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Where There's Smoke

OnceUponMelanin

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Reads 21,815
Votes 1,614
Parts 52
Time 17h 20m

OnceUponMelanin

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The 3rd installment of The Family Business Saga comes right out the gate swinging. Everyone has said he was a ticking time bomb, now that everything has blown up the life that Roman and Janae have built together for the past 6 and a half years is now crumbling in front of their eyes. We pick up where The Family Business left off. Janae is now left to figure out where things went wrong and if her marriage is worth fighting for anymore. Roman is trying to scramble to reclaim his wife, so she doesn't walk out of his life forever. The couple is now at odds and to make matters worse they have their new baby Evangaline to consider who is caught right in the middle. Roman's secrets that he's tried to keep hidden are yanked out of the closet by some people from his past. A new perspective will be added to the story unearthing a major secret that will change the Marchetti's lives forever. This secret is one that was thought to be buried years prior. While Roman sets his focus on saving what's left of his marriage he still has to play his role as capo and figure out who has been after his family all of these years. Janae's main focus is her daughter and making sure that she is the best mother she can be. While everything burns around her someone helps ease some of the tension. Will Roman and Janae reignite their flame or will everything go up in smoke?All Rights Reserved

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