Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 293

NICK

“What, what were you thinking?” I hissed, my voice a mix of frustration and disbelief as I paced back and forth. I could feel my blood boiling in my veins. Luke had just told me that my mother, my mother, was out there acting like a teenager running after trouble. After those men. Did he think she was still some young, untouchable mafia queen? Didn’t she realize how dangerous this was? She had retired for a reason. Just because Dad wasn’t here didn’t mean she could suddenly jump back into the game. She was too old for this.

“She’s acting like she’s twenty–five again!” 1 continued, barely able to keep my voice from shaking, “Who does she think she is, going after those men? She’s not in the field anymore! She doesn’t need to be out there.”

expression hardened, his eyes narrowing as I ranted He didn’t like seeing me this upset, but honestly, I didn’t give a damn. This was my mother we were talking about. The woman who had always been everything to me, fragile, gentle, normal. At least, that’s how I saw her. The one who loved her garden,

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through my thoughts; his tone sharp but tinged with something I couldn’t

“Do you think I didn’t try? I tried everything to stop her. You think didn’t warn her? She’s stubborn, you know that. Telling

This was life or death. And I didn’t care how many times Luke tried to explain it to me, I couldn’t wrap my head around it. My mother, the mother I knew, was out there in the middle of a battlefield, surrounded by men who would sooner

have been stuck here long enough.” My words felt hollow, lost in the air as I turned to face Luke, my eyes searching his for some sign of reassurance, some way to deal with the disaster unfolding. But all I found was his usual