Sold To the Grizzly Don (Alcee and Bruno) novel Chapter 117

Chapter 117

Akcee entered Torq’s office and saw he was leaned back in his seat, relaxed and unbothered.

“You called me to come up?“.

“Yes,” he patted his knee. “Come sit.”

“If this is going to be about Mercurio and my mother,” she trailed off as he frowned at her in confusion. “He didn’t call you to complain?”

“He called me this morning, and I told him I would keep business and my family separate. If he wants to sit down and discuss a peace agreement I will do so but I will not be forcing you to be part of the conversation. I made it clear to him your family is who you designate it to be. Why?

What did he do?”

She walked to him and sat on his lap. “Told me he wants me to see Mama because she’s sick. As if he could try to guilt me into it.”

“You don’t want to see her?”

“Why would I want to see her? She hasn’t wanted to see me in years.”

“Oh, I don’t believe she didn’t want to see you. I do believe she’s a fucking coward who could have fought harder for you.”

“That’s what I said!” she slapped his chest excitedly. “I mean who the fuck lets their husband do the things he’s done to their daughter? I swear if you ever hurt Antero like he did me, you best sleep with one eye open.

“We’ll add this to your list.”

She grinned in spite of herself and then sighed, “I just don’t get them, Torq. For six years I was the reason why the entire family fell apart. I shouldered the blame all of them heaped on me. None of them came to see me once. If they passed my son in the street, they wouldn’t know his face. Now suddenly because Edgardo is dead and Mercurio is named head of the Mariani family, I’m supposed to return like I’m some prodigal daughter? I didn’t leave, Torg. I was forced out. I was thrown out. They turned me into a pariah. All of them. They talk as if it was all Dad’s doing but it’s not true. Yes, he was the head of the family, but they were grown men. They could have said no. They could have rebelled. It’s not as if Dad was going to kill any of them.”

“You’re very worked up over this”

“I am. I’m sorry. This isn’t why you called me up here?”

“No but we can talk this out some more if you wish. I don’t mind.”

“There is really nothing more to discuss on the matter. I don’t want to see them. End of story.”

“Then you don’t see them. I’m good with this. I will be meeting with Mercurio to go over a peace treaty, mostly because his little operation of loan shark and money laundering is on the edge of my territory. I don’t want to be fighting when I know he’s desperate for peace. When I meet him, you’ll be elsewhere. No need for you to be present.”

“You would do that?”

“It is no different than if I was meeting with any other family. I am your family. They are not. You do not need to be here for them. I don’t typically need my woman to help me with business matters so there is no reason for you to be here when Mariani is here.”

“Thank you.”

“It does leave me to ask though, are you denying them presence at our wedding?”

“Uh, yeah? I don’t want them there, Torq: Why would I want them there? Also, how big is this wedding? I heard Tank and Kylen arguing over a security issue because you booked a danun cathedral and it might be packed.”

He shrugged, “I want the world to know you’re mine. Also, the Bianchi family insists they want to be there. My entire Lozano family is going to be there. People are flying in from all over the world from my family and our affiliates. Then the Barrone family in Florida are all going to be here. They are really hoping Susana gets the feels during your ceremony and agrees to be with Jesus. He told me a short time ago on the phone

she was the one.”

Chapter 117

“Men actually confess this shit to one another?”

“Not usually. He is a particularly good friend, and I once helped him with a situation involving a jellyfish and his penis, so he tends to overshare

with me now.”

“I’m sorry, did you say a jellyfish and his penis.”

“Mm, off the coast of Cuba. He has incredible abilities for holding his breath and he did a free dive to grab something.” he made eyes at the word, “from the bottom of a shallow area near a reef. The weight of what he was carrying pulled his swim trunks down and a jellyfish mistook his dick for a fish, is my only guess.”

“No!”

“yes. He was left with a scar. You can ask Susana about it. I believe she inspected it up close and personal earlier.”

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