Corsican Crime Lord: The Complete Series by Charmaine Pauls EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Charmaine Pauls
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Angelo
Most people don’t know they’re going to get married the first time they
meet. Relationships develop over time. Some men and women weigh
up the pros and cons to decide if they can live with someone until death do
them part. Others follow their heart.
Not me.
In my family, tradition dictates differently. The decision was made for
me a long time ago. That’s how the business works. Money is power, and
power is everything. Power means survival. It’s the most fundamental rule
of the world.
Only the strongest survive.
That’s why I’m here, why we’re driving up the road that zigzags to the
top of the hill and ends in a cul-de-sac. A mansion peeks from behind high
walls. Beyond, the ocean glimmers in the golden dusk. Below, to the right,
the lagoon is a flawless mirror surrounding the stilt cabins on the island.
The town of Great Brak River lies a kilometer inland on the bank of the
river, consisting of a supermarket, a post office, an old as well as a new
church, a small police station, an art gallery, a gas station, and a handful of
shops and restaurants.
Anticipation tightens my gut. The reaction is involuntary. Far from
being pure or innocent, it’s born from instinct, from the darker, animalistic
side of me that needs to claim and procreate.
Survival.
That’s why we came all the way from Corsica to this secluded town in
South Africa that’s no bigger than the point of a needle on the map.
To meet my bride.
I’ve known for ten years, but twenty or thirty couldn’t be long enough
to prepare me for the moment. Whereas most human beings take the
freedom of dating whoever they like for granted, I see it for what it is. A
chore.
Dating is nothing but a tedious process of selection via elimination.
There’s a certain calm in knowing one woman is destined to be mine. Our
union will serve in fulfilling my duty. There’s logic in that. It gives stability
to life in a world where little and few can be trusted. It gives meaning to
existence. No soul searching or introspection are necessary.
It’s been decided.
The outcome has been predetermined.
The timing, however, could’ve been better. We left my mother and sister
alone for New Year, but I understand only too well why my father is eager
to see this contract to fruition. The reason for his haste eats at me too.
Instead of flying to the nearest airport, we rented a car in Cape Town
and drove the four hundred and twenty-eight kilometers to George. My
father wanted to see the Garden Route and stop on the way to buy wine. We
took the scenic road along the coast, passing cliffs that broke off into the
stormy sea and bays studded with smooth rocks and penguins. Sea bamboo
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