Fall For My Ex’s Mafia Father

Gifts

Chapter 9 – Choose to Betray–2

Soon, there’s a knock at the door. “Off you go, my dear,” the woman says, giving me a little push in the right direction.

I nod my thanks to her – I didn’t even get her name – as a guard comes to take me downstairs.

When we reaching the landing a floor below, he quietly opens the double doors of a sitting room.

I am the last to arrive.

“Fay,” Janeen gasps, and my head snaps directly to her. She’s seated on a plush couch, her clothing torn and her face smeared with makeup.

I take a few steps towards her but Kent, standing by the fireplace, clears his throat. I hold myself back, knowing I have a part to play.

I look between Janeen and my dad, seated next to her.

“Fay,” my dad gasps, taking in my gorgeous dress, my polished countenance. “Are you…”

“I’m fine.” I say, setting my shoulders back.

to Kent. “Let them go – take me — I’ll take whatever

not even looking at him

cringing to use his real

mouth falls

is baffled. “Fay, what are

real life. I’m the daughter of a mob boss, someone who can give me everything I deserve. While we’ve been scraping by, I could have had

This, I know, is the only way. I can only hope my

falls open in shock and

my dad says, devastated. “We can call the police! Fay – don’t give

but I have to do this.

face. “I just want to go back to my real family. What’s it going to take to leave

suddenly realize that Daniel made me a similar offer only a few days ago. I know exactly the disgust that my

at me.

of. “Why would I want to come live in that shack with you, a stripper and a deadbeat,” I

cross the room and stand next to Kent. “By the way, have you met my father-in–law?”

family’s faces

Did I forget to mention

claiming me as part of his family now. “We’re

him, so he takes my face in his hands and then pulls me close in a hug that brings tears to

eyes.

he whispers in my ear. “Nothing will ever