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Chapter 18 Bloodline

KATHERINE

I sighed looking at my hot chocolate that sat on the counter, I really didn't want it but it was a comfort item. I grabbed the can of whipped cream spraying even more on top of it until it was a mountain. Things were tense around the house to say the lease, at first me and LaMelo were talking really good and really communicating but I gave the stupidest suggestion by offering to call De Pablo and talk him out of attacking which just set LaMelo off again. Our whole morning has been spent sending each other dirty looks and snipping at each other. Right now he's locked away in his office with some guy named Jermaine Jackson. I guess he was a gang leader LaMelo was really cool with and who knows what they were talking about. When I asked LaMelo told me I couldn't make proper decisions so I didn't get to know anything and I wouldn't be left alone again for a while. I had classes today but he wouldn't let me go, he told me to just kiss school goodbye.

I grabbed my hot chocolate walking back into the living room taking a sip sitting on the couch grabbing my "After" book. This is like my fourth time reading this series but it was nice to just get lost in someone else's relationship for a while and forget about my own. I crossed my legs reading the intense sex scene once again. My mind wasn't showing me Tessa and Hardin but instead my brain tortuously replaced them with me and LaMelo. It was like my brain wouldn't let me stay mad at him. Everything in me was screaming to be mad but my brain wouldn't allow it. I was against myself in this fight. After reading about 4 chapters I put the book down grabbing my phone calling Zane.

Ring

Ring

Ring

"What's up sis?" He asked me answering the phone.

"Nothing. I'm bored so I thought I'd see what you were up too" I said with a shrug. I had no one else to talk to. I couldn't call Brandon because LaMelo refused to let me have his number, I couldn't go annoy LaMelo. My mom is going to want to know about me and LaMelo's fight and I just don't want to talk about it.

"Just hanging out around the house. Where's LaMelo?" He asked me making me sigh.

"The office we're fighting" I huffed out.

"About De Pablo?" He asked me making me cringe. Well I guess it makes sense he knows, everyone is on high alert waiting for De Pablo to attack. He hadn't yet and a part of me was hopeful he wouldn't.

"Yeah, I don't want to talk about it. Maybe we could go get coffee or something, I feel like I'm dying in this house" I complained laying back on the couch bored. I held my feet in the air that was wearing my fluffy grey Ugg sandals.

"Yeah I don't blame you. Did he ya'know?" Zane asked his voice stiff. I knew he was asking about a punishment and I was shocked I didn't get one either.

"No dear old blood brother. He's working on himself so I didn't get punished thankfully" I said but then I felt the wheels in my head moving and turning coming up with an idea. Then a light bulb went off, it hit me, I could fix all of this.

"I have to go Zane. Love you" I said hanging up sitting up. Blood, a bloodline can save all of this right here and right now if we manipulate it right. De Pablo is my father and he has no other kids besides me and Zane to take over his gang one day when he's old and can't do it anymore. I'm marrying LaMelo and Zane works for California Kings. At some point the gangs will come together under California Kings and LaMelo's control so what if we started working together now. I got up dashing through the house to LaMelo's office not bothering to knock just swinging the door open smiling making the two men jump.

"What's wrong?" LaMelo asked me standing with wide eyes.

"I just solved all of our problems. Go ahead and tell me I'm genius before I even tell you what my plan is" I smiled brightly walking in waving a hidden hand at Jermaine. LaMelo groaned squeezing his eyes closed.