Chapter 28

“So, Steph here…” Steve said, pointing to his twin, “…has brought some important news to my knowledge, and I think we should act on it quickly.”

Michael could care less; the somber mood he expected from his siblings was the last thing they gave him. He just sat as he wallowed in his pain. Very few people supported him in his Bay Fair team dream. Sad enough that he never got to meet his mother, his sister had abandoned them, and now his father was deceased too? What was he to do? What could appeal to him?

“Mike…you listening?” Steve asked in an octave higher, pulling their youngest brother out of his train of thought.

“Yes…whatever you say is right.”

“Don’t do that…not now, not when things are this fresh.”

“None of you are mourning Dad. You just want to fight and fight. I don’t know if you’re thinking, but I’m really not ready to lose another family member.”

Stephanie stood and took mere steps till she was right next to Michael on the couch. “If yo