We finished our breakfast in a really quiet way, something that hasn't happened since I moved in with the Laviones.

“Should I not have asked?” I said to myself while we were in the car on the way to Samantha's school. I felt like I was the reason why the twins got scolded earlier.

“Don't worry about them,” Damien said, glancing at me while driving. “They are always like that. They just stopped since you and Samantha arrived.”

I stared at Damien. This was the first real ...