"Be careful who you trust, even the devil was once an angel" - UNKNOWN JORDAN POVThe white double doors slid open in front of me and out came a male doctor and two nurses who looked like they have just been to hell and back. I shot out of the seat and sprung towards them."Family?" the doctor asked with a corked brow as he slipped the surgical mask off his face to bathe us his attention."I am the father... Of the baby, n-not the..." Fuck. I couldn't even form a clear sentence without tripping over my words.I closed my mouth for composure and restarted."How is the baby?" my people slowly formed an arch around me as we all waited for the doctor to break the news. And at this point truly, I was genuinely starting to hate doctors and their fancy coats, even those little thingies they always hung around their necks that somehow made them feel like they have figured out some secret portal to heaven. Because nothing good ever came out of their mouths."The surgery was a success." he uni
"A friend should always underestimate your virtues, and an enemy overestimates your faults"- Mario PuzoChapter 88DANTE POVI was going to the seventh hell. Not the first one or the second one, but the innermost, hottest level of hell because I deserved it... All my life, I have been committing millions of sins, but none greater than this one.And on Sunday nonetheless.One, I have been lusting for Melody for as long as I could remember. Even the word lust was not on the threshold of explaining what I felt for her for all these years. I burned for her. In ways that nobody could ever comprehend. From the moment she burst into my life without much of a warning like the firecracker she is, saving me from the worst kind of hell... I have always known I would give my life for hers. And watching her love other men while I was just here... All this time waiting for her to just...Look at me. Even if it's just for a little while.But that was nothing.It was nothing compared to what I was c
"A man who doesn't spend with his family can never be a real man." - UNKNOWNJORDAN POVThe first sound of the cry flowed with the dream. Hypnotic... Melodic like something I have never heard before. The second one ripped me out of bed with a force that almost had me colliding with the solid dresser that sat on the other side of the room. My mind registered after a few heartbeats, the origin of the sound."Okay, okay..." I hopped on one leg towards the small crib on the other side of the bed before picking up the baby with two hands and bringing it to my chest."It's okay... Daddy's up now. There, there..." I cooed softly rubbing my daughters back with small circles while rocking her gently. Her whole form was so small, frail, and delicate. And I couldn't help but wonder how the hell she was able to make such a strong sound when crying.I rocked for a few more seconds before halting and sniffing the air."God... You reek." I pulled her off me with a tiny cringe so I could take a look
“Real G’s don't make a lot of noise; they just take care of business.” ~ UNKNOWNCHAPTER 90MELODY POV“I know you are awake.” A deep voice sounded not far from where I lay sprawled on the bed not far from the round meeting table in the private cubicle of the jet. I blinked twice, my body rigid on the bed and unmoving. The rustling sound followed before the bed dipped under the heavyweight, and I swallowed down the rising emotions before locking out everything that threatened to choke me. “Mel?” Dante intoned in a much gentler tone while placing a giant hand on my hip and giving my body a small shake. “What?” I snapped getting up into a sitting position before slapping his hand off me and then glaring daggers at him. It was in the dead of the night, and we were snoring above the clouds with the moon casting warm glows through the purple shades. As dark as it was, I could still make out the wolf tattoo that stretched on his chest right from his sternum down to his bottom ribs. It w
"A wise man once said.......... Nothing!" ~ UNKNOWNMELODY POV,Chaos!That was one word I could use to describe the situation in Helsinki. Nothing but chaos. The bombing took the biggest toll on our numbers in terms of... well? Everything! Yeah sure, the cars were the much simpler thing to recover, and we would have replaced the stock with some new things sooner if it weren't for Leonardo fucking us up from behind.But one thing we couldn't replace no matter how much money we threw at it was the lost lives. Those men and women who died in the explosion were family. And money doesn't buy you that kind of loyalty we found in them."Signora... It's good to see you" Laylah intoned as soon as I stepped out the back of the rented Hummer and onto the paved pathway that led to the entrance of the hotel."Laylah." I pulled her into a small hug before kissing her cheek lovingly, then started to walk towards the entrance."Your suite is ready. I had them bring up their best top 5 bottles to th
"As far as I can remember, I have always wanted to be a gangster." ~ RAY LIOTTAJORDAN POVThings were finally… I wouldn’t be brazen and say everything was on track to getting back to the way ey used to be. Some things were still so far from being back to normal, still so unacceptable and jarring whenever they crossed y mind. But in all honesty, things were no longer as they were the past few weeks. Ever since Mel left, and I found out about my stance in her life and that I am still a very much bigger part of her, things have been feeling a lot less heavy. And that was the best feeling of them all. It all felt like a breath of fresh air. And when I looked at Redeem, well, let’s say I was no longer consumed by the great amount of guilt that made me want to strangle myself and throw myself down the bridge of burning wires while looking at her little face. Her presence was slowly becoming a norm, and I was loving every single minute I spent being her dad. Something about the way she
"Be careful who you call your friends. I'd rather have four quarters than 100 pennies." ~ AL CAPONEJORDAN POV“And you are expecting us to believe all of that with any solid proof?" Lorenzo said mockingly while waving his hand around.“It could have been anyone. Literally anyone. And as much as your theory makes absolute sense, it’s all bullocks. He would never do any of that you said he did. Hell, he’s been hitting after Melody for his entire life. He would never do anything to hurt her.” Alexander added up with disdain, and the twins hummed their agreement. I ripped from my seat before undoing the button of my coat, then looked down at them for a minute longer while contemplating how I was going to show them everything I saw. “The very unfortunate thing about betrayal is that…” I paused to grab the remote from my desk and turned my back on them. “It never comes from your enemies or the people you hate the most,” I said while flicking the projector with a press of the button and wa
"There are three ways of doing things around here: the right way, the wrong way, and the way I do it."~ ROBERT DE NIROJORDAN POV“He looks....""A little too excited" Vernero finished the sentence for me when I couldn't find the right words to describe what I was seeing in front of me. We stood side by side watching as Xander lost his shit in front of the jets that were all fueled up and ready to fly us out of the States.After our little rodent decided to take his own life instead of giving us the info we wanted, we figured it was time we faced the whole thing head-on. Truth be told, we've been way too lenient with all the shit that's been going on that we gave fuckers some ideas that they could walk all over us without facing the consequences:And now it was payback time. What happened with Damir showed us how soft we have become and now it was time we rekindled that fear inside of them. "What's exciting about Moscow?" I spun on my heel to face my in-laws, and Enzo smirked knowing