Chapter 169

Katie's POV

I smirked and shimmied my shoulders a little. “Oh, Daddy, I’m pretty well aware of what Cephus can do if I let him close to me.”

“Have some dignity, Katie,” Mum snapped.

“Like you do when you’re getting a man’s kneecaps smashed up because he had ideas about planning for the future of our neighborhood that didn’t align with yours?”

She rolled her eyes, and then her whole head as well. “Rocky Halloran had it coming, trust me.”

Something about that pushed my buttons in a way no other part of this mess had yet.

“Trust you, Mum? Why should I trust anything that comes out...