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MAFIA LOVE
THE ACCIDENTAL MAFIA QUEEN BOOK 3
KHARDINE GRAY
CONTENTS
MAFIA LOVE
Mafia Quote
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Epilogue
Also by Khardine Gray
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright © 2019 by Khardine Gray
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MAFIA LOVE
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Khardine Gray
MAFIA QUOTE
“ Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.” – The Godfather
CHAPTER 1
Amelia
Arabesque, pirouette, pirouette, glissade and a hop. That was it.
Then on my toes, arms out, head up and four skips into a leap.
That leap… Wow, I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirrors as I flew through the air and landed on the tips of my toes. I hardly looked any different to what I was years ago. I didn’t look any different to who I used to be.
“Dance, Amelia,” Dad called with laughter and pride in his voice.
And that was the moment I let go and truly unlocked myself.
The music took me, and I just went with it.
Jumping and spi
When the music stopped, several people were clapping and I almost believed I was back at the performance for real.
My hand flew up to my cheeks when I saw both Luc and Millicent standing by the door.
Luc.
I moved to run to him, to throw myself into his arms and savor the euphoria that rippled through me at having been able to dance again.
But I stopped and turned to my father, who was beaming at me with a smile full of love and adoration.
I rushed up to him instead and hugged him.
“Thank you,” he whispered into my ear.
“No, thank you.”
He smiled down at me, then glanced at Luc, inclining his head toward him. “Go, go be with your guy. Have some normal if only for a few hours more.”
Normal.
Yes. I turned to go to Luc and skipped into his arms, giving Millicent a bright smile as I approached.
Alarms sounded just before I reached Luc, stopping me in my tracks.
What was that?
“Someone’s in the house,” Dad called out.
“You said the security was turned off.” I winced turning back to him.
“It is. This is a homemade trip wire I placed in the library.”
“What’s in the library?” Luc asked.
I looked back to him. “The safe.” My heart squeezed.
“What’s in the safe, Amelia?”
I looked to Dad before confirming that, and he nodded. “The key to the diamonds.” We’d put it there yesterday.
“Fuck. Stay here.”
Dad was already moving past us. Luc rested a hand on him to hold him back.
“Stay, Raphael.”
“This is my home. How dare they come in here,” Dad snarled.
“Mr. Rossi, please,” Millicent offered. “Please stay, you… aren’t well.”
Beads of sweat formed on her upper lip. Strange because it wasn’t exactly hot in here. Must be the anxiety. I felt that too.
I moved past Luc and Dad.
“Amelia, you stay here with your father and Millicent.”
“No, I won’t stay. We go together.”
“Remember what happened when you—”
I didn’t allow him to finish. I moved on ahead of him through the door.
He followed me and took hold of my arm to pull me back.
“Jesus, Amelia, don’t you understand I’m trying to keep you safe?”
“Yes. I do. I understand, but you know I’m not useless. I want to see who this person is.”
“Stay beside me and don’t break away. Stay with me.”
“I will,” I assured him.
From his back pocket he whipped out a gun and handed it to me. He then took out his gun from his side pocket and held it up ready to fire.
Like I’d promised, I stayed beside him, and we proceeded up the steps and on to the second floor, where the library was situated.
Who could it be?
Who was it?
And… how did they know to go to the library?
How the fuck would they have known that? It was just Dad and me talking that day in the garden. There’d been no one else.
No one saw me when I went to the library. I’d made sure of it.
I heard shuffling in there as we approached and books being thrown around.
“How the fuck hard can it be to find a safe?” came a voice I recognized well.
It couldn’t be.
Luc and I walked into the library and saw not only Jefferson but Holloway inside.
They stopped throwing the books from the shelf and turned to meet our gazes.
“Well, well, well. I see we just discovered who the rats are,” Luc mused, pointing his gun at them. “Not one but two of them. Vermin. Fucking vermin.”
My mouth and throat were dry.
Shock flew through me. Shock and surprise, tangled with betrayal.
More betrayal. I would never have guessed it was them.
It was fine for Luc; he didn’t know them like I did. I thought they were my friends.
But then I guess I was kidding myself.
I didn’t know them at all.
Jefferson and Holloway. My God.
They were my enemies.
I swallowed hard, but I couldn’t get past the lump in my throat.
I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing before me, but really, why should I be so surprised?
Luc didn’t appear shocked at all. He’d known it was them. Surely, he must have known it was one of them.
But both?
Jefferson and Holloway came as a duo. They’d been friends as far back as I could remember and did everything together. They were the kind of friends who followed each other for good or bad. So, if one was a rat, the other was tainted too.