Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Chapter 2 – Negotiating Alone–1

Kent leans his shoulder against the bars of his cell, his well–muscled arms crossed against his chest.

What was he doing in this local prison, created to catch the overflow of the city’s rampant gangs? He was their king, after all.

And to think, Kent was here by choice.

His lip raises in derision as he shakes his head, wondering if he made the right decision, intentionally getting caught so he could get in here, just for the chance to talk to the warden.

Two blue–uniformed guards walk down the row towards him. “Lippert?” They ask. “Warden wants to see you.” They cuff him and take him to the warden’s office.

Kent sits down on a chair in front of him, wordless, waiting for the guards to leave.

“So,” Sven says, closing his file. “I’m surprised you had the balls to come to my turn for a negotiation, Lippert. It’s brave.”

The public didn’t know it, but Warden Sven not only runs this prison, but leverages his control over it to take a significant stake in the workings of the city’s underworld. He is as dirty as the rest of them, and if other bosses go against him? He locks them

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Quite a trump card in this world where one of the only things

“Ivan?” Sven looks at him closely. “He’s chicken shit.”

Kent shakes his head slowly. “He’s just a kid, but he’s getting a foot in the heroin game. But because he’s green he doesn’t have the grit or the resources to handle it.” He pauses a moment, taking Sven in.

“He’s getting backed into a corner,” Kent continues, “and it’s making him ruthless. He’s not coming to meetings of the families, he’s killing at will – made men, as well as wise guys. He has to be stopped, Sven. Or he’s going to wreck it for all of us.”

Sven leans back into his chair, considering.

for the chance to talk to Sven. But Kent had a gut feeling this was the right call. An alliance with Sven against Ivan was

his britches, eh? It’s a delicate ecosystem,” he says, holding his hands out like a set of scales to demonstrate the balance. “We’ve all got

impressed with your persistence in this matter. I’ve done good work isolating myself, protecting myself, but you found a way in. Not everyone would come to my turf, and stay so long, just for a meeting with me. I respect that. You’re a real capo, a good

exactly how he wanted Sven to feel. “Ivan’s a mad dog,” Kent says. “We’ve got to put him down. I’ll provide the muscle;

“I want eighty–twenty, for my agreement to let you handle it.”

his frustration show. He doesn’t

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has power, but he’s notoriously low on cash, a problem Kent doesn’t have. But

further. “What about the other bosses?” he asks. “Are you anticipating pushback

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head quickly. “Alden’s distracted. His guys are running the game,

a hand, dismissing it. “He’s not going to take

he does trade in secrets. Likely, Alden got the clue from him to begin with. Kent narrows his eyes, realizing

“Do we have a

a beautiful vineyard somewhere in Europe. “You know, I had a lovely glass

“You wouldn’t happen to know…anywhere else. Where a man could get a finer glass of wine. A really good drink.

produced as a promotional gift for

slowly, narrowing his eyes and

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like to try that wine,” Sven says, turning back to the picture, all innocence. “I’d like to get a foot in the industry too. Maybe get some property

It’s worth the

Kent leaves satisfied.

turns to him. “We’ve been ordered to take you along to your psychological assessment before returning you to your cell,”

“Standard procedure, Lippert. All prisoners gotta do