Page 53 of Tito
Nodding, he replied, “In my formal capacity as a butler, I cannot say what I think about anything really. But Glory, Juliet, Della and you, Valen… are all beautiful, tough, smart and nearly invincible.”
“Invincible?” Valencia asked.
He nodded. “You have been through some harrowing events. Glory was kidnapped and kept as a hostage, though she nearly fought her own way out of that one. Della was placed in a crypt of all places…” he paused and gave a nod to Valencia. “No insult intended. Then Juliet finds out she is first of all, a twin and second of all, not really a Regatta. And you Valen, were raised by a psychopath but never knew it, you then dealt with the lies you were told only to support your twin right when she needed it the most. And yet, you all retain your strength and courage. You females are all truly the most amazing beings.”
Valencia smirked as she shook her head and quipped, “So says the immortal man that can re…um re…what did you say you did?”
“Reanimat—”
“NO!” Valencia cut him off. “You bring people back to life after they die. Isn’t that what you meant?”
“It is,” he answered simply.
“And do you do that a lot?” she asked with a raised brow.
“No,” I answered this one. “He said, he never did it before.”
“Because he is not supposed to, I will bet,” Valencia concluded.
“That is correct,” Max confirmed.
“And who dictates that?” I asked in a cynical tone. “The council of magic?”
“No, it’s not like that. I travel through time. That was how I saved your mother and uncle, I took them back to just before they died, then we lived through the time left, but we had passed the exact moment of death.”
I blinked at Max several times. “Ooook, well that didn’t clear it up at all.”
“It's partly physics and partly timing,” Max explained.
I knew I was not going to get it, so I interrupted the educational lesson, “So, back to my mother and uncle. How did it come to be that you… took them out of time?”
“An assassin was sent after your father. He made sure he never came back from Italy. Then Itook outyour father’s killer. Unfortunately, I could never catch your aunt’s killer.”
“Wait!” I exclaimed. “My Aunt Bella’s death was natural, wasn’t it? She was sick?”
“She was poisoned and died in the hospital but it was not natural.”
I stared at him in total shock. “So we were lied to about my father’s death and Alessandra Descalia’s death too?”
He looked away then back at me. “It wasn’t my decision to make.”
“Uncle Stephano. Right?” I asked him.
He actually avoided my gaze as he replied, “You were all infants or children when these horrible events transpired.”
“What kind of answer is that?” I demanded.
“The kind that is truthful. I can only tell you what I know.”
“No, you are avoiding the answer, but I get it,” I told him. “Your boss is Stephano Descalia after all. So, I reallydounderstand who makes the decisions. Let’s skip that part. I just want to know who and why.”
“Again, I cannot say. I am sorry.” He lowered his head respectfully.
“Then you said my mother was reanimated,” I reminded him.
He nodded.
“So why did that have to happen?”
