Lucille’s POVThe first —a transfer agreement. I understood why he wanted that. He always converted what wasn’t his but the second, a marriage agreement. An agreement to marry him or I lose my son. I didn’t understand that.“Why?” The word left my lips before I could stop it. “You cheated on me, Benjamin. You slept with my best friend while I was asleep beside you in bed, you tried to kill me. You claim I was boring in bed and you brought up divorce before I could so why remarry me? Why bring us into a union of chaos.”Benjamin scoffed, then picked up Harvey by the shirt. “I can, that’s why. I have leverage, that’s why. I want to, that is the fucking reason. You go out there and live your fucking life after messing up mine. I can’t hold down a decent job because I’m a fucking ex-con and what do you do, you live your best life in some penthouse and protected all day. No, no, not on my watch.”“You are mine, Lucille. Mine and mine alone. I get to ruin you. I get to be in your life. I g
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