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.

father says, turning his attention to Kent. “Let them go

even looking at him inst staring at ma

internally cringing to use his real

mouth falls

him, is baffled. “Fay, what

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 could have had yachts, private planes, diamonds.

This, I know, is the only way. I can

in shock

dad says, devastated. “We can call the police! Fay

I

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

a similar offer only a few days ago.

me. “Fay, this isn’t you.”

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

nail in the coffin, I slowly cross the room and stand next to Kent. “By the way, have you met

family’s faces go

Did I forget to mention that Daniel and

claiming me as

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.

he whispers in my ear. “Nothing will

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