Gifts

Chapter 9 – Choose to Betray–2

Soon, there’s a knock at the door. “Off you go, my dear,” the woman says, giving me a little push in the right direction.

I nod my thanks to her – I didn’t even get her name – as a guard comes to take me downstairs.

When we reaching the landing a floor below, he quietly opens the double doors of a sitting room.

I am the last to arrive.

“Fay,” Janeen gasps, and my head snaps directly to her. She’s seated on a plush couch, her clothing torn and her face smeared with makeup.

I take a few steps towards her but Kent, standing by the fireplace, clears his throat. I hold myself back, knowing I have a part to play.

I look between Janeen and my dad, seated next to her.

“Fay,” my dad gasps, taking in my gorgeous dress, my polished countenance. “Are you…”

“I’m fine.” I say, setting my shoulders back.

attention to Kent. “Let them go – take me — I’ll take whatever punishment

looking at him inst staring

to use his real name. “I

falls

next to him, is baffled. “Fay, what are you

my real life. I’m the daughter of a mob boss, someone who can give me everything I deserve. While we’ve been scraping by, I could have had yachts, private planes,

shoulders. This, I know, is the only way. I can only hope my lies

open in shock and

can call the police! Fay – don’t give

heart breaks, but I

to my real family. What’s it going to take to leave me alone? Fifty grand?

me a similar offer only a few days ago. I know exactly the disgust that my dad and

shakes her head at me. “Fay,

thing I can think of. “Why would I want to come live in that shack with you, a stripper and a deadbeat,” I hiss. “When I could have all this?” I

room and stand next to Kent. “By the way, have you met

family’s faces go

to mention that Daniel and I

me as

me. No one stops him, so he takes my face in his hands and then pulls me close in a hug that brings tears to

eyes.

my daughter,” he whispers in my ear. “Nothing will

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