Entangled by J. S. Scott

Author:J. S. Scott [Scott, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542042277
Published: 2019-04-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

SKYE

I’d never told anyone that I’d helped bring down the Marino crime family. It wasn’t something I was exactly proud of, but it had been something my conscience had demanded that I do.

It had also been the only way to make sure Maya and I were safe for the rest of our lives.

Women didn’t leave a Marino male, and the ones who had before me had conveniently come up missing and were never seen again.

Given the choice between disappearing and being an informant, it had been a pretty easy decision. There was no way I was going to have my daughter reach adulthood having been raised in a crime family. She hadn’t really understood much of what was going on when she was young—thank God! And I’d wanted to get her out before she could figure out that her mother had married the mob.

Aiden didn’t say a word to me as he took my hand and led me down to the beach. It was deserted, and a safe distance from the reception.

“Are you serious?” he said as we stopped before reaching the water’s edge.

There was a gorgeous full moon, which gave me enough light to see his face. “Yes. I’ve never told anyone except you. I fed information to the FBI for five years before they finally had a big enough case to make sure every member of the family involved would go down.”

He dropped my hand. “No wonder you have PTSD. I can only imagine how afraid you were.”

“Every single day I was petrified that it would be the day that somebody found out.”

“Did you have to testify?”

I nodded. “Of course. But I didn’t care. Every trial got me closer to the freedom I wanted for me and Maya.”

“What made you decide to do it?”

I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. “There was a maid in our house almost all the time. She was there from the time I went to live with Marco until Maya was just a year old. I liked her. She was young, in her twenties, and she was one of the only people I could really talk to. Her name was Maria. One day she told me that she had seen an enormous stock of heroin and cocaine on the lower level, and that then it all disappeared. And she meant a lot of drugs. I think she was trying to warn me. Unfortunately, Marco overheard her talking, and he showed her out of the house. She never came back. I never saw her again. When I asked about Maria, all Marco said was that she’d never talk again. That’s when I knew he’d killed her. I didn’t ever mention her again.”

“Jesus Christ!” Aiden exclaimed as he raked a hand through his hair. “Weren’t you afraid he’d shut you up permanently, too?”

“I think he would have if I’d talked about it in the open. But I learned to keep my mouth shut around any of the family. I was terrified.

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