Se connecterPartager
Chapter 9
Dernier chapitre
My Family Put Me on the Last Helicopter, I Cut Them Off Chapter 9
The client paused for a second and turned to look at me. I signaled with my eyes that I didn't know the man, and pitched my voice low. "My apologies. That won't be possible."Dante set his pen down. He turned to the client, his tone level."I'll extend the dock lease by five years and lower our cut by another point. All I ask is that she removes her mask."This time, the client was genuinely stunned.Five more years and a point off the cut, on a deal this size, amounted to at least a seven-figure difference.He looked at me. His meaning was clear.I let one corner of my mouth lift. I reached up and unclasped the mask.The face underneath had been rebuilt from scratch: the bridge of my nose raised about a fifth of an inch, the jawline shaved and recontoured, the brow bone filed down and re-arched, and a small incision at the outer corner of each eye giving them an upward tilt.When the surgeon asked what kind of face I wanted, I told him I didn't care, as long as it looked nothing like
My Family Put Me on the Last Helicopter, I Cut Them Off Chapter 8
Rosa covered her face and broke into sobs.Her crying filled the living room, but this time, nobody came to soothe her the way they always had.Early the next morning, a car Lorenzo had arranged was waiting outside the estate.Rosa was sent to a secure residential treatment center on the far outskirts of the city.Before she got in the car, she turned back one last time to look at the front door. It was already closed.Nobody came out to see her off.Lorenzo aged rapidly after Rosa left. He began forgetting things constantly.He couldn't recall the contents of a morning meeting by afternoon. One day, his signet ring turned up inside the refrigerator.When Dante found him in the study, Lorenzo was staring blankly at a childhood photograph of Valentina.A month later, Lorenzo handed over all Family operations to Dante.That night, after a formal dinner had ended, Dante sat alone in his office. Spread out on the desk in front of him was Valentina's jacket, its dark stains impossible to wa
My Family Put Me on the Last Helicopter, I Cut Them Off Chapter 7
On the third night, she couldn't take it anymore. She had a maid break down the door.The study door creaked open. The curtains were drawn tight. No lights.Dante sat in the corner. On the desk in front of him lay a dark red jacket, spread open.He had lost so much weight that his cheekbones jutted out, the hollows around his eyes sunken deep. The ashtray beside him was overflowing with cigarette butts.Rosa covered her nose and let out a shriek, stumbling back two steps."Dante! You've lost your mind!" Her voice cracked from the shock.She jabbed a finger at the jacket on the desk. "Why is this filthy thing in the study?"She whipped around to the maid. "Get rid of it! Take this disgusting rag and burn it! It's revolting...""Filthy?" Dante turned his head slowly. His bloodshot eyes locked onto Rosa."You think Valentina is filthy?"Rosa's back pressed against the doorframe, and she shrank lower under his gaze, inch by inch.She had never seen this expression on his face before.Her w
My Family Put Me on the Last Helicopter, I Cut Them Off Chapter 6
Dante slowly straightened up. He turned and walked toward the door, his pace quickening with every step until he was nearly running.He jumped onto the fastest speedboat, slammed the throttle wide open, and screamed at the search crew to cast the nets.The first few days turned up nothing. Dante stood at the bow, his eyes locked on the water, never moving.By the sixth day, almost everyone had given up hope.The search team captain came to convince Dante to call it off. He said the currents near the docks ran fast. Anyone who fell in would be swept far away within days. Continuing the search was pointless.Dante lifted his head. His eyes were raw from days without sleep. He didn't say a word. He just looked at the man.The captain swallowed whatever he had been about to say.Finally, on the evening of the seventh day, someone pulled a jacket from the water.Dark red. The fabric bleached pale by seawater. The lining and cuffs embroidered with the Vitano Family crest.A member of the sea
My Family Put Me on the Last Helicopter, I Cut Them Off Chapter 5
Dante froze where he stood. The phone slid from between his fingers and cracked against the desk, a thin line splitting the screen.His mouth hung open, his throat locked as if something had sealed it shut. Several seconds passed before any sound came out. "Say that again!"The voice on the other end repeated itself.Dante shot to his feet. The chair toppled backward and slammed into the floor. He bolted for the door, his shoes skidding on the landing, nearly sending him sprawling at the turn of the stairs.Lorenzo was standing in the center of the living room, on a business call. He heard the commotion behind him and turned. His always-composed heir was stumbling down from the second floor, face white as paper.Lorenzo frowned. "What is this? The heir of the Vitano Family can't even hold himself together?"Dante seized his father's arm, gripping so hard his knuckles went white, nails digging through the fabric of the sleeve."Father, Valentina... she's dead. She was killed on the miss
My Family Put Me on the Last Helicopter, I Cut Them Off Chapter 4
Rosa spent three days in the hospital. The day she was discharged, Dante came to see me.He stood in front of me, his throat bobbing with an awkward swallow."Rosa is the one who put the peanut butter on the necklace. One of the maids saw her rubbing it onto the chain with a cotton swab." He looked at me, his voice dropping. "I'm sorry. I lost my head, and I...""Are you done?""What?" He blinked, caught off guard."If you're done, leave."He pressed his lips together, as if there was something more he wanted to say, but in the end all that came out was, "You already lived one life for her sake. This time around, just cut her some slack."I didn't answer. I got up and opened the door. "You've said your piece. Get out. You're not welcome here."He knew he was in the wrong. Without another word, he left.The moment the door clicked shut, my phone buzzed on the bed. A message from Rosa: "Did you see that, Valentina? In this family, you'll always be the one who doesn't matter. That was jus
Vous vous intéresseriez aussi à
Back to My Original Life
Zoe10.4K VuesDream On Neighbor, You Just Messed With the Wrong Heiress
Liora Z27.4K VuesTwins Get Divorces Together
Celebrant25.7K VuesIn His Shadow, in His Bed
Snow13.5K VuesThe Day I Stopped Being His Wife
Ethereal627 VuesSilent No More: The Donna’s Revenge
Mercy Ashquill3.6K VuesDumped the Don to Die in Secret
Clear Dreams626 VuesMy Fiancé Flirted with My Best Friend in Italian, But It Was My Native Language
桃汁瑶瑶596 Vues
