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“Yeah, we can.” Her expression softens. “Hey, about Anthony Legan.”
I look away and clear my throat. “Nope, I don’t want to talk about him.”
“But Soph-”
“It’s fine. I’m fine. I’m glad that chapter is closed and now I can focus on crushing him and his family beneath the heel of my favorite boots.”
The problem with having someone who knows you better than you know yourself is that they have this annoying ability to tell when you’re lying.
But thankfully, my sister doesn’t push.
CHAPTER11
Tony
“There’s my favorite human,” I say, picking my niece up and holding her to my chest.
“Zio,” she says in her tiny little voice, her big blue eyes looking up at me adoringly.
She reaches for my jaw and I lean closer so she can touch it. She gets distracted pulling on the beard that’s sprouted in the past couple of days because I was too busy to shave.
She giggles and the sound warms my chest. I look at my sister who had been watching quietly. She’s smiling at her but I can see the shadow in her eyes.
“Hey,sorella,” I greet. “What’s up?”
Cassie quickly gets bored with the beard so I set her down to play with the toys on the floor. Elena gets to her feet then and hugs me shortly.
“Nothing. I’m good, how are you? And also have you been avoiding me?” she asks, glaring.
I laugh. “I’m fine. And also, why the hell would I avoid you?” I ask, even though I’m realizing that I might have been unconsciously avoiding her.
Yikes.
She frowns and gives me her best don’t bullshit me face. And I sigh.
“I wasn’t trying to avoid you,” I say, taking a seat on the couch. “It just kind of happened. I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine. I actually get it. I know why you did it. I just want to hear you say it.”
“Do I have to?” I groan.
“Yes.”
She waits patiently for me to speak, green eyes calm.
“I guess I felt guilty for disappearing on you like that,” I mumble.
Elena shakes her head. “No, that’s not why you did it. I’m used to you disappearing like that. You do it all the time.”
“Ouch.”
“You know it’s true. And you’ve been back for days. You’ve been spending all your time with Roman and Michael and I know you guys are hard at work with revenge. But Tony, I’ve been waiting for you,” she says softly. “We have to talk about it. Sooner or later, you have to talk to someone.”
Exhaustion settles deep in my bones. Because I’m so sick and tired of this whole talking about emotions rodeo. It doesn’t help. It never does.
“I love you, sis. I really do. And I know that what happened, happened to both of us and you do deserve to have someone to talk to about it. But I’m not in the right place to talk about my feelings right now.”
Elena sighs, “Don’t be mad but Mikey told me about the woman.”
