Twins Of The Mafia Empire

window, his hands clenching and unclenching by his sides. Jayce was sitting across from me, his arms folded tightly, his jaw s

need to tell us what's going on. Why didn't you s

ring in my chest. I had spent so long keeping the truth from them,

f children, but with the burning intensity of young men who had been thrust in

" I said, my voice bare

e obeying, their faces etched wit

my voice trembling. "But I have to te

yce's eyes flickered with an

uietly, his voice laced with frustrati

nt had arrived. There was no escaping it now. I

words falling from my lips like an anchor sin

ither of them spoke. They just stared at me, dis

ed the words. "You're telling us that the man we've been fighti

n't want to tell you. I didn't want you to know the

ould you keep something like that from us?" His voice cracked with anger. "Yo

through the air. The storm I

rt aching. "I didn't want you to carry that burde

on't already have that burden? You thin

ting anger. "This is insane. You've been lying to

," I whispered, my voice breaking. "And I'm sor

essing the enormity of what I had just reve

s now. You can't p

ase understand. I never wanted this for you. I nev

ssed into a thin line. "You should'v

wanted you to carry this weight. But you're going to have to now.

mething else there too-a sense of betrayal. "You're

hat the man you've been fighting is not the man you think he is. And now, you're going

ween the anger they felt for Lekzy and the bond they had with me. Thei

nger palpable. "I don't know what to do w

n't just pretend like this doesn't matter. He's our father. But

never wanted them to bear this knowledge. I had never wante

lled with an edge of determination. "We're going to make him

on't let you do that. You can't go down tha

to make him pay for what he's done. And if you can't understa

ep in my chest. They were no longer the boys I had

said softly, my voice breaking. "I rais

e colder than ice. "And we're not going to sit here and

g in. The anger, the betrayal, the confusion-it was all too

s no goi

e their decision. Their vow to take down Lekzy was no l

w moved at the door. A figure, silen

ave to ask

was

lized that the past had f