Page 25 of Legend
“Ok, I’m lost here,” Liberty spoke up. “Who is your father?” he asked as he stared at me.
I paused, then told him, “Stephano Descalia.”
Liberty slowly shook his head as he looked confused. He obviously never heard of him.
“The Bad Moon Mafia,” Justice added.
“The fuck?” Fate now spoke up as he looked stunned. “You mean the ones over in New Orleans?”
“That’s them,” Justice said as he looked over at me. “Sorry, I didn’t mean it like—”
“The hell you didn't,” Glory snapped. “That was so mean. You made it sound like juicy gossip or something.”
I grabbed her hand. “Glory, don’t—”
“What?” she asked. “Don’t tell them how immature they sound?” She turned to again glare at her brothers.
“My family is what they call Old World Italian Mafia, Glory,” I stated firmly. “Like from Italy. No use in playing it down. According to Luca, they switched over from a lot of theunderground illegal crap, but I imagine they still deal in some shady stuff. When I graduated from high school, my father wanted me to go into the family business and I chose to be something else. That was why I left. But the truth is, they are mobsters.”
“Legend,” Jarret spoke from the phone speaker. “Just remember, you are my son too. You belong with the Walkers. Just know that. I’m not saying that you have to choose, but…Our home is your home. It always has been.”
The room went quiet.
Glory sniffled as she swiped a tear from her cheek. “That was beautiful, Daddy.”
I squeezed her hand and said, “I agree.”
“I just needed to say it,” Jarret added. “Even though Legend knew that already.”
“He’d better know,” Liberty spoke up again as he looked over at me. “Dude, we don’t care who they are.”
“Yeah,” Fate agreed as he nodded. “We only care who you are.”
“Damn,” Glory said as she swiped at another tear. “I’m just glad I don’t have to kick your asses.”
Her brothers stared at her then burst into laughter all over again.
“I swear Glory, you need to calm down and act like a grown woman,” Jarret said as he too laughed.
“Oh wow, Dad,” Fate spoke up. “You don’t need to stir her up, ok? I mean she’s been looking like she’s gonna kick our asses as it is.”
“Yeah, you aren’t here to deal with her.” Justice shook his head. “So it’s easy to just say stuff when you’re far away or something.”
Fate nodded. “It's not fair that you're telling her that she needs to behave. I mean, it’s true that she needs to act like a…”
Narrowing her eyes at him, Glory raised her fist in warning.
More laughter from all of us.
When we all quieted, Jarret went on, “I’m going to be calling tomorrow with Redemption on the line, so we can all discuss the next move.”
“Move?” Glory asked him.
“Yes, I’m more than tired of Deacon ruling our lives. We need to go after him, instead of hiding all the damn time. Talon and Liv want to end this too.”
“Of course they do,” Glory said. “They’ve been haunted by his mother and then him over the last ten years or longer. But the Louisiana Walkers have kids to look out for, so that has to be taken care of before they can go after Deacon.”
“I know but now we have them as well as all the women in a good hiding spot. So, we are going to battle Deacon on his home ground…Or underground rather.”
