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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.”

Well, you told me I’m the only one authorized to handle your affairs if anything ever happened to

We’ve talked about that a lot. But now, things have changed. I have a wife.

really following where you’re going with this…”

me thinking Mary is pregnant, and suddenly, I started wondering… Marcus, I’m not alone anymore. Back when we talked about this, if someone killed me

And two, you never have to worry about your wife or child. Everything you have would pass to them. I don’t know what kind of person your wife is, but she could be their legal guardian until one of

“But

my family shows up? What if they

be honest. That’s 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 your wishes

deep

you

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haven’t told me after all

the baby isn’t

Silence.

knew exactly what he was going to ask, but he

Have you thought about that? I doubt your

explain it to Mary. I was the one who convinced her. I was the one who pushed her to go along with

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

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.

father once. And life–those damn bastards–took

should rethink

We’ve had this conversation countless times, and we always agreed–love, for

was. 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 years

it hit

least resented me–because

he met Mary. She

shattered the peace he had built over twenty

a reaction to his fear

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