LOGINMy mind was conflicted about letting Olivia go and even more so about trusting a grieving JR, but I had made my bed. It was time to lie in it.
JR pulled out her gun while Olivia slammed her lips into mine. Her kiss tasted like salt, grief and stupidity, but also pure love. Fuck, how did people go their whole lives with their own Olivia Hunter?Thanks for showing daddy how to love, baby girl."Aishiteimasu," she said with a brave smile. "I'm going to be so pissed if I don't get the ring, Chance.""Me too. It cost over fifty million dollars. Do you have any idea how many lamps that is, Olive?" the pauper in me asked her, never having imagined that I could afford something like that on a whim twenty years ago.We shared a little laugh, our foreheads seamlessly connecting as I contemplated this possibly being my last time seeing her."I protect you first. Always. Forgive me if I don't make it back. Know no one could have loved mI laid down next to JR's corpse. Defeated. Overwhelmed. No plan. Nothing left in my tank. I wanted to give my friend her dying wish, and go back to my life. Fractured as it was, I had responsibilities. Loved ones. Plus I didn't want JR's sacrifice to be in vain. Then it dawned on me, if I disappeared… I'd never have to watch the love of my life die in a similar way. This was Olivia's future if I stayed in her life. Maybe even Will's and Suki's. The annoying human's and even Sandra's. Jack too, if he wasn't dead already. Life had truly fucked me, again and again. Too much effort to keep trying. Too much pain. Hell, maybe JR was rubbing off on me. "Whenever you're ready, you power hungry sons of bitches," I said, to no one in particular, staring up at the stained glass windows. Olivia would love something like this for our wedding. A fleeting thought. Then memories of my life flashed before
"Fucking get down. Not like this, JR. We'll find another way. I'll let you see Suki, okay? Just fucking get down here," I screamed at her, but the wild card that saved my life more times than I could count on the job wasn't backing down for shit. Conviction and acceptance burned bright in her eyes as she opened her mouth to speak. "Stop. Fucking stop shooting," Marino cried out.Suddenly the man I thought of as God for all those years was just a pussy whipped bitch. "I'll just kill him. If you can love the con artist, you can love me. Marry me," Marino said, his voice resolute and determined. JR had him beat today though. I could see it in her eyes. She was finally ready to stand up for herself. Ren. Lance. Even Jack. Everyone was willing to stand up to motherfucking Marino. Just a human being after all. Flesh and bone that bled. How could I let them up stage me? How much longer was I going to let other people fight my battles for me
My mind was conflicted about letting Olivia go and even more so about trusting a grieving JR, but I had made my bed. It was time to lie in it. JR pulled out her gun while Olivia slammed her lips into mine. Her kiss tasted like salt, grief and stupidity, but also pure love. Fuck, how did people go their whole lives with their own Olivia Hunter? Thanks for showing daddy how to love, baby girl. "Aishiteimasu," she said with a brave smile. "I'm going to be so pissed if I don't get the ring, Chance." "Me too. It cost over fifty million dollars. Do you have any idea how many lamps that is, Olive?" the pauper in me asked her, never having imagined that I could afford something like that on a whim twenty years ago.We shared a little laugh, our foreheads seamlessly connecting as I contemplated this possibly being my last time seeing her. "I protect you first. Always. Forgive me if I don't make it back. Know no one could have loved m
"This is crazy. You can't marry her. Chance, I love you. Please do not leave me. I can't take another person leaving me," Olivia whimpered, pressing her little body into mine. "Ojisan, Obachan is sad. I'm sad. Make them leave," Suki bravely demanded, making JR's face break out in a proud, bewildered smile. "God, you're beautiful. You really are mine, aren't you?" JR ranted on with tears in her eyes, annoying me to no end with her sentimental bullshit. "It's okay, baby girl. Daddy won't leave you. I love you too, Olive," I said, laying a kiss on Olivia's temple. What a time for her to say she loved me. When I kept spitting out declarations of love while fucking her in the hospital, she avoided saying it back. Hell, when did I become such a needy bitch? The words seeped into my heart, renewing my will to fight for what I wanted. If not for me or Suki, then to keep Olivia breathing. "Hold me closer, then," Olivia said with a pout, ginge
"Such a jealous bitch. Ill Padrino belongs to us all, Robbie. So does Sottocapo. Learn to share and be shared. That's the key to a happy marriage," said Josie, beaming at me like something out of a horror movie. Whose marriage? Was Marino forcing JR into wedlock? A sliver of long buried guilt resurfaced. "Fucking move," I demanded, my voice ice, well aware that I still demanded respect, even in this situation. "Hey, sweetheart," JR said, closing in on a distraught Suki. A cautious Olivia took a step back with Suki in tow. My baby girl went pale, seeing JR again probably bringing up some shit for her, but she still pulled Suki behind her. "Stay away. Her mom just died. You're going to freak her out," Olivia implored, evidently too shell shocked and grief stricken to pick her words wisely. "No, she didn't. I'm right fucking here," JR raged, then plastered a smile on her face. "Come to mommy, baby," she said, holding her arms out to Suki. Suki clung to Olivia's blazer, her
After finding out that Will and Bianca were safe, I had no intention of letting JR see Suki. For better or worse, Suki was my responsibility now. After Ren's funeral, I would get Jack to make her disappear. This time for good. Still, I wanted JR dead. Her blinding loyalty to Marino had proven problematic time and again. Needless to say, Johnny wanted JR dead too. Frankly, it didn't matter to me who came out the victor when I sent Johnny to meet with JR empty handed. If they found a way to kill each other, so much the better. But then Johnny called, unharmed and still alive, only to perplex me more."JR's a no show. May I come back now? I'd like to pay my respects to Ren," Johnny's voice came over the phone. We were in a church, me sitting in a pew while Suki and Olivia hovered over Ren's casket. Yes, Olivia, Suki and I ended up attending at Olivia's insistence. It was a risky gambit, but Olivia promised me that we could jet off to a destination of my choosing, just the two of us,

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