Chapter 56

SEAN:

I'd never felt so much at once; embarrassment, sheer guilt, shame, anger, self-loathing, and the one directed at Luca.

He'd come in and suddenly, he had the attention of the girls, including Mya who used to be all over me. She barely left his side, showing him around the kitchen and laughing at their inside jokes. How long had they all bonded for them to have such inside jokes? It was absolutely ridiculous.

"Uncle Luca!" Mya called in a loud voice as she pulled him into the kitchen. Sekani had just opened the first box containing cheesecake and was cutting through with a cake knife. She'd spent the better part of the last twenty minutes ignoring me and acting like I wasn't there. Well, I stood and watched, feeling utterly useless and when I offered to make snacks or a meal to complement the dessert we were about to have, she informed me that Luca had already ordered Italian.

How the hell did he know the right things to do and I didn't? Well, I guessed being ab