Fall For My Ex's Mafia Father novel Chapter 33

The man starts to scream as Kent stands behind him, pressing the sharp edge of the knife to the man’s pinky finger. The scream turns to a howl of horror, of pain, as Kent presses the blade deeper.

I’m frozen to the spot, horrified. Though I can feel myself trembling, I can’t move, can’t stop watching. The man not being cut begins to scream in panic, looking everywhere for a way out and then –

Oh my god –

His eyes fix on me. He sees me peeking through the door, fixates on me. He begins to scream in my direction and I think I can hear the words “help! HELP!” reverberate through the room.

Sensing a change, Kent’s eyes shift to the other man and then move directly to me.

I gasp and push the door shut and then bolt – bolt – from the hallway.

Panic moves me faster than I thought I could go as I scramble up the stairs, sprint across the kitchen, pull open the kitchen door and then use the banister to propel myself up the main stairs two steps at a time.

Oh my god, I think, he’s a monster, he’s a psychopath!

Of course, I had already made this assessment – in jail when I’d interviewed him, then again when he kidnapped me – but now? The truth feels like it has hit home inside of me, after seeing that scene in the Mafia King’s basement.

I reach the top of the stairs and throw myself towards my room, my fingers inches from my doorknob, when something grabs me around my waist, hauling me back against a solid body –

I scramble, shrieking, trying to get free, but he holds me fast. He grabs me by the hair at the back of my neck, forcing my head back, my face turned up towards his. I pant, in his arms, pinned against him, finally still. “What did I tell you to do, Fay?”

“My phone!” I gasp, remembering my rationale for being there. “I forgot my phone!”

“You deliberately disobeyed me, Fay,” he says, walking forward a few steps, pressing me backwards, my feet working to keep up as I feel the door to my bedroom press into my back. It swing opens and then, suddenly, we’re in my room.

Kent kicks the door shut and pushes me up against the wall. My breath comes fast then – I almost hyperventilate –