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.

says, turning his attention to Kent. “Let them go – take me — I’ll take

not even looking

use his real

mouth falls open.

him, is baffled. “Fay, what are you

daughter of a mob boss, someone who can give me everything I deserve.

This, I know, is the only way.

falls open in shock and

my dad says, devastated. “We can call the

but I have to

sneer on my face. “I just want to go back to my real family. What’s it going to take to leave me alone? Fifty grand? A hundred? Whatever you want, I’m sure it can be arranged.”

days ago. I know exactly the disgust that my

me. “Fay, this isn’t

I want to come live in that shack with you, a stripper and a deadbeat,” I hiss.

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

family’s faces

to mention that

my shoulders, claiming me as part of his family now. “We’re finished here,” he

dad and my sister stand up. Hesitant, my dad takes 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 that brings tears to my

eyes.

whispers in my ear. “Nothing will ever