Page 73 of Always Yours

I smirk at him as I see shadows of my men come behind them and I feel men at my back.

“What makes you think I would come alone?”

They look around and take in everyone, and I notice my brothers are at my back.

“What are you going to do, kill your father?” my father asks in a smug voice, like he doesn’t actually think I have the guts to do it. I have some bad news for him.

Nick drags in my mother who looks at him in anger.

“Killing you would be too easy. You see, you guys aren’t going to get the easy way out,” I tell them.”

“Stupid girl, this is not how this family is run,” my mother spits out in a cold voice.

“Mother, how nice of you to join us,” I say with a fake, cheerful voice.

Dario works on untying Katrina from the table and gives her his shirt to cover up.

My father puts a hand behind his back.

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” Bear hisses as he places a gun to my father’s temple.

“Arturo?” my dad asks, looking at him in shock.

“Surprised to find me alive?” Bear asks with a smug look.

“Your parents told me they got rid of you,” my father mutters.

“Well, they did. They disowned me, and I left with the money I stole and the clothes on my back. It was the best thing they have ever done for me,” Bear says.

“You think you could get away with this?” my father shouts angrily.

“Who is going to stop us?” Lorenzo says in a cold tone.

“We are the most powerful men in the city. This will start a war you cannot handle,” Matteo says smugly.

“You think you have the city under control, though that’s not really the case,” Antonio says as more men come into the house.

I can’t help but feel satisfaction as I see how many men are loyal to my brothers.

My eyes widen when I take the other men in charge of their families.

The five families of the city are in this room.

“You are backing them? After all I have done for you?” Alessandro grits out.

Finn, the head of the Irish family, walks closer and looks at my father with disgust. “This is not how the city is supposed to be run. You took this city and dug it into the ground. ‘Killed countless of my men for territory and power. Your children have made me an offer that I couldn’t refuse. When you go down tonight, the men who follow you will go down with you. Though you will find that list very small. It seems that no one cares for you to be in power anymore.”

The other heads of the families nod their heads.

“Our grandfathers ran this operation smoothly. There was no need for pointless deaths. We had real control and power. What you had was fear. You had the men who were going to die if they didn’t do your bidding, or the men who were fearful of the fact that you would go after their families if they didn’t listen to you. We all know you couldn’t care less if you had to harm a child or woman,” Finn goes on.

“What makes you think I didn’t have a backup plan in case this didn’t go in my favour?” my father asks.

I chuckle evilly. “There is no backup plan. Everything has been taken care of. No families are in your grasps. You raised your sons to know everything about your business before you drugged them. What a stupid mistake to turn your back on your family,” I say with a tsk.

“You don’t know everything,” Alessandro shouts.

“Ahh but they do. That’s what happens when you kill someone’s mother and keep them as a slave. They pretend to be weak and broken so they know all your deepest secrets and plans,” Katrina says, grinning.

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