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deep sighs before he started talking. And when he opened
his mouth I was amazed, scared, hurt, angry, happy- I was so many
emotions. I wanted to cry, I wanted to yell, I wanted to fall
apart, I wanted to do just about everything.
    “ My name is Evan Carlo, so I did
lie about that. I never told you about my family because I didn’t
have much of one. My mother was young when she had me and she gave
me to an older lady after a few weeks because she couldn’t do it, I
guess. So I was raised by Donna until I was about seven, I think.
Donna ended up dying. And that is when I was taken in by Carlo.” He
explained each thing to me as best he could, barely looking at me
as he talked.
    “ Where is Carlo?” I
asked.
    “ He is in Jersey. That’s where I
grew up once I was with him.”
    “ What was he like?”
    “ He was good to me, he taught me a
lot. He taught me how to be a man. And if not for him, I wouldn’t
have a job, a family, a place to call home. I have so much respect
for that man.” He stared down the alley.
    “ Well that’s a great thing. He
sounds like he is a good man.”
    “ To some, it’s all in the way you
look at things. When I met you I saw that in you. I saw that you
had that unblinking eye when it came to your judgment in
people.”
    “ What do you mean?”
    “ You were out in
the woods drinking, a big guy wanders through and you didn’t freak out. You stayed long enough to
know my intentions. It made me feel like you weren’t so
judging.”
    “ I did though. I was
scared.”
    “ You didn’t show it.”
    “ No. I was trying to figure you
out.”
    “ That is why I think, in some
ways, maybe I can get you to accept me for me.”
    “ I want to, I really
do.”
    “ Why?”
    “ Because you have done that for
me, and you make me feel un-judged,” I said looking at
him.
    He looked up and smiled a bit, but
then went back to serious. “That’s the best thing you could say.
Now, whether or not you will stand by it is another
story.”
    “ Just tell me. Let me be the
judge.”
    “ Carlo took me in, and he had two
others, basically like his kids. It was as if I had an instant
family again. It was nice. I had two brothers. Carlo, to some, may
be a monster, but to me, he’s not. He’s my father. He did what he
had to do to take care of me and I don’t look at him like others
look at him. God this is hard…..” He stopped talking, sighing and
just staring at me. I looked back, not knowing what to say. I was
just waiting. I was waiting to hear God knows what.
    “ He raised us- Me, Kenny and Mark-
to learn what he knew and to be part of his family. It’s all about
respect, and we all took really quickly to everything they were
about. After you grow up around it all, you just feel
normal.”
    “ What? I don’t get what you’re
saying, Carlo is into what?”
    “ His family is
very powerful. To explain it in simple
terms is hard, but basically, they are who
almost everyone comes to when they need, um…any
favors.”
    “ Like the mafia?” I asked in awe
more than shock.
    “ We don’t believe there is such
thing as a mafia, but yeah, basically.”
    “ Okay, so,
favors. I’m sure that entails all sorts of things legal and
illegal. I know to some that may be enough to scare them away, but it doesn’t really
bother me. Why would you think that would make me not like you?
It’s your family.”
    He didn’t show relief.
Instead, he shook his head, looking up at
the sky, sighing again.
    “ You’re not getting what I am
saying. I am part of that family and I do work for Carlo along with
my brothers. I don’t think you get that.”
    “ Okay. So you’re employed by your
father.” I shrugged.
    “ Eve, listen to me”
    “ I am listening. I don’t know why
you want me to be so disturbed. It’s not that big of a deal. I know
you enough to not feel threatened.”
    “ Because what I
do for him is disturbing. I don’t steal cars or go rough someone up. I kill
them.”
    It was as if someone