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Luca would’ve wanted me to.
“Yes,” I finally settled on. “Luca… he loved Malachi. He would’ve wanted me to spend some
time with him for sure. Especially now that he’s so… broken.”
Cora made a non-committal sound.
“Do you want to talk to Mackie?”
I grinned.
“Of course, I do,” I said instantly.
“Jackie is asleep.” Cora sighed as if she was thankful for that.
I grinned wickedly.
“Jackie is a sweet baby bird, Cora,” I teased. “You should treat that baby like the angel that she
is.”
Cora and I lasted all of three seconds before we both started laughing.
Jackie was the polar opposite of me and Mackie.
Brash, loud, unforgiving and a goddamn lunatic.
I loved the little lunatic, too.
My father deserved it, though.
He’d had good children up until Jackie was born.
Then everything went to hell.
“Here Mackie is,” Cora said.
“Hello?” Mackie said.
“Hey, baby,” I said, loving how Mackie sounded over the phone. Like a cute little cherub child.
“Frank!” she cried. “What’s up, buddy?”
I loved my little sister.
Even more, I loved her enthusiasm for life.
“I heard something about you today from Dad,” I said, sounding just as amused now as I was
earlier when Dad had texted me. “He told me you sleep next to a bag of Doritos every night.”
There was a long pause, then Mackie said, “So?”
I snorted. “Why do you sleep next to them every night?”
She sighed.
“Like I explained to your father,” the little smart-aleck said. “Seeing the Doritos when I first wake up in the morning makes me happy. Is it so bad that I want to wake up with a smile on my face?”
