Chapter 1 - Get Out

Timo hadn't seen the punch coming. "Fuck", he muttered falling to the ground. He braced himself to stand, again, only to have a vicious kick delivered to his ribs. Clutching his stomach with a groan he rolled onto his back to look at Uncle Shad.

Grabbing Timo by the shirt Uncle Shad pulled him off the ground. Face to face, Uncle Shad bit out with a deadly calm, "You had to start messing with Magdalena . . . , yes, I know all about your little girlfriend on the side. You screwed me. Willa ran off rather than look at your stupid, ass love sick face. So where does that leave the family? It leaves me missing my most valuable asset. You're done Timo - banished."

"You can't do that! I've done everything you ever asked. It isn't my fault Willa ran away; she has never put the family first. Willa always does what is best for Willa. You know that. I would have married her! I lost Maggie over her. I've lost everything! Yet I am the one that put the family first! Willa ran because she doesn't want to marry me, she wants to go back to her mother!"

"You stupid fool – you just don't get it. Loyal to the family means always doing what you're told. You should have never have let Willa know about Maggie. What do you think she would do knowing this? You're nothing to this family Timo. I have many like you – I only had one Willa. Get lost!"

Finally, an opening for the truth, "I didn't make Willa, run. You did. You're wrong. Willa has only ever seen me as her big brother. Your little marriage plan was nothing but sick. If you knew Willa at all, you would have called off the engagement. You're the fucking asshole!" Timo ground out bitterly as he spat on Shadrack's feet.

Shad grabbed Timo twisting his arm behind his back, pushing him out the door.

"If you want to stay in this family, Timo, bring me Willa."