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CHAPTERONE
DANIELLA LEONE
Tonight’s the night.I stare into my own eyes knowing tonight I’ll finally get the fuckers that killed my brother.
"Daniella, what are you about to do?" Jenna stands outside the bathroom, looking as if she's seeing the last of me.
“Going out.”
I use my pinky finger to blend in my lipstick. Tonight I’m going in for the kill with thick flirty lashes, ruby red lips, and my best pushup bra. Everything must be perfect. Not a hair out of place, or months of preparation will be for nothing.
“I’m going with you.” She picks up her pace blocking me from entering my bedroom.
“No. You’re.Not.”
I step around her to leave the bathroom and she’s on my heels. This is a hiccup in my plan. I thought she had a shift tonight the bar tonight.
“I knew something was off about you. That’s why I called in.”
“That explains it,” I mumble, dropping to the edge of my bed to put on my shoes.
The last thing I want is my best friend begging me to chicken out of my revenge plan. Those motherfuckers killed my brother, and I’ll do anything to make them pay for it.
“Daniella, don’t do this. It’s stupid and it’s dangerous.”
“What other choice do I have?” I stare at Jenna, pleading for the answer that’s alluded me for months.
I don’t want to be this girl. The girl that’s willing to sleep with a stranger to get the information I need. But I will be because Angelo Leone deserved better.
“Let the police handle it.”
“Why is that always the answer?”My voice cracks. This is why I planned to do this tonight. “No onecares that I’m left with no family. Or that I buried my twenty-two-year-old brother right next to my parents.No one caresthat the fucking mafia runs this city.”
I look back to my silver heels and begin lacing the straps up my calf. Her pleading blues eyes could cause me chicken out of my plan. I can’t look her in the eye.
She doesn’t know the lengths I plan to go to get my revenge. And I’ll never tell her, because she would never understand.
Jenna’s slumming it in our rundown apartment because her daddy stopped giving her an allowance. I live here because this is all I have. Thentheytook my brother, and now it feels like I have nothing.
I get off the bed and walk to the mirror. I might not be as strong as they are, but with this outfit, getting their attention is a certainty. I add earrings and a silver necklace that disappears into my cleavage.
I’m dressed to kill,literally.
My little blue dress is so tiny it could fit a toddler. Paired with my six-inch heels, the deep waves curled into my thick hair, and my most sultry smokey eye, I’m finding someone to get me on the inside of Don Giorgio Bernardi’s businesstonight.
“Your boobs are gonna fall out of that dress. Daniella,pleasedon’t do this.” The worried look remains on her face.
“I’ll be in and out. They won’t know what hit them,” I wink and smile.
Jenna rolls her eyes. “Those guys aren’t pushovers. They’re thugs with big guns and coke-filled brains. They arepredators. And if you want to walk into their club looking like this, anything can happen. Can’t you think of something else?”
I walk away from the mirror and reach for my purse. “I’ve got this. I’ve stayed in the shadows for too long and I know a good girl can’t beat them. Only a beastlikethem can succeed at their game. See you later, Jenna.”
“Please, Daniella,” Jenna pleads behind me as I walk to the door. I open it, ignoring her.
There’s no going back now. This is my only chance.
The night is cool and windy. I inhale a lungful of cold air and tighten my grip on my purse. Soon, I get a taxi, and I squeeze my eyes shut as soon as I settle in the backseat, reviewing the plan in my mind.
