My eyes widened as I turned sharply to Gray. He was leaning back, his eyes cold as he slowly swirled a glass of wine in his right hand.
"Gray," Aunt Althea spoke up for the first time as she slowly pushed her chair backwards, then stood up. "What are you doing?"
"What I deemed fit," Gray answered, then raised his head to look at her. "I gave everyone who does not like it an option. No one is obligated to live with me."
Aunt Althea slowly shook her head. "This... your father would be disappointed, Gray. You are ruining the only family you have left and for what? For your new wife?"
I looked up to Aunt Althea, a wave of sadness washing over me. She wouldn't be wrong to resent me now since it seemed like everything Gray was doing was to protect me.
"I don't care what you think. You have
