His Mafia Princess (Family First Book 1) by April Zyon

Author:April Zyon [Zyon, April]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2016-08-19T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Alessandra sat with her father on the veranda behind the house, the scents of the blooming trees and fresh cut grass teased her senses. She could smell his cologne wafting around them, but also the light scent of the cigars he smoked as well. She heard him speaking, but it didn’t make sense, at all, to her.

Alessandra looked at her father and attempted to listen to what he was saying. She frowned then, still not understanding. “I’m sorry but what?” She was utterly taken aback by what he had told her. There was simply no way her father was telling her was a mobster.

“You know exactly what I said, Alessandra. It doesn’t look good on you to play the simpleton.” Her father’s lips turned down in a frown. Even though he’d already said as much, it was still hard for her to accept. She could see her father’s worry in his eyes and felt it in his words.

“I’m not trying to play a simpleton, Daddy, but I’m honestly more than a little confused. I’m trying to wrap my mind around the fact that you came in here and told me that you are, well, what you are.” She couldn’t say the word mobster, as he had. She had to think of him some other way. The man who took her had called her father that, but to her he was her daddy. He was and always would be just a businessman in her mind. “But you are telling me Gregorio is taking over for you.”

“I saw something in him years ago when I brought him into the Family. He’s worked his way through the ranks, and now he’s my second. It’s time. It’s time for me to step down so he can take over. It’s been coming for a while, but I’ve honestly put it off as long as possible. I’ve wanted to stay in power because, well let’s face it, Alessandra, I’m a control freak.”

“Yes, I’m very aware of the fact that you are a control freak.” She said this with a small frown. “However, that doesn’t explain the whole ‘why now’ part.”

“Because you were taken. My men were already thinking I was too weak to continue to lead them. When your men start questioning your leadership, it's not a good situation. It’s time to walk away when that happens.”

“So what does that mean for me?”

“Well, my darling, that’s all up in the air right now. If you want to, I will let you come with me to our family home in Nice.”

She loved the villa in Italy. It was beautiful and seemed to fit into the hills where the hole was located. “I would be bored silly.” She admitted this after a moment of thought. “I love living here.” This was her home, this mansion that they lived in. She loved the area. Her friends were all here and it was simply, well, home.

“Then there will be changes,” her father said as he rose to his feet. “But I will let you find out about those later.

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