From Discarded Wife To The Don's Successor

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't smell like a hospital. It reeked of

re were three men in dark suits standing outside my do

rner. He hadn't spoken much since I arrived. He just watched me,

dn't fi

" I said, break

rumble. "I can have this Julius Carroll buried

simple. He wants to be a big man? I'm going to let him be a b

buzzed on

om an unknown number. But

ssed

ack at the public clinic where they had discarded me.

was so hysterical. But don't worry, honey. Your marrow is going to a good cause. We'

us smiled at her,

he video.

ards said, stepping into the room.

m in,"

I will be in the ne

m shifted. It curdled from

d annoyed, not worried. He

und with disdain. "I had to argue with three gorillas

ically a lie. But he thought my fath

ors waiting for you at St. Jude's." He walked over to th

w a party

sed. "

y. While our baby was being

hand through his hair. "It was a small gathering.

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orence. You've alw

mule. Like a lo

o see Ava

y. You can see her after the proc

tage. He was trading access to

his life. He had no idea he was standing in a room with a woman who k

I said

nked.

I'll give her

iation. "Good girl. I knew you'd see reason. We're even after this, Flo

ven," I

en I destroyed him, he could never say I owed him a thing. I was paying t

the morning," he said, check

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. Then I looked at th

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He looked at the door

ild," my father said.

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"First, I give them what they want. Let them

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orence makes her last dona