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I'm not even certain he can feel that emotion.
If you ask my mother, she would tell you that, of course, he loves her, loves us, but I know that's a lie.
After she passed away, killed actually, my father didn't even wait until the funeral before he was screwing some blonde bimbo in their bed.
Yes, everyone grieves differently, but when your wife is killed by your rival, you don't sleep with some nineteen-year-old groupie less than an hour after your wife's body was carted out of your home.
That was twenty years ago, and since then I've had plenty of new "mommies" in my life.
When I turned sixteen, some of those new mommies tried to sleep with me when Dad was too drunk to get it up.
Most I turned down, but come on, when a twenty-four-year-old model wants to have sex with you as a teenager, there's only so long you can hold out.
The point is, my father isn't good with warmer emotions.
Though he's an expert where seven deadly sins are concerned.
The man could give Lucifer a good run for his throne.
"You said something about a new job for me," I answer.
I could have lied and said I am, but we both know I'm not.
At thirty-two years old, I really shouldn't have to placate my father.
You would think we could be two adults in a room talking, but that's a pipedream that's never coming true.
"I do have a new job for you, but that's not what I was informing you of.
In six weeks from now, you will be getting married to Diana Giuseppe."
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
I snap before my mind can stop me.
My brain/mouth filter often malfunctions, especially when people say stupid shit like this.
I'm not about to get married to some woman I don't even know.
"Alonzo Giuseppe runs Global Oceans Incorporated. It's an import and export company that will bring in millions to the family. I have curated the relationship with Alonzo for years now, and we have finally come to an agreement. You will marry his daughter, and in exchange, when he steps down, you will take over the company, along with our own family business, when my time comes. In return, you marry his daughter, and we do all of our imports and exports with him at a premium cost. It's a perfect partnership."
"Except for the part where I'm not doing it."
I know my father has been after a business partner who can ship and receive items from overseas.
A massive part of the family business involves the trafficking of weapons and drugs, not to mention a whole host of high-valued stolen items.
People often think the mafia is just a bunch of hitmen running around, which isn't wrong, but there are also other avenues that we explore.
Guns and drugs are the big ones for us.
Even human trafficking in the sense that we charge an outlandish amount of money to bring illegals over here with their family.
A more recent avenue is selling stolen antiques and art pieces.
My father even acquired one of the best counterfeiters I have ever seen.
He has generated close to half a billion dollars for us already in mass-producing forgeries of the same print.
