Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Gifts

Chapter 30 – Flee-1

Daniel grabs me by the hand, pulling me to the south side of the room where a terrace balcony runs. Kent is close behind us, providing cover. There’s a door there at the corner of the room and I’m filled with relief when I see it – but suddenly, a man jumps in front of it –

A man all in black, wearing a ski mask

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I stop short and start to pull Daniel back, but my act is disrupted when I hear a BANG at my ear and scream again, clutching the side of my face.

The man in front of us falls and Daniel bolts forward, dragging me with him, I turn slightly to look behind at Kent and see a gun in his hand-

What the – how the hell did he

“Go, Fay!” he yells at me, clearly frustrated at my delay.

I nod and turn my attention back to Daniel, who reaches the door and pushes it open, pushing me against the wall.

Kent darts out, quickly scanning – then I hear more noise, see his finger pulse again as he shoots –

There are screams, thumps – I hardly have any time to process anything as Kent yells “clear!” and Daniel pulls me through the door. We run ahead of Kent then as he follows closely behind, watching our backs.

All of a sudden, I realize that there are bodies that we’re stepping over – there’s blood on the ground – one of the men on the ground moans, reaching for his gun and I skitter away. Before he can reach it, though, we’re beyond him.

Panic is rocketing through me, so much that I can’t think, can only act – can only follow Daniel wherever he’s leading me –

We run to the end of the terrace and wait for Kent to pass us. He goes down the stairs first, expertly sweeping the area, firing efficiently at the threats he sees. Daniel looks anxiously behind us, but no one comes through the door –

“Clear!” Kent shouts up and we start down the stairs. “Fucking hurry, Daniel!” he shouts, and I almost stumble in my haste.

When we get to the bottom there is a moment of quiet where we huddle together with Kent.

“Listen to me,” Kent says, his eyes darting between us. “I don’t know who did it, but this is a setup, targeted at us. They want one of us – maybe all of us his eyes shift to me, “Maybe just Fay. So we have got to get out of here, fast.”

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very little bit under

he says and I hurry

a run for it,” he says, gesturing a hand out towards

the trees, and then keep going. When I say go, you two run.” He looks us in the

to tremble, a little, and he steps close to me, taking my face sternly between his fingers. “Do not fall apart

crouches down, ready to cover us as we go. “One,” he says, and Daniel and I

and then there’s a long pause…I almost look back, when suddenly

his. I work hard to keep up, but he’s

me-

whirl, to push, to run as fast as I

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Gifts

– Flee–2

ringing out

back of my

back, just a moment, and see that there’s a

fire as he goes at dark forms chasing

though, he stumbles, grabbing his arm-

trying to turn

yells, gripping my

your dad –”

told us to go! Don’t turn back!”

him, my breath coming fast and sharp in

larger, a

under their boughs, I

spikes of old dry needles that press into my palms and legs. “Please,

to me, looking around warily. “I think…I think we may be okay for

we may have

right. I concentrate on the ground, on getting air back into my lungs, the sweet feel of it bringing clarity to my thoughts,

face. He’s much calmer than me, both physically and mentally. “How are you so okay – have

“It doesn’t get…better. But you stop being so shocked, after your

means that this won’t be the last time this happens to

open my mouth to ask more when a dark figure comes into sight. Both