“So to clarify, you don’t have a way of contacting him?” Aiden asks.

Luke shakes his head. “Getting the information I have was hard enough.”

For the first time since we started this conversation, I feel like I can breathe a bit. Luke doesn’t have any contact information. He couldn’t contact Tony even if he wanted to. All he’s got are some pictures and a name Tony doesn’t even go by anymore. I take a calming breath without trying to make it obvious. My life isn’t going to crash down around me.

“But I’m going to find it,” Luke adds confidently.

What?

“What?” Aiden echoes my thought out loud.

“Anna should be given the choice if she wants to know him or not. She deserves a shot at a real family. Maybe he’s changed his ways and isn’t a terrible person. I’ve changed.”

Tony hasn’t changed! He’s a terrible person!

My head whips over to Aiden, my eyes wide, practically pleading for him to do something—to fix it.

“Have you not been listening to anything we’ve been saying?” Aiden’s tone is low and cutting. “We’re her family. She doesn’t need a criminal to add to her problems.”

Luke crosses his arms and leans back in his seat. “I’m a criminal. You’re visiting me in jail, and she still wants me in her life. Give her some credit, maybe she’ll want to get to know her biological father if she’s given the chance.”

“Luk—”

Luke cuts Aiden off. “My mind is made up. When you guys prove my innocence and get me out, I’m going to do everything I can to track him down. Anna deserves the choice.”

No! The last thing Annalisa deserves is to have Tony in her life. Do I tell him? Do I tell him who Tony is, what he’s done? He’d listen then, right? He’d have to see that it’s a mistake inviting him into Annalisa’s life if he knows everything Tony’s done, everything he’s capable of. I gnaw on my lip as I consider it.

A guard announces that our time is up and to say our good-byes, and I feel like I’m drowning. Walls are crumbling down around me and there’s nothing I can do about it. Everything’s imploding.

“I’m telling you, finding that man will be the worst mistake you’ve ever made.” Aiden tries to convince Luke in a last-ditch effort.

But Luke’s mind is made up; he’s set on finding Anthony. “I get that you guys are her found family, but I’m blood, and so is he. Our mom’s dead, and if I get the chance to reunite Anna with another blood relative, then I think she deserves the opportunity to get to know him. If I get out, all my time will be devoted to finding him. For Anna.”

A guard comes over to our table and hauls Luke up. “I’d appreciate it if you guys didn’t tell Anna anything. I don’t want to give her any false hope before I can actually find him.”