Prologue
L eanne Wilson looked up as they parked in front of the large home. Looking up at the massive white column of the porch she sighed. It had been years since she started paying back the loans her father had inflicted on their family with his gambling problem. She loved her father because he was her father but greatly dislike the man himself. He had been happy at first when he was winning big but the problem was he didn’t know how to stop when he was ahead. He had dipped deep and eventually the losses started adding up. In the end he had lost everything. His day to day job, home and his wife. He had eventually even lost her respect for him. Because of his gambling addiction Leanne had been forced to care for her little sister Denise since she was a young girl. At the tender age of 16 Leanne had packed her things with Denise’s and had left. She couldn’t keep watching him kill himself and she refused to let her little sister be taken down with him. She didn’t think he would even notice they were gone until he got hungry.
Things were finally beginning to turn around for the two women. They were both adults and free from the burden of her father and their past. Denise had even got a scholarship to medical school and had just started this past year. She had fought hard for her grades with Leanne’s guidance stating over and over that she would make something of herself. She wouldn’t end up like their father. They didn’t know where their mother had gone when she left and hadn’t seen her since she packed her bags and walked out the front door. Yes, things were starting to look up now. Or so she thought. This was until a few months ago when she received a call from her sister in the middle of the night. John had shot himself in the head when he lost a game at the poker tables in Atlantic City. He had been playing against Antonio Delvinci. Antonio was the youngest son and member of the Delvinci crime family in New York. Although her father was dead he still passed his debt to his daughters in death. His debts were not considered paid and once again Leanne was picking up the mess for a man from the grave.
Chapter 1
L eanne had called the number they gave her sister and setup a payment plan with another member of the family. The person was the middle son of the family named Demarion Leonard Delvinci. Of course the terms proposed were outrageous and she didn’t know how she would survive on her meager salary after paying the amount but she agreed in order to keep her sister safe. Leanne finally came to the conclusion that she couldn’t make the payments anymore. Her bills had piled up and she was tired of eating soup from the can and ramen noodles. She had lost 10 pounds and was exhausted all the time from picking up a second job. She knew if she kept going like she was she would be with her father in the ground soon.
Getting up the nerve she had dialed the number she left on the magnet on the refrigerator.
“Mr. Demarion? Hi this is Leanne Wilson and I am calling you to tell you that I will not pay you another cent. This was my father’s debt not mine.”
“Doesn’t matter Ms. Wilson. You are next in line and if you refuse there will be consequences. Think before you say anything else. You are making a big mistake. Come see me at my home and we will discuss it. Tonight at 8 and don’t be late.”
“No thank you. I don’t have anything else to say. I have said it! I won’t be paying you anything else.” She heaved a sigh as she had hung up the phone just as he started talking.
She had just stepped out of the shower and put on a pair of yoga pants and t shirt when there was a knock at her door. Getting up to answer it she was surprised when two men in dark expensive looking suits pushed their way inside.
“Mr. Delvinci would like a word with you Ms. Wilson.”
“Well you tell Mr. Delvinci that I
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