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.

his attention to Kent. “Let them go – take

even looking at him inst

cringing to use his real name.

falls

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

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

This, I

falls open in shock

can call

heart breaks, but I

face. “I just want to go back to my real family. What’s it going to take to leave me alone? Fifty

few days ago. I know exactly the

me. “Fay,

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

the coffin, I slowly cross the room and stand next to

faces go pale.

mention that Daniel and I are

an arm around my shoulders, claiming me as part of

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

eyes.

my ear. “Nothing will ever change that.”

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