Chapter 11 - The Deaf Mafia Boss Who Had Once Terrified an Entire City Began Learning How to Be Uncle DomDominic changed.
He laughed more.
He traveled.
He learned sign language.
He bought Marcus a tiny piano.
Marcus hated it.
Dominic bought him a dinosaur instead.
Marcus loved that.
I watched them together one afternoon.
Dominic was teaching him chess.
Marcus knocked every piece over.
“Your turn.”
Dominic laughed.
“You're terrible at chess.”
Marcus grinned.
“I'm winning.”
Dominic looked at me.
“He is.”
I smiled.
For the first time, I realized something.
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Dominic wasn't just protecting Marcus.
Marcus had become family.
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Chapter 13 - Dominic Finally Told Me Why He Had Been Afraid to Hear Again—and the Answer Was More Painful Than I ExpectedOne evening, Dominic and I sat outside.
Chapter 14 - Marcus Found the Old Metal Device Again, and Dominic Finally Decided to Destroy the Last Piece of His PastYears later, Marcus was nine.
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