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?”

he says, pulling away from me with gritted teeth. “Just

graze – nothing the guys at

face, then, my eyes wide, finally putting the pieces together–god, what the hell took me

were

at me, then, frustrated and

of course he was

all that we’ve been through

lean back into the

my teeth together so that they won’t

clatter.

says, pulling off his coat and wrapping

me. He looks towards his

should I do for

get through it. Just keep her

as the tears

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my cheeks in a silent torrent. All of a sudden, I’m so fed up

this life–how people think it’s just normal to have a first shootout, as if

to

who were coming after me, maybe, trying to take me because

and Daniel

then hate everything they

tries to be kind to me, tries to shush me

softly.

between my clattering teeth. “I hate this, I

all over my

I don’t mean all

tell

in this for not letting me go,

in keeping me here, trapped in this life, when all I want

do is leave.

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

he means

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