The bemusement increases as he takes a bite of his dinner (it's spicy, though she can probably tell that from the heat emenating from the plates).

'I don't think he would appreciate being introduced as Raul's long-term fuck buddy, or whatever he was.'

The family know it was more serious than that. More serious a relationship than any of them have ever had, probably. But it was never mentioned among any of them, ever. They just knew.

'He knew a lot of things about all of us. And the business. But not everything. He wasn't part of running things, unless Raul took his advice and we never realised.'

Another shrug. He could care less who his uncle liked in bed.

'Family's as good a word as any.'