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.

“Let them go – take me — I’ll

not even looking

use his real name. “I can’t forgive you for your

falls

him, is baffled. “Fay, what are

you hear? Dad’s been keeping me away from 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

shoulders. This,

falls open in

“We can call the police! Fay – don’t give

breaks, but I have to do this.

What’s it going to take to leave me alone? Fifty

Daniel made me a similar offer only a few days ago.

shakes her head at me. “Fay, this

to come live in that shack with you, a stripper and a deadbeat,” I hiss. “When I could have all this?” I raise my arms

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

faces go

mention that Daniel and

around my shoulders, claiming me as part of his family now.

No one stops him, so he takes my face in his hands and then pulls me

eyes.

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

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