THIRTY ONE - NEW LEAF

He took his place beside his wife and stood proudly and surveyed the crowd, his forearm resting on the butt of the 9mm hidden beneath his jacket. It was difficult to trust anyone anymore; and he knew, but could not prove without a shadow of a doubt that Antonio Sharpe was still pulling strings in the underworld and who knows what Jaden McNamara had been up to all these years in Europe. However, it was no longer Marcus’s job to catch criminals, but he wanted to stay close to both of them and ensured that war did not break out between the men that had once dined at Stephanie’s table.

“Marcus wipe those creases from your brow, this is supposed to be a happy occasion, there is no need to look so intense,” Molly whispered.

“Molly, after what I just been through, I expect anything at anytime to happen and worse the two men that started the mayhem in the family are here in this church today watching their woman get married to another man.”