Francesca’s POV
A few months have gone by and I was slowly taking over the business as Matt progressively stood back into the shadows. This was a dream come true for me, but it came with a very high price. My husband wasn’t around as much, as the scavenge hunting took up a great deal of time, keeping him away for weeks at a time.
Every time he came back, it was as if I had lost him a little more. I felt him slipping through my fingers and I had no traction to hold him. To secure him by my side. To bring him back from the darkness this deal had thrown him under.
He had, purposefully, been postponing his Don ceremony for months now. He wanted to get his revenge before he officially got the title. It was pure and utter bureaucracy because there was no one that treated him as any less than
