Welcome to New York (Please Brace for Impact)  

[EVE]

 

 

I arrived at the private jet expecting peace, quiet, and maybe some emotional closure.

 

What I got instead was my entire family standing on the tarmac like they were about to film a perfume commercial.

 

I froze.

 

They didn't.

 

Damien was wearing sunglasses like he was going undercover, Dante had a stethoscope around his neck, Dean was dressed like he'd walked off a fashion runway in Paris, Mom was radiating couture goddess energy in a fur-lined coat (in May, mind you), and Dad—Dad was holding blueprints.

 

". . . What are you all doing here?" I asked slowly, like I was trying not to startle a group of wild animals.

 

Dean waved, his phone in one hand and a fresh juice in the other. "Oh, we're going with you."

 

I blinked. "To New York?"