Love and War 3 by Jackie Chanel

Author:Jackie Chanel [Chanel, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Urban, United States, African American, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction
Amazon: B00IIF8S6M
Publisher: SBR Publications
Published: 2014-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Caprice walked slowly around the study. The set-up was all too familiar. Growing up, she’d been in rooms like the one she was in all the time. Old money...somehow the décor was always the same.

Dark heavy furniture, light walls. Stunning crystal. Expensive shit to waste money on like paperweights, letter openers, and leather bound books that nobody ever opened.

She sat down and crossed her legs. She really didn’t have time for this meeting, but Domani sent her upstate. He thought it was time for her to meet Senator Ruby O’Neal.

Ruby O’Neal was a conservative Republican U.S. Senator with deep-rooted Christian beliefs. She was a card carrying member of the NRA practically all of her life. Her father was a rich politician. So was her grandfather, her great-grandfather and her great great-grandfather. Let Senator O’Neal tell the story and she’d have everyone in the room believing that her people had founded the great United States of America.

The Senator opposed gay marriage, wanted abortion banned in all fifty states, and believed that every full-blooded American had the right to bear arms and “protect” themselves.

That was what her constituents knew about her. Caprice was there because of the things that the American public didn’t know. And as long as O’Neal had a Bonatelli in her pocket, they’d never know.

Ruby O’Neal’s son was a gay porn star. She dealt with the fact that she disowned her only child by feeding a nasty coke habit and spending her down time with young Asian women, all of which Domani provided free of charge.

Over the years, Fausto, Gianni, and Domani had assisted the O’Neals with many of their problems. During the Prohibition, Fausto had kept the richer families on Capitol Hill supplied with booze and beer. In return, they made his legal problems disappear and helped him obtain legal ways to launder his dirty money. The Bonatellies and the O’Neals were a match made in Heaven.

These days, the Senator’s favors, aside from the coke and girls, was keeping her son’s antics out of the public eye. However, the Senator’s monthly call sounded different this time. That’s why Domani sent his best person, his underboss, upstate.

The heavy walnut door to the study opened and in walked the Senator. Her light gray pantsuit aged her about ten years. Her mousy brown hair and crow’s feet aged her five more. She shut the door behind her and sat down at her desk. She lit a foul smelling cigarette before showing Caprice any attention.

“So,” she finally spoke, “you’re the daughter.”

“Yup,” Caprice said. “I’m the daughter. What can I do for you, Senator?”

“I was expecting your father.”

Caprice leaned back on the small sofa and tapped her foot impatiently. “Well, you got me. What can I do for you, Senator?”

Senator O’Neal shook her head slowly as she looked over Caprice’s appearance. In her tailored black suit, she certainly looked capable, young but capable. Ruby guessed that Caprice was around the same age as her son, Gabe.

Ruby rose from her chair and crossed the room where she poured herself a couple of inches of dark whiskey into a glass.

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