The three women nodded. They could be triplets, they looked so much alike, but he knew Faith was the oldest by how she acted.
“Did you know about us all your life?”
“He told me my mother hated boys and wanted only to keep the girls, so I suspected I might have at least one sister. Ifound out about all three of you when I was about twenty.”
“And you didn’t try to see us?” Faith asked.
“No. My—our father made it sound like you all didn’t want me around,” Dominic said.
“Why would he do that do you think?” Hope asked.
“He was always spouting off shit like he refused to have a pussy for a son and was doing everything he could to toughen me up. I think he thought one way was to take away my mother and tell me she hated me.”
“You know she told us about you once,” Faith said.
One of Dominic’s brows rose. “What did she say?”
“She told us that she had a baby boy, but God had to take him back because he was so special.”
“She would never talk about it again, and she cried for days, so we didn’t try to ask,” Angelica said.
“You are all making her out to be an angel.”
“Because she is. She put herself between our father and us to protect us. She’s five-foot-two and maybe a hundred pounds. There were times he’d beaten her so bad that she was in bed for a few weeks trying to recuperate from it. I’m actually shocked he didn’t kill her.” Angelica sniffed and wiped the tears from her eyes.
“What do you plan on doing?” Faith asked.
He shrugged. “Nothing I can do but wait.”
“Wait for what?” Hope asked.
“For her to die so I can take over.” Dominic wanted to kick himself when he saw the devastation on the girl’s face.
He heard a whistle and then felt a puff of air on his cheek. He turned to see a knife protruding from the cushion by his head. Jesus Christ.
He looked at the girls and knew Hope was the culprit from the pure fiery anger on her face. “You could have cut my head off.”
“No. I’m very good with a knife. This is my only warning. You say that one more time and my knife will hit its mark on your body the next time. Don’t fuck with our mother.” Hope stood and walked out of the room.
Faith sighed. “All of us would like to get to know you, but first, you have to get the chip off your shoulder.”
“I better go,” he said and stood.
“I really pray you’ll come back,” Faith said. “I know our mother would love to have you here and teach you the business. You might even be a help to her.”
“We’ll see. I got what I came for.”
“Which was what?” Angelica asked.
“To see the woman who threw me away.”
“But now that you know she didn’t?” Faith asked.
“I’m not sure.” He needed time to think. His emotions and thoughts were jumbled up in his head.
“All right. Be safe, and I hope to see you soon,” Faith said.
Dominic nodded and walked out of the room, ignoring Graham as he stood waiting. He heard Aria in the room down the hall.