in the ass brother was right behind her. ��Mom, Lucca, has got to get rid of that girl,�� I told her with an eyeroll as she sat

she agreed with me whole heartedly. She hadn't liked Arianna

d looking at us both. ��Will you ple

the fighting.�� Mom told us be

when my father walked in with the look of anger on his face. He was holding Gabby, m

cca and I, already knowing that it was us that had been making so much noise. ��Whoe

,�� I tried to

to get done today and your mother wanted me to get her down for her nap before I was able to leave the house,�� h

er, ��I am trying to read,�� she didn��t lift her head but we all knew by the tone

go with me. You need to learn about the dock

what was expected. I on the other hand, wanted nothing more than to follow in my father's shoes. Mom and dad parents

I turned and smiled as I rubbe

ness so he can take over.�� he kissed both mine and Gabby��s foreheads before wa

back beside her. ��Lucca doesn��t want to do any

word in my house.�� She wasn��t looking at her book anymore. She was looking directly at me with the look that she had p

��t test her. ��Just that gir

ot tell your brother who he can and can��t date, he is a grown man and you hate it when your father does it to you.�� I no

sn��t much that Rebecca Bellandini couldn��t make Vincent Bellandini, capo of the Italian mafia

n dropping hints, I have no control over his decision.�� I nodded. I should have known that��s what she would say. She had respect for dad and I always knew that and actually love

o and Dante, my younger brothers, said at the same time. They acted more like twins then Lucca and I ever did yet, they were a little over a year apart in ag

at them, ��what ar

ten a vasectomy but he had forgotten to go back and double check that he had worked. They had gotten lucky until she had woken up on the morning of her birthday and she just knew. After the results came back at the clinic that day, she had marched into Dad��s office, interrupting his me

at Dante. Matteo and I were the only ones w

shrugged but his eye

.�� Dante took a deep breath and lifted his head to look at me. I gasped when