Unchosen Ruler: The O'Malley Family (Mafia Wars Book Six) by Maggie Cole

Author:Maggie Cole [Cole, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pulse Press
Published: 2021-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

18

Liam

Several Weeks Later

"Because I said he couldn't," I tell Obrecht. My cousins, Boris, and I are meeting with him at Nora's pub. I just reiterated that nothing is to happen to Jack Christian until his company goes public. Obrecht found out Boris knows what we are planning and isn't happy no one will tell him why I'm not disclosing everything to him. It's not that I distrust Obrecht, but he's got a big chip on his shoulder where I'm concerned and isn't showing any signs of giving me his trust anytime soon, so I'm not showing him the cards to changing my family's future income streams. Plus, when we take Jack Christian down, Judge Peterson gets destroyed. And that makes it super personal for us O'Malleys. I'm not telling anyone, except those I have to.

The tension becomes thicker. Obrecht shifts his gaze between me and Boris. "Are you taking orders from Liam now?"

Boris snorts. "Hell no. Don't overreact, Obrecht."

I slam my hand on the table. Obrecht's attitude toward me is beyond old. "Jesus. When are you going to realize we're all on the same side and stop acting like I'm going to destroy everyone around me?"

He sarcastically laughs. "You sit here and don't give me full disclosure. What am I supposed to think?"

"You're supposed to trust all of us, including me," I growl.

"Yeah, well, trust needs to be earned, doesn't it?" he spouts.

Yep. That goes both ways, you bastard.

No matter what I say or do, I can't seem to win Obrecht over, and I'm sick of trying. But I don't know what I did to have him distrust me so much. I know Adrian and I had some issues before I went to prison, but we were best friends for years. "What did I ever do to you, Obrecht? Do you want to fill me in? I'd love to know."

"I'm not getting into this," he states.

I sneer. "Why not? Now's as good of a time as ever."

"Fine. You want to get into this, I'll tell you. I don't like all the shit you pulled Killian, Boris, and Adrian into when we were kids."

My stomach flips. It seems like whatever I do, my reputation from when I was barely a man bites me in the ass. "Kids. The keyword being kids. I'm a forty-year-old man now."

He snaps back, "Yeah, well, I also remember you trying to pull all of them into the murder that got you thrown in the slammer for fifteen years. You haven't been out in this world like we have. You're all ready to lead the O'Malleys into whatever this big scheme is you have up your sleeve. All I know is your track record isn't too good. So excuse me if I don't give you my full faith."

Boris starts, "Obrecht—"

"No. Do you think for one minute if an Ivanov were in trouble, Liam would be sticking his neck out to help us? Unless there's something in it for him, I'm not betting my money on him."

Are you fucking kidding me? I'd put my life on the line and die if it meant saving an Ivanov.

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