Stepbrother's Debt by Sam Crescent

Author:Sam Crescent [Crescent, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Donnie stood with Paige as they made their way around the room. He accepted thanks from everyone, shaking hands, and holding her tightly against his side. She wasn’t leaving his side, not once.

They moved to stand beside Luiz, Maria, and Rafael. Luiz shook his hand as did Rafael. There was going to come a point when that bastard wouldn’t be around. From the look on Luiz’s face, the moment couldn’t come soon enough.

He glanced at Maria and spotted several bruises around her wrists. They were only apparent when she moved enough for the cuff of the dress to ride up. She always wore long clothes that hid as much skin as possible.

Rafael was a cruel bastard, and Donnie couldn’t wait until he was dead. There needed to be a cull in The Family. No one else had the guts, and all of their fathers didn’t have a clue their own sons were plotting against them. It was unheard of, and that was what was going to make it work. They were not trying to get better than themselves or take The Family down for good.

Luiz, Tonio, Jake¸ and Donnie, were taking over the family with the intention of making it better.

“Congratulations,” Maria said, hugging Paige. He saw her wince and Paige loosen her hold on the other woman.

“I’m sorry.”

“Don’t worry about it.” Maria held her hand, admiring the ring, and doing everything that two women were supposed to do.

He released her arm and stood with Luiz. Donnie hadn’t let her go, and he wasn’t going to let her go now. Rafael excused himself. The coward couldn’t handle the two of them together.

“I swear, I’m going to take great joy in breaking every fucking bone in that bastard’s body before I’m through with him,” Luiz said.

“Silence. We can’t risk anything here.”

“Okay. Can you see Maria? She’s badly bruised, and I got a call from the doctor. Before she came over here, he had to bind up a fucking rib. He’d cracked her rib, Donnie.”

“We will handle it.” He placed his hand on Luiz’s shoulder, trying to give his friend some support. Whatever he said, it wasn’t going to bring him any comfort, not for either of them. “Let’s dance.”

He grabbed Paige’s hand, leading her out onto the garden where several couples were embraced, dancing together. Luiz held his sister lightly, making small movements.

“She’s in so much pain, Donnie. How can you stand it?” Paige asked.

“In this life you learn to look the other way.”

“Do you really look the other way? I don’t see you looking anywhere but at the problem.”

He stared down into her blue eyes, wishing he could take her away from this nightmare. If the men he was intending to kill wouldn’t become suspicious, he’d have taken Paige and Maria out of the city, putting them both into a safe house. As it was, he could do neither to keep them safe.

“I see the problem, and I need you to trust me, Paige, to handle it.”

“You’re always asking me to trust you.

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