Chapter 23 Listen to your heart

***POV - Melaena For a while everybody just sits silently, processing what we heard. Hayley got up and disappeared into the kitchen. I m leaning back against Damion s chest, his one hand absentmindedly stroking my arm. My nails are digging into the upholstery of the couch. "Did our father kill our mom?" Jackson asks and I can see that they re all just as shocked about the story as I am or maybe even more so. I can still remember bits and pieces of my parents, but I would never have thought for a million years that they were gang leaders. Well, I was only 10 when mom died, but still. "No, your dad has his flaws, but he loved your mother and you more than anything. We re not sure who killed her, but we suspected that Harry did it out of revenge. It s also conjectured that he was responsible for the car-bombing." "Is our dad still alive?" Logan looks at Uncle John, frowning, his eyes unreadable. "I m not sure. After his disappe