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nancy test, expecting the silver engagem
e certificate inscribed with a
ily's backing to become a Capo, an
ss the betrayal, his hand
the fridge and forced
my own blood, screaming in a
bleeding body to prove his loy
dragged me into an ex
e on me, kicked my ribs, and played the audio
ed with eyes entire
d marble floor,
ince we were kids had become a monster, trading
dcast my final humiliation to the underw
most terrifying syndicate bos
eping as he pulled my bl
ed a we
you
pte
ly
expecting a diamond ring in return, he shoved a marriage
rasp devoid of any familiar warmth. "V
in the city's most ruthless syndicate. He was the man whose fists and guns had shielded me from the streets since we were kids. I had spent the last
g sneer that twisted his handsome fe
ver offer you a ring," he stated, the
hy he would d
ly as he shifted his weight agains
g out with unnerving ease. "And I require her family's backing to secure my promotion to Capo."
brushed a stray lock
esperate, almost frantic energy, as if he were pleading wi
me to step aside for his new alliance. He told me he had sworn an o
rbone. I looked into the eyes of the man who used to b
air, yet anchored by a resolve I didn't know I possessed. I
y laugh and agree
neered, "but we have a probl
did not comply, there
de of my own blood. I held onto a tiny shred of hope
thumb. It was a deceptive tenderness
teel cutting off my windpipe. He slammed my back against the
and bitter to
ver my lips befor
athe. I couldn
ody betrayed me, until I ha
d to the linoleum floor. Victoria's order
d to the cramped bathroom. My muscles gave out and I collapsed, striking the side of my head hard against the porcelain toi
fire of the video game Ryan had just turned on in the living ro
an confirmed by a DNA test just hours ago to be my biological mother. The message was brief but momentous: 'Your father knows. We've been l
ad broken up and I wou
of ever introducing Ry
y reached the Vance family servers-and that Don Victor

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