The Ones I Hate The Most

'The front door smashes open, and I hear three sets of angry, loud footsteps penetrate the first level of the apartment.

"Oh, darling Amity, where are you, my zucchero?" Stefano shouts in a sing-song voice.

Obviously, I don't respond, leaning my body further against the balcony and holding a hand over my mouth, so I don't make a noise.

"You're not in trouble, succhiare il miele," Xavier shouts out. "Well, not if you come out now..."

I keep inching closer to the edge, less than a step from falling eleven meters and cracking my head open to die.'

*

Amity Gregor is a regular teenage girl, struggling with her grades and fawning over boys. But she has a dark past.

At five years old, she was placed in her mother's custody and separated from her six brothers and father.

She slowly forgot about them and was taught by her mother that they were terrible people. Ten years pass, and Amity's reunited with her family.

But she's not the bubbly little girl she used to be, and they're not her innocent big brothers. Instead, they're hardened mafia men, who Amity's mother was desperate to keep her away from.

As secrets unravel, and trust is built there's only one way through the mess called life. Together.

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