Chapter 78

VALENTINA “What!?” I gasped out loud, startled, and Kira also froze. “Yes, they are mates,” Papa reconfirmed Uncle Sam's words as I sat there, dumbfounded. Well, we have imagined many things, but mates? Well, we never expected that. “Carmella and her were mates,” Papa said again, “although he was still rejecting talking about her much, by his words he was doing everything she was asking him to do.” I nodded slowly; the situation was settling within me. Now I understood his behaviour and his anger after what I had said about Carmella. As I sat silently, a question appeared within me, and I turned to them again, “And Olivia? What about her? Was she somehow his daughter?” “No,” Papa denied, “we're guessing he's her second chance mate, or Olivia is just an illegitimate child.” ‘No wonder.’ Kira mocked inside my head. “I see,” I whispered slowly, letting the situation sink in completely. “But I don't understand why Carmella was doing these things?” Uncle Sam said, sounding a little frustrat