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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nose at her. “Don’t

laughs at that. “I’m not jealous, Baby Fay

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stacks at the club every night.” She flicks her hair back haughtily. “Maybe

she flinches again when Heathcliff gives

laugh again.

the next few hours together, walking

the property. We let him run and roll in

taking him back to his stall for a

I’m able to convince Janeen to take

a curry

to use it.

I tell her all about

meeting my biological father, about

my place within the mafia world. I don’t hold

again have a sister to whom

I say, at the end of it all. “About…what I said to you, and to dad, when we first

Kent doing his Mafia Don thing,

control of me.”

“Don’t worry about it.

days later, when we cooled off. You know

going

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my eyes as she says that. I

ever forgive me. It’s so

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