32. Ghazi was charmed

It was the social event that I dreaded but still go to at the end. The thing about my uncles was that they were both manipulative bastards, and my aunts were no better. They knew just how to push the right buttons to control me and I hated that the most.

Being the head of a criminal family does make one have power, but what I have to consider was the intricate side behind every decision-making that I make. When I ended things with Oscar, it was not supposed to be for real. But then somehow they noticed and they pulled the rug under me saying things can get messy easily. Remembering what they did to Oscar's sister, I believed them. Since then I've made several attempts to turn things around though just like they said, they have been in the business longer and I've been tackled with their so-called business smarts more times than I liked.

Months after having to cut ties with Oscar my relationship with them had been at a standstill. They never pushed me to build relations