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Five months pregnant and nearly broke, I was standing in a grocery store with just $17 in my bank account when my wealthy ex-fiancé waved hundred-dollar bills in my face and humiliated me in front of strangers. His new fiancée laughed at my pregnant belly while someone nearby started recording. I was desperately trying not to cry when three men in black suits entered the store, followed by Chicago's most feared mafia boss. **And when he walked straight toward me, pulled me into his arms, and kissed me in front of everyone, my ex-fiancé's face went completely white.**
While three soldiers held me against the lockers on my first morning in the barracks, the biggest man in the squad switched on a pair of electric clippers and leaned close enough for me to hear him laugh. ""By the time I'm finished, you'll either beg us to stop or you'll learn who owns this room."" I calmly lifted my chin and told him to keep going. His smile disappeared when he realized I wasn't afraid of losing my hair. A few minutes later, the barracks door opened and the man standing there looked at what was lying on the floor, then looked at me—and suddenly nobody in the room was laughing...