For a moment, Gio didn't reply. He just stared off at the night sky. It was grating on my nerves. All I wanted was to get back to Sabel's side before she attacked Guilia.
"It was out of my hands," Gio finally said.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"Keeping the truth from her," he said. "The decision wasn't mine. Or Elio's. It was the family elders. No one was supposed to know. Elio didn't even find out himself until Sabel was in double digits. It was purely by accident. He kept it to himself though, knowing that opening his mouth would only get him and the girls killed."
"And that's why you don't want Sabel to know? Because you know she won't keep anything quiet, and you're worried about her?"
"At first, yes," he replied. "Even after she met you... I didn't want to risk it. I showed up afte
