The Sting of Love: USA Today Bestselling Author by Gray Khardine

Author:Gray, Khardine
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Donny

An assortment of paperwork litters the desk.

I think I’ve made more of a mess in here than it was when Mario left it. I’ve made such a mess that anything he could have left uncovered in the way of clues is now completely disturbed.

Although I don’t know what I’m looking for, and there’s probably nothing to find, searching around in his office is the only thing I can do to make me feel like I’m doing something.

It’s just gone seven, I’ve been in here for the last few hours. The last two days saw me bouncing between the streets to look for Mario, and the hospital to check on the girl who got shot.

She made it, barely, and had to have major surgery. The whole ordeal made me want to skin Mario alive.

Each time I went to the hospital, I thought of what I’d say to Willow. How I’d break up with her and what parts of the truth I should share. I felt like a bastard when she guessed it right. Mafia. I’m part of the Sicilian mafia and I knew better than to get involved with a woman outside my world who could discover shit on me I should keep quiet.

It didn’t sit well with me to make up some kind of lie to make breaking up easier so I allowed her to guess right by bringing up the gun. Like an elephant in the room, it was the only thing between us that we hadn’t talked about and I knew she saw it.

Today has been manic in the aftermath, mainly because of my mood. I started

the day feeling like shit because of Willow, then got a rude reminder of why she shouldn’t be with me by the time I got to my office and found Dushkin’s bloodied body waiting for me. That was obviously done on Xiou’s orders.

They left him sitting in my chair, dead with a bullet in his head, his brains blown out. There was a message taped on his chest telling me I couldn’t win.

I knew I didn’t have to kill him. In our world you’re dead if you talk to certain people, regardless of what was said.

To add to that, Lois and Saul found Jacki dead on the beach. Looked like he drowned but we know different.

Death.

It comes to us all. To some it comes naturally, others swiftly and planned. Timely executed and set up to either send a message or teach a lesson.

I wasn’t fazed by the deaths. Both alerted me to more spies. More foxes in my henhouse, so I fired everyone. Everyone who worked the club and travelled in the security team as soldiers.

Sometimes when you can’t fix a thing, you have to start from scratch. Some men would just kill them all. I’m not that evil. I’m dark, but not evil. So, I fired the whole lot of fuckers who were here, hired a bartender who was looking for a job at short notice, and closed off the restaurant while I look for more staff.

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