it’s her?”
“I’m pretty confident.Her photo looks just like her, at least what I imagine she would look like now that she’s older.”
“Okay,” I said.Stefano had been old enough to remember our mom.He was old enough to carry the pain of having been abandoned by her.“So, what did she want?”I asked.
“She wants to meet up with us.She wants to—”
“Are you freaking kidding?”I cut him off.“There’s no way in hell.”
“I know, but I wanted to let you know.I don’t think she’s just going to let this pass.”
“Why not?She didn’t make it in LA?”For the first couple of years after she’d left, my brothers and I had talked about our mom making it as a famous actress and then coming back to get us, but we soon realized she was never coming back.She never called.She never sent birthday cards.She never sent Christmas presents.As far as we were concerned, she was dead.
“She’s moved.”
“What do you mean, she’s moved?”
“She’s back in New York.”
“Fuck,” I said under my breath.“What does she want?”
“She said she wants to speak to us.She wants to see us.She misses us.”Stefano let out a deep sigh.“I know, it’s bullshit.I don’t want to see her either.”
“What are we going to do?”
“I don’t know.I could block her.”
“Block her,” I said.
“But then she’ll just contact you or Santino or Sergio.And you know…” He paused.
“I know.”Sergio and Santino weren’t like us.They weren’t as hard as us.They wanted to see the best in people.And I knew that if our mom contacted them with her bullshit, they’d want to see her.They’d want to figure out what was going on, and I couldn’t let her hurt my brothers.Not again.She’d already broken my entire family.
“What did you say in response to her?”
“I haven’t responded to her.I wanted to speak to you first.”
“Okay.Let me think.”
“Shall I come over?I can be there in fifteen minutes.”
“No,” I said quickly.“It’s not a good time.”
“What do you mean, it’s not a good time?You’re not going back to bed now.”
“I’ve got someone here,” I said.
“Who?I didn’t see you …” He paused.“Oh, fuck.Don’t tell me you have Valentina there with you.”
“Maybe,” I said.
“Dude, you know that’s not part of the plan.”
“I didn’t fuck her.”
“You let her stay the night, though?”
“It was one night.We didn’t do anything.”
