Chapter 34

T Dante he door closes behind her, and I sit in stunned silence. She says I’ve won, so why do I feel like I just lost? Because I don’t want to win with her, and definitely not like this. Seeing her so broken feels like a shard of ice slicing through my heart. I could throttle my sister for telling Kat about my father’s ridiculous ultimatum. Joey causes way too much drama around here. I need to find her something to do to keep her occupied before she drives my wife-to-be, and by default me, completely crazy. JOEY IS in the den when I find her a few minutes later. “Hey,” she says with a grin when I walk into the room, completely oblivious to the carnage she has caused in my life today. I take a seat on the armchair. “Why are you so cruel to her, Joey?” She blinks at me. “Cruel to who?” “Mother fucking Teresa,” I snap. “Kat, obviously. Who the hell do you think I mean?” “I’m not cruel to her. I’m a goddamn ray of sunshine,” she snaps back at me. “So why the hell did you tell her about Pop