Fall For My Ex's Mafia Dad novel Chapter 313

I’m startled from my nap on Daniel’s shoulder a little while later by a gentle shake at my shoulder. I raise my head, groaning at the crick in my neck and wiping at my mouth where I’m horrified to see there’s a little drool. Blinking, confused, I look around. Where…

“Hey, baby,” a soft voice murmurs. My eyes focus on the figure crouched down in front of me, on her head of pretty purple hair…

“Janeen!” I gasp, and then I pitch forward into my sister’s arms. She lets out a little surprised gasp as I knock her to the floor, holding her tight to me. Then she laughs a little as I duck my head against her shoulder.

“Okay, kid,” she says, patting my hair. “It’s all right. We came to take you home.”

“We?” I ask, raising my head. And then I look up to see my dad standing there – my real dad, who I haven’t seen in weeks, and I burst into tears.

“Oh, darling,” he says, holding his hands out to me. I reach out for him instantly and my dad pulls me first to my feet and then into a warm hug where he holds me for a long time, rocking me back and forth.

After a few long moments of this, I hear someone awkwardly clear their throat behind me. When I turn, I see Daniel standing up from his seat, looking hesitantly between us. Of course, he’s figured out who these people are – but he’s never been introduced.

“Dad,” I say, stepping away from him and wiping at my eyes. “This is Daniel. My…um, he’s my fiancé.” And then I gesture towards Janeen as well. “Daniel this is Janeen.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you both,” Daniel says, all formality, saying precisely what is expected of a fiancé upon meeting the family. “I wish it was…under better circumstances.”

Janeen laughs, a harsh thing, but not without humor. I turn to glare at her a little but she doesn’t see, her eyes on Daniel. “Oh, we all wish it was under better circumstances, Danny.” Then, even though he opens his mouth to reply, Janeen turns to me. “You ready to get out of here, baby?”

Eagerly, I nod, but I fix my eyes on Daniel and the lawyer. “Um, can we go?”

The lawyer, looking exhausted, sighs and nods. “They want to bring you for questioning later in the week, but considering they only just captured Lippert now, they’re distracted –“

I gasp when I hear the news and Daniel reaches out to take my hand. “I’ll tell you all about it,” he promises. “He’s okay.”

“Okay,” I sigh, dropping Daniel’s hand as we start to move towards the door. I lean into my dad, wanting his warmth. “I get it. Let’s just…go home.”

When we climb into the car, I’m surprised that dad drives us not to our little city house – but instead hits the highway and starts to take us towards the shore. It doesn’t take me long to realize that we’re heading for the shore house – my shore house, which I’ve mostly turned over to Janeen.

Janeen sits in the back with me, leaving Daniel to awkwardly take the front seat next to my dad. We’re all silent for a long time before Janeen asks dad to turn on the radio, which he does. But when she turns to me and leans close, I realize that the music is just a cover.

“How are you?” she whispers, unbuckling her belt so she can scoot closer to me. “Are you okay?”

I ignore her questions, instead countering with some pressing ones of my own. “How did you even know we were here, Janeen?”

“That guy,” she says, blinking at me in wide-eyed surprise. When I glance at Daniel, she takes my hand, pulling my attention back to her. “No, the other guy. Ivan. He – he called, he told me that you were going to need a ride from the police station tonight.”