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.”

everything to me, fragile, gentle, normal. At least, that’s how I saw her. The one who loved her garden, her books, and her quiet life. The one who had barely raised an eyebrow when I care to her for advice on how to handle a crisis at school. The one who spent weekends with the kids, playing

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

This is Elodie we are talking about.” He stepped closer, his jaw set. “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 her no just

My mother had always been strong, stubborn, wilful. But this… this was different. This wasn’t the same as stubbornly insisting on having a second helping of dessert. 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 slit

been stuck here long enough.” My words felt hollow, lost in the air as I