Sabel's P.O.V. ********************************** ~ A couple of months later ~ ********************************** "Are things getting any better at home?" Mandy asked me. "Not really," I replied. "I still have to see my dad in secret, but thanks to you, it's easier." "You mean, thanks to my family name," she muttered. Mandy and I have been good friends for a few years now, but we've been getting closer lately. It helps that, because her dad is some rich a.sshole, Mom loves that I hang out with her. Mandy's going through a lot at home as well, and it seems that the three of us are connected in some way. Me. Mandy. And... Paxon. Shortly after Dad arrived in town, we found out that Mandy's mother has ties to the mafia. She's the daughter of someone who was like my father. I guess he

