Easton and the others thought that by punishing Charlie, they could earn my forgiveness.
What they didn’t expect was that after leaving France, they would never get another chance to see me again.
Once I came clean with Martin and we finally spoke openly. He understood what had really happened in the past.
Martin had never imagined that Easton and his circle could be so despicable.
Fueled by both old grudges and new resentment, he joined forces with the Sinclair family to strike at the Lovato, Wright, Ramirez, and Lopez families.
At first, I thought Martin was joking–or perhaps just venting his anger. I didn’t believe it would
ause much damage to those four powerful families.
fter all, no matter how I looked at it, the Addams and Sinclair families couldn’t possibly topple he Four Great Clans… could they?
ut what I didn’t know was that the Addams family had already grown into a formidable force.
lack when Martin was eighteen, they had moved much of their power abroad. But once he took ver, he quietly began rebuilding industries back in the homeland.
nd by now, he had become strong enough to crush the four families with ease.
I just a few days, the Lovato family and the other three were completely annihilated.
verything escalated at a pace I could never have imagined, reaching an ending I hadn’t
oreseen.
leanwhile, Easton and the others, who had traveled all the way to France but failed to find me eturned home only to discover their families went bankrupt.
With someone as meticulous and vengeful as Martin around, they would never again roam rance as freely as before–let alone harass me whenever they please.
When I received this good news, I couldn’t help but smile at Martin, who stood before me looking
or credit.
the beginning, I had only chosen him because I wanted nothing to do with Easton and his roup. It had been a reckless, desperate decision.
lut now, looking back, it felt like fate’s arrangement.
ly accident, I had stumbled onto the best path of all.
