"Tell Enzo, he can hear you. He is waiting for you to tell him your secret, so he can protect you," Evelyn says in that same calm tone she has been using. "No, uncle will hurt him and Scruffy too. But never Marcello. He's uncle's favorite." "Uncle can't hurt you now, princess. You are safe. You will always be safe. Go to Enzo and tell him your secret." "Enzo..." she says, and then she starts crying. "It's okay, princess. Enzo wants to help you. He is your safe place, isn't he?" Evelyn asks, and Jay nods and sniffs. "He said he will always protect me. But uncle is big and he is a bad man. He took my nonna away," [grandma] Jay said in a whisper, like it's a secret, and I frowned, but Evelyn didn't miss a beat.
"What did uncle do to your nonna?" [grandma] Evelyn asks. "He took nonna and non
