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

cringing to use his real name. “I can’t forgive you for your betrayal.”

falls

him, is baffled. “Fay, what are you talking about?”

a mob boss, someone

no! against this, but Kent’s gaze sits heavy on my shoulders. This, I know, is the only way. I can only hope

in

devastated. “We can call the police!

breaks, but I have to do this.

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

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

at me. “Fay, this isn’t you.”

I want to come live in that shack with you, a

the coffin, I slowly cross the room and stand next to Kent. “By the way,

faces

to mention

around my shoulders, claiming me as part of his family

towards me. No one stops him, so

eyes.

in my