modern fairy-tale

2000 Words

Portia "Here." He hands me a folder out of his briefcase. He's old-school. Leave no electronic trail. Ever. It's probably what's kept him out of prison. I open the folder and the first thing I see is a grainy photo of the man who orchestrated my family's m******e. The younger Fernando Mancini. I flip through the photos, look at the vast, empty land around him. I look at the men in their pickup trucks, the porch of the house he's stepping into. The bigger house I don't recognize. "He's in Mexico?" My uncle nods. "Making an alliance between the Esmeralda Cartel, which he considers himself the head of since he is engaged to Portia — " "He can consider himself the f*****g king of England for all I care. It makes no difference to me. Like I said, he's no longer engaged to Portia. She tol

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