Chapter 123

I can’t stop smiling at my sister as we slowly walk around the fenced paddock of the stables, Heathcliff happily walking alongside us, my hand loosely holding the lead to his halter. Janeen, unfortunately, is less happy about the company than

Heathcliff is.

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“Are you sure he’s not going to like, rear or something?” She asks, looking at my horse from the side of her eye. “Or kick me?”

I laugh at my sister. “Seriously, Janeen, calm down – he’s a big

softie! And he needs his exercise.”

Janeen narrows her eyes at him as Heathcliff looks at her curiously. When he reaches his nose curiously out towards her

she flinches back, making me laugh more.

“So, he just…bought you a horse?” Janeen asks. “No questions

asked?”

I shrug. “Money is…different, in these circles. They have so damn.

much of it that giving people expensive things is more about the

gesture than what the thing itself is worth. Or something like that.”

Janeen raises her eyebrows at me, smirking a little. “Look at you, little rich girl.”

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my nose at her. “Don’t be jealous.”

not jealous,

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She flicks her hair back haughtily. “Maybe

flinches again when Heathcliff gives a little whinny,

laugh again.

I spend the next few hours together,

let him run and roll

to his stall

able to convince Janeen to take

her a curry

to use it.

talk. I tell her all about my

biological

my place within the mafia world. I don’t

to whom I can tell anything.

“About…what I said to you, and to dad, when we first found out about all of this stuff. It

and it was just Kent doing his Mafia Don thing, trying

control of me.”

just shrugs, “Don’t worry about it. Dad and

cooled off. You know

is ever going to

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my eyes as she says that. I

and I wondered if they’d ever forgive me. It’s so refreshing to

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