The Mafia's Babies by Kaycee Romano (rocket ebook reader txt) 📖

River looked over at Mateo, caramel orbs met her gaze. He shook his head slightly, indicating that it was not their place to talk here.

That was how it worked. Nobody else speaks in an argument between the boss and his mother.

Even Alessia and Antonio didn't speak, though this whole conversation was about them.

Man, what I would do to wipe than smug face from his ugly mug! The inner voice commented as River watched the prick's expression.

"Katrina is the love of my life." Alessio finally said after a long pause, completely evading Katrina's gaze as he did so. She had the warmest, brightest, most beautiful smile in the world when he said that. River figured that Alessio wasn't one to frequently express his feelings. No wonder Mateo is so awkward with his.

Yet both father and son look hella cute when they do.

"We have our fights, yes." He said, "She is probably the most infuriating woman on earth, yes, but I love her and we have never hurt one another and definitely not in the way he hurt our daughter."

"Papa-" Antonio started but was quickly cut off.

"Don't you dare call me that!" Alessio was instantly on his feet.

"Alessio, watch your tone." Abrianna said.

"Antonio de Pedis, the only thing stopping me from putting a bullet through your head is the fact that your father saved my wife's life once." Alessio completely ignored Abrianna who looked insulted and infuriated. Oh god, River really didn't want to be there!

"Leave right this instant!" He barked.

Antonio was on his feet within a nanosecond. Though he acted so smug and brave he was just as cowardly as his past actions.

"You do realize he will stay your son in law till death, don't you?" Abrianna asked, "Do you want your daughter to spend the rest of her life alone? Who will look after her if something happens to you and Mateo?"

What the hell woman?

"I think Sia is more than capable of taking care of herself." The words spilled out of River's lips before she could stop herself. All eyes were on her and she decided to finish what she had to say. "And don't worry Abrianna; she will have me if something happened to them." She gestured to the two men.

"I did not ask you, American." Abrianna took a step towards her while she stood up, followed by Alessia and Katrina. Now all of them were on their feet.

'Why do I have a feeling this is going to end in gunshots?'

Well, it would be all your fault this time coz you are starting it.

'Thanks, I really don't need your input right now.'

The logic side is asking you to back down right now but the other illogical emotional side is asking you to do exactly what you really want to do.

"Mama, she has got a point." Alessio backed River up.

"The only point that makes sense here is that marriage in mafia is till death and you cannot expect an outsider like her to understand it." She pointed at River, her fingers shaking with rage.

"Then so be it!" Mateo said and River thought at the same time. And before she could interpret what was going on, Mateo and she had pointed their guns at the smug-faced ugly mug's head.

"ABRIANNA!" The asshole squeaked under the couple's firearms like the rat he was.

Ugh, no offense rats.

The ladies and Alessio stepped back. River could only see Alessio's expression from where she stood and he looked quite smug.

"What do you think you are doing?" Abrianna bellowed, though she too had taken a step back.

"Taking care of that condition." Mateo shrugged. "The marriage stands as long as both of them live and if we terminate this roach, that will end this wretched relation."

"Makes sense." Alessia chuckled, finally breaking her silence.

Abrianna glared at her and then at River, an expression of anger and bitterness resting upon her senile features. "You have manipulated my grandson."

"No Nonna." Mateo said before River could respond to her nonsense. "I am doing this because I hated myself for letting you all get my sister married to this vermin. I hated myself ever since the day she came home beaten black and blue. And I hated myself while she lay there on that hospital bed all those months. I hated myself for taking a stand. And I am also doing this, because I am the father of precious little girl now, and I can't let anything happen to my sister or any other girl what I wouldn't bear for my little girl to go through."

River's eyes welled up with tears when she heard that. She was so proud of this dumb-ass!

"So you will go against me?" She asked, her voice dangerously low.

Is this woman for real? Does she not realize she is talking to her only family or something?

"I will go against the world, Nonna." He replied. "Now either he leaves my sister alone or he leaves this world." Mateo turned to the stupid dung beetle. No offense dung beetles. "What do you say Antonio?"

Antonio nodded frantically and River put her arm down, tucking her gun back in her waist band. Mateo still held his onto his head, watching him as he scurried away constantly looking back. He only dropped his hand when the front door closed behind and the guards stationed themselves in front of it again.

And Abrianna wasted no second in stepping forward and slapping River hard. The impact had her stumbling back, but Mateo was there to keep her on her feet.