Chapter 1 PROLOGUE 

POV JENKINS FAMILY

There was a family, not just any family but the strongest and most feared family in the Mafia world: The Jenkins family. Jason Jenkins and his wife Lily had a son named James. He was an only child. With James being the only child, when he gets older he would have to take over his father's position as Mafia king of the Jenkins family. Lily and Jason were so happy together. Lily never wanted to be a part of the Mafia world but didn't have a choice.

Lily knows about the consequences if she tried to leave because Jason had enemies that wanted him gone and if Lily were to leave with James they would both be in danger and Jason couldn't protect them. Lily made peace with that and lived happily with her little family.

Today was Jason's birthday, and Lily wanted to surprise him with another pregnancy she had known about for weeks. James already knew about it and was happy to have a baby sister. But Jason didn't come home until late that night drunk and smelled like sex, which the evidence was on him to prove he was cheating. Lily packed her things and asked James to pack his things too. Lily couldn't stay in the same house with Jason after what he did.

"Baby, please don't go, I'm sorry it won't happen again."

Lily looked at James and told him to wait outside for her. James did just that. Lily turned to Jason and slapped him in the face. Jason rubbed his cheek because it stung from the impact.

"I'm leaving, and I'm not coming back. I wanted to surprise you with a baby girl, but you can't even be faithful to me. Enough is enough, I'm taking James with me, and you can rot in hell."

Jason grabbed Lily's wrist so hard that he left a handprint on her wrist where he grabbed her.

"Let go of me, Jason, you're hurting me."

Jason finally let go of Lily's wrist and Lily l ran to the car, where James waited patiently for his mother. Jason ran after Lily. But she was already in the car.

"Lily, who's going to protect you and our son, you know if you leave my enemies will use both of you to get to me."

Lily knew Jason was right, but she had enough of the cheating and James didn't need to be around that. Lily moved back to West Virginia with people she knew would help her with James and protect them from Jason's enemies.

"Jason, I have family and friends that are Mafia that will protect me and James from your enemies."

Lily started the car and drove away. Lily thought Jason changed, but he didn't. While driving to West Virginia, James noticed that his mother was bleeding.

"Mom, you're bleeding."

Lily looks down to see what James is talking about, and that's when she knew she had to go to the hospital to ensure the baby was okay. Lily finally made it to the hospital, and they confirmed she was having a miscarriage. After finding out Lily lost her baby, she shut down, leaving James to fend for himself. But James never left his mother's side. When Lily and James made it to West Virginia, they went to a house that Lily grew up in and stayed there.

Lily got a job and James is now in high school. Lily is working at a restaurant doing waitressing. But one night, Lily pulled a double shift and something didn't feel right. She was being followed. Lily hurried to finish her shift and make it home safely.

After some years, Lily was diagnosed with breast cancer, stage 4. Lily had beaten it before, but now she was tired of fighting. James started working to help his mom to live longer because he wasn't really to let her go. Lily is all he had as a parent. One day, James got a call from the hospital while he was at work, it wasn't good because James dropped to his knees crying because of the news he had gotten about his mom. After Lily passed away, James went back to his father and became the person his mother never wanted him to be. Jason was remarried to Bethany and had a son named Nick, who hated James with a passion. Nick tried everything he could to destroy James, but it never worked.