Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

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When we finally reach the black sedan, Kent and Daniel climb into the back seat on either side of me, sandwiching me in the middle. Pressed between them, I fold my hands between my knees and try my best to breathe evenly.

“Go,” Kent says firmly to Carlos, who obediently peels out. Kent continues to look out the window, surveying the landscape for any

more threats which he didn’t catch the first time..

Daniel, instead, turns to me. He takes my face in my hands.

and carefully looks me over. When he ascertains that I’m not scratched or bruised, he moves on to the rest of my body, putting a hand on my knee and taking me in.

“How are you, Fay?” he asks quietly. “Are you hurt?”

“I’m f–f–fine,” I say, shivering a little. I don’t know whether it’s

shock still, or perhaps the cold-

Suddenly, I remember my beautiful mink stole – still in the coat

check at the country club. I turn backwards to look out the rear

window with a little “oh,” regretting the loss of it.

“What,” Kent says, worried, following my gaze. I instantly feel

guilty – here he is, looking for assassins wielding guns or blades

and here I am, sorry to have lost my coat.

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“N–nothing,” I say, looking up at him. I notice that he’s still clutching his arm and that blood is still seeping from behind his

hand.

I lean across him to look at it. “Are y–you all right?”

from me with gritted

– nothing the guys

wide, finally putting the pieces together–god, what the hell took me so long “do you

were

looks at me, then, frustrated and like he

say – because of course he

after all that

into the leather of the seat,

my teeth together so that they

clatter.

god, Fay,” Daniel says, pulling off

towards his father, who

“What should I

says. “She’ll get through it. Just keep her

his arms around me as the tears start to leak

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All of a sudden, I’m so fed up

fed up with this world, with this life–how people think it’s just normal to have a first shootout, as if there will

used to them-

take me because I’m a powerful pawn in whatever fucking game they’re playing–Kent

and Daniel

all then hate everything they stand

to me, tries to shush me and stroke my hair

softly.

I whisper between my clattering teeth. “I

and damage all over my face.

don’t mean all of

I’d tell his dad his secret

this for not letting me go,

here, trapped in this life, when all I

do is leave.

Fay,” Daniel says softly, and I can tell by the quilt in his

he means it.

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