CHAPTER FORTY

RAVENNA

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“Slade and the rest will be fine. Thankfully, it’s nothing too damaging,” Uncle Leo said, patting my shoulder as we waited for an update on the men.

“Uncle, did you see the fire that burnt our house down?”

“Yes.”

“It was a raging fire. Nothing could have saved them. We must have stayed long at the park because the fire didn’t look like it just started. Can you imagine getting burnt by that?”

“It was brutal, Ravenna, but even in their dying breath, they made sure they typed out a text to you. Who knows? If they hadn’t sent that message, you might be dead by now. They loved you a lot.”

My vision got blurry as tears poured out of my eyes. “Did you know Mom was pregnant?”

Uncle Leo raised a brow. “She was?”

“Yes. She was going to tell D