Family Man

Family Man (2017) Heidi Cullinan and Marie Sexton

Trey eventually went on. “I hate that you know.”

That one threw Vince. “Why? Did you think I was going to be a dick about it? Didn’t you think I’d want to help you?”

Trey’s cheeks colored as his rage simmered up to boiling. “I don’t want help. I don’t want to have to need help. I want to be normal.”

“Why the hell won’t you hear that you should have had help?” Vince all but roared at him. “Is it gonna break you in half or something if you admit you got a fucked-up deal, that you had to grow up too soon, that when someone should have been taking care of you, you were taking care of them instead?” Trey didn’t answer, but his nostrils flared, and his pale-blue eyes filled with angry tears.

Too late Vince realized that yes, admitting it would break Trey in half.

Someone asked when we were getting married, but before either of us could answer, someone else asked where, which started a fiery argument about whether or not it was a crime for the church to deny them a ceremony there and whether or not it was a sin to say the church had committed a crime.

Characters: Vincent “Vinnie” Fierro, Trey Giles, Sophia Giles, Mindy Giles, Rachel Fierro, Uncle Frank Fierro, Vera Fierro, Marcie Fierro, Fierro Fierro, Lisa Fierro, Cesey Fierro, Carlo Vigo, Josh, Tara, Dillon, Kyle

Cover art by Kanaxa

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Rating: 8/10

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