Twins Of The Mafia Empire

orld pressing down on us. The table in front of us was littered with papers, plans, and photographs of Lekzy's

neck pulsing. "We can't let him get away

r of my own from years ago. They were ready. Too ready. But the question r

words, but for the first time in years, I fo

stration. "Do you know what it's like to watch someone

were right, but I had a responsibility to protect them from t

thing," I said, my vo

ened. "What are yo

of my soul I hadn't dared touch until now. But it was coming. The walls w

is, to protect them

ting long shadows on the walls. I should've felt at peace-after all, we had the upper hand now. Lekzy was locked away, vulnerabl

roke the silence, and I froze. I had

fted through the crack i

ed the door to find both of them standing there, their

I said, ste

the table. I didn't need to ask what they wanted. I could feel the ten

, his brow furrowed in concentration. "Lekzy's not just

very time he took on something bigger than himself. "We don't want to jus

ted to protect them from the dangerous path they were choosing fought against the reality I knew they

y, my heart pounding in my chest. "Lekzy isn't just

ment passing between them. "Then we'll make s

hroat. They were so much l

aid, my voice shaking with the weight of t

arrowed. "What

inally tell them? The

one to hell-had been the one person I trusted completely. But that trust h

whisper, "he's tied to Lekzy in more

oved. They only stared at me, d

out, Mom?" Jaden asked,

ching. I had to tell them. They deserved to know. But the moment

my voice thick with the weight of the confession. "Bef

cked out, leaving us gasping for breath. I saw the shock

?" Jayce asked, his voice barely

r to my heart. "He did things. Terrible things. And then, one

r. "How could you hide that from us?" His voice cr

o him, but he stepped b

ct you," I said softly

uth, Mom," Jayce said, his voice cold no

changes everything. All these years, you let us hate Lekzy wi

had kept this secret for too long. But

said, my voice trembling. "I

r a moment. "We'll deal with Lekzy

hard, resolute. "You don't have to protect us anymore. W

ng me standing there, my heart heavy w

now. And nothing would

closing in. The road ahead was dangerous, and I co

assed by the window.

hen I looked out, there was n

ng that something was coming.

the window, I heard the

e softly through the dar

own, it was too la