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Chapter One

Ruby

I sit across from the man who killed my father, the man who also happens to be my uncle

I find it difficult to feel any fahts his cigar, running a hand through hison

His office – e and spacious My dad furnished it elegantly, but Aaron has gutted it and turned it into an idiot’s idea of what it’s like to be rich, with golden furniture, plush rugs that don’t ned prints on the walls, all of which clash

It’s an open secret in the Irish o Aaron conspired with the Cartel to take outabout it I know thatcontrol of the mob, but with the Cartel’sabout it

I was sixteen when my dad mysteriously died of a heart attack at dinner

He was my best friend as well as my dad, as sad as that sounds

I’ve never been good atfriends, and my connection to the mob has made it even more difficult

I’m the princess of the Irish mafia

People are wary aroundthat if theyjoke and my family finds out, there will be hell to pay

My uncle runs the house like a dictatorship

I know if I speak first it’s going to put him in a bad e h me

It’s preeet ready for him to tell me no, the sa he wants

But I have to try

My writing beca in my life after Dad died

Finally, he sighs and rests his elbow on the table “You wanted to see me?”

I al here for at least a et his power play over with

Of course, I’m here to see him

But I don’t let any of er cloud my expression, instead work to make myself smile as widely as I can muster