DANTE:
I was able to get a good night’s rest with Raven by my side the entire night. If not for her, I would probably be awake, plotting on how to put a bullet through Marco’s head.
At the crack of dawn, I was up, waiting on Tamara to return. Raven finds me downstairs when it is almost seven in the morning, then she reaches for my face, kissing it.
“Good morning,” she says in a cracked tone.
There is nothing good about the morning, but I smile back, returning her greeting.
In that moment, the front door opens and Tamara walks in. I open my mouth to speak, but Raven reaches for my hand. Before, I would have yelled at her or something, but that act grounds me.
“Good morning, Father,” Tamara says.
Then she sizes Raven up before catwalking upstairs.
A heavy sigh leaves my mouth, and Ra
