Chapter 11

I hadn't seen him in a year, and he'd gotten much thinner.The eyes I remembered as warm and expressive were now sunken.Dark circles shadowed them. He clearly hadn't slept properly in a long time."Linda? Linda, is that you?"He lunged like a madman, trying to grab Evan's phone."Are you okay in the South District?"You..."Things had changed. Now, hearing his voice again only annoyed me.I asked Evan to end the call.Michael begged, "Please don't go. It's all our fault. Please, please don't hang up..."There was a time I could never bring myself to make him apologize.If they were having a hard time, it hurt me too.When they'd offered to come with me to the South District, I'd even considered giving up my revenge because I feared for their safety.Now I felt nothing. His voice was just noise.I hung up myself.Only then did Evan tell me that Michael and the others had struggled over the past year.Six months ago, they'd cut ties with Angie completely.Angie, the girl who'd only ever

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Chapter 12

The assassination was set for Thanksgiving.The man who'd killed my father was holed up in the lawless zone, and he was throwing a party.It was our only chance to get deep into his hideout.We used fake identities the family had prepared to get into his villa.But things went wrong from the start.Andre was nearly exposed at the very first security check.Luckily, I pretended to be drunk, leaned against him, and swapped his pass for mine.That was how he got through the second check.And Joanne, who was in charge of hacking the system, miscalculated the timing.It was Andre who kept everyone in the banquet hall distracted.That bought Joanne more time.She hacked the lock on the door leading to the floor where the target's bedroom was.We got around layer after layer of security.In the end, I squeezed into the narrow passage only someone my size could fit through.Just as I was opening the door for them, the target came out of the shower early and caught me.He'd been a hitman too. I

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Chapter 13

It was precisely because I'd been truly betrayed that I trusted the people I'd chosen for myself.No one knew what Andre and Joanne discussed with the Don in the meeting room that day.But a month later, word got around.The whole Leiden family knew the Don had kept his promise.He gave me back my father's connections and assets.He also rewarded us for handing over the files on the other families.He handed the three of us all of Gold Street and every business around it.From then on, we weren't anyone's weapons anymore.The three of us came back to the family's core territory as senior members.Of course, Michael and the others heard about it too.They found out where I lived and sent me a flood of apology letters and gifts.Andre and Joanne would sometimes see them kneeling outside my door.They had their men rough up the four of them and run them off.No one asked me what to do about those four.But I knew very well that I still had a score to settle with them.Michael and the othe

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Chapter 14

That was when they noticed Angie, bound hand and foot on the floor.As soon as she saw the four of them, Angie burst into tears."Michael, help me!"It was Linda who stole my things back then. She was afraid the family would punish her."She let me use the villa so I wouldn't report her."You were all there. That's how it happened, isn't it?"Everyone was staring at the four of them.Whatever they said next would go on record as testimony and sway the Don's ruling.The underboss said nothing.But a capo close to him tapped the table."Tell us the truth about what happened that day."The four of them weren't fools.Michael knew perfectly well they were being forced to pick a side.Choose me, the rising star, or do the underboss a big favor.One answer would decide everything.Their eyes darted back and forth between Angie and me.For a moment, Michael decided to tell the truth.He'd already failed my father, the man who'd trained him, and betrayed me when I'd trusted them.He didn't wan

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Chapter 15

The four of them went pale at once.They'd never dreamed they'd been fooled even back then.They forgot all about the video still playing.Michael rushed at Angie and grabbed her by the collar."We did everything we could to give you what you wanted."Why would you do this to Linda?!"You made us do that to her..."He wanted to say that Angie had made them turn on me.Now that she'd been exposed, a mad glint flashed in Angie's eyes."I never told you to go after her!"You did all of it yourselves!"The video was still playing.It was true that Angie had never once ordered them to force me to put my fingerprint on that paper.They'd chosen to hurt me on their own, in their hurry to win points with their new master.Michael watched himself in the video, his face twisted as he forced me down.He couldn't say another word in his own defense.The underboss was the quickest to react. He stormed over to Angie.He slapped his own daughter hard across the face."You stupid country girl, you've

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Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15