Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

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.

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

in. not even looking at him

internally cringing to use his real name. “I can’t forgive you

mouth falls

baffled. “Fay, what are you talking

daughter of a mob boss, someone who can give me everything I deserve. While we’ve been scraping

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

in shock and disgust.

Fay,” my dad says, devastated. “We can call the police! Fay – don’t

heart breaks, but I have to do this.

to go back to my real family. What’s it going to take to

a similar offer only a few days ago. I know exactly the

shakes her head at me. “Fay, this isn’t

and say the cruelest 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

stand next to Kent. “By

faces go pale.

I forget to mention that Daniel and I

arm around my shoulders, claiming me as part

a few steps towards me. No one stops him, so he takes my face in his hands and then pulls me close in a hug

eyes.

in my ear. “Nothing will ever