ena
thrown open, rebounding fr
, bringing the chaotic ener
longed in a cheap nightclub, her makeu
ind her w
an oversized track jacket and gold
arting around the luxurious room, as if calculat
ke the low-level str
threw herself at
s frail hand and pre
man. Look at what th
on a sickening displ
ate pet names, complete
r with a mixture of
s it started, Ales
d glared at me, her ey
a queen with my son, while I rotted in the slums with
orward, pushing
lance at the dyin
looked str
s I own half your stuff." Rocco p
nt the offshore accounts. And I want the Syndicate
ce punctuated only by the sudden, franti
head, looking at
is life cultivating
d, unrefined thug m
ieve this was hi
uted, kicking the leg of the hospita
I ate garbage while your fake son wore c
fake tears and n
ly do so much. You need to step up, Serena. Take respon
the noise and the vulgarity were dra
Show mercy. He is your blood. Tolerate hi
ling, not blinking until my eyes burned and a sing
n at Alessia, and fina
t, hunching my shoulders to ap
from me?" I asked softly
her greed stark
true son. He needs to know who his real mother is, and he nee
ed weakly. "
phone and open
y body, I blind-typed a qui
hospital. T
id the device bac
ractically vibrating with the anticipation of reuni
ght she
out to become the new
ont of me, keeping my h
re the hospital cafeteria was, and I list
s, and I savored the knowledge that a vendetta, twenty-s
ok at her with eyes as cold as the grave. Alessia had spent twenty-six years dreaming of t
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