All Chapters of Three Mafia Families Claimed Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

Lily hadn't expected me to react that way. She just stared at me for a long time.When it finally sank in, her eyes reddened, and huge tears spilled down her cheeks. "Jessica, I really wasn't trying to compete with you. You're their biological daughter, after all. I only wanted a little more time with them. But if you truly can't stand having me around, I can leave right now."With that, she got up to go.But she had barely taken one step when she crumpled to the floor."Lily!" My mother dropped to her knees beside her without caring who was watching and clutched her tight. "Baby, don't scare Mommy like this. A doctor! Where's the doctor?""The doctor's on his way. Lily, don't be scared. I'm here." My fiancé, Daniel Moretti, was right there beside her.Lily opened her eyes and said weakly, "Mom, don't blame Jessica. It's my fault for being so useless. All these years, you've worried about me because of my illness. I used to wonder what you'd do once I was gone. But now I can see God st

Early the next morning, Lily woke me up."Jessica, today's the Alliance Summit. It only happens once every five years. Dad says you're coming too."The Alliance Summit?Oh, right. I remember now.It was the biggest event in the mafia world. Every boss on the planet showed up for it.I'd never been, though.My two adoptive fathers said parties like that were beneath them, so they never let me attend one either.Who knew it would take this family to finally get me there.Before I could answer, Lily took my hand, putting on a show of sisterly concern, and led me to the walk-in closet on the second floor. "Jessica, I know you've spent all these years away and don't have anything suitable to wear, so you can borrow one of my dresses."She opened the doors to reveal more than 3,200 square feet of space, packed with gowns of every kind.Anyone else might have been dazzled. To me, that cluttered mass of clothes wasn't even a tenth as impressive as my own closet.When I said nothing, Lily assum

In full view of every mafia boss who knew him as chairman of the Commission, he leaned toward me, his voice indulgent and affectionate. "Having fun running away from home? You don't even answer your phone. Do you know I've been going out of my mind looking for you? Good thing I saw the DNA report and took a chance on finding you here."Marcus came up right behind him, looking exasperated. "Sure, you just took off without a care in the world, and my vacation went down the drain. Don't say I didn't warn you. Once you're done with your little life experiment, get back home. If nobody signs off on the cargo at your ports, it will all end up at the bottom of the sea next week."A minute earlier, the two men had seemed untouchable. The moment they saw me, they turned into a pair of long-suffering fathers.Standing behind them, my father kept staring at me like he'd never seen me before.In the dead silence, Lily's glass slipped from her hand and hit the deck.Her eyes went wide. "Don Morandi

That night, my father came looking for me, and I knew exactly why.The Morandi family had seized every inch of his territory in Sicily.His docks were cleared out one by one, his casinos were sealed shut, and the contacts on several of his gunrunning routes went silent overnight.The Andreani family, once the most powerful in Sicily, was now penniless.My father huddled outside my room, his fingers digging into the floor, begging over and over. "Jessica, I was wrong. Please, just see me..."I ignored him. He didn't deserve to see me.Before long, the lawyer arrived.He handed the inheritance waiver to my father. "Mr. Andreani, my client instructed me to give you this agreement and tell you that since she signed it, she no longer has anything to do with the Andreani family."My father stared at the agreement, sick with regret. "Jessica, I know you blame me for making you sign this because of Lily. But even if you signed it, you're still my daughter. You can't sign away blood..."Talking