Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Sophie Lark
- Language: English
- Genre: Organized Crime
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AIDA GALLO
Fireworks burst into bloom above the lake, hanging suspended in the
clear night air, then drifting down in glittering clouds that settle on
the water.
My father flinches at the first explosion. He doesn’t like things that are
loud or unexpected. Which is why I get on his nerves sometimes—I can be
both of those things, even when I’m trying to behave myself.
I see his scowl illuminated by the blue and gold light. Yup, definitely
the same expression he gets when he looks at me.
“Do you want to eat inside?” Dante asks him.
Because it’s a warm night, we’re all sitting out on the deck. Chicago is
not like Sicily—you have to take the opportunity to eat outdoors whenever
you can get it. Still, if it weren’t for the sound of traffic below, you might
think you were in an Italian vineyard. The table is set with the rustic
stoneware brought from the old country three generations ago, and the
pergola overhead is thickly blanketed by the fox grapes Papa planted for
shade. You can’t make wine out of fox grapes, but they’re good for jam at
least.
My father shakes his head.
“It’s fine here,” he says shortly.
Dante grunts and goes back to shoveling chicken in his mouth. He’s so
big that his fork looks comically small in his hand. He always eats like he’s
starving, hunched over his plate.
Dante is the oldest, so he sits on my father’s right-hand side. Nero’s on
the left, with Sebastian next to him. I’m at the foot of the table, where my
mother would sit if she were still alive.
“What’s the holiday?” Sebastian says as another round of fireworks
rocket up into the sky.
“It’s not a holiday. It’s Nessa Griffin’s birthday,” I tell him.
The Griffins’ palatial estate sits right on the edge of the lake, in the
heart of the Gold Coast. They’re setting off fireworks to make sure
absolutely everybody in the city knows their little princess is having a party
—as if it wasn’t already promoted like the Olympics and the Oscars
combined.
Sebastian doesn’t know because he doesn’t pay attention to anything
that isn’t basketball. He’s the youngest of my brothers, and the tallest. He
got a full ride at Chicago State, and he’s good enough that when I go visit
him on campus, girls stare and giggle everywhere he goes, and sometimes
pluck up the courage to ask him to sign their t-shirts.
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