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After finalizing the last details of my fortune, I picked up the phone and called the one person who had the to change my life forever.

“Peter?”

“Marcus…”

“What’s going on? You don’t usually call me twice…”

“Well… technically, you called me earlier…” I said, trying to sound casual.

“What’s wrong?

“You know I consider you a brother, right?”

“Yeah… You usually bring it up when we’re drunk.”

“Marcus… There’s something I need to ask you.”

“Are you getting sentimental?”

“A little… What would you do if 1 died today?”

“What the hell, Peter? We’ve talked about this before, and we left it in the past. Remember?”

power

“I’m not talking about suicide. I mean if I had an accident my car failed, the brakes gave out, the tires blew out… Things that could happen.”

“Peter, what kind of question is that?”

“Just answer.”

handle your affairs if anything ever happened to you. especially considering the kind of work we’re involved

about that a lot. But now, things have changed. I have a wife. And soon, I’ll have a

not really following where you’re going with this…”

alone anymore. Back when we talked about this, if someone killed me

one thing’s for sure. My offer still stands–I’ll be the one to handle your burial. And two, you never have to worry about your wife or child. Everything you have would pass to them.

“But

What if they try to enforce

definitely going to happen You’re Leonardo’s son–there’s no way they won’t fight for control. But if you chose me to handle everything, then I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure

a deep

There’s something you need

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haven’t told

pregnant… but the baby isn’t

Silence.

knew exactly what he was going to ask, but

line, right? Have you thought about that? I doubt your brother will take it well if

don’t know how to explain it to Mary. I was the one who convinced her. I was the one who pushed her to go

his right to be a father. If he chooses to walk away from the responsibility, that’s different–then he’d have no claim over the child. But you… you can’t take that right away from him. Whether you like it

I are both lost souls You channel your pain by hunting down the people who killed your family. And I… I did it by sleeping with every woman who crossed my path. But tell me something … Have you ever thought about starting over? Falling

to be a father once. And life–those damn bastards–took it all away from me.

should rethink

making me question your sanity today. We’ve had this conversation countless times, and we always agreed–love, for me, is

I knew their relationship wasn’t something that happened overnight. Marcus wasn’t the kind of man who fell easily. If they ended up together, it was because it took

when it

or at least resented me–because I

He had locked his heart away. And then, he met Mary. She had woken something in

the peace he had

did–was just a reaction to his fear

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