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

Her only question was, why did he help her?

And the possible explanation was because she had saved his ass once and Mrs. Adesso and her baby's the second time.

But her over thinking brain said there was something more to it.

And that's what she wanted to know.

He pursed his lips and looked down as if he would find the answers to her questions etched on his feet.

"There was already a fight going on. We just snuck in and-"

"At least make the lie a believable one."

He sighed and looked up, looking annoyed now. "You will have a tough time believing the truth."

"What? That you are part of the Sicilian Mafia and probably at a high position too?" River asked, cocking her head.

He blinked.

"Who told you that?"

She tapped on her temple. "Figured it out here. It's not really rocket science, you know."

He looked at her as if she was the first of her kind. She probably was. "And you are not scared?"

"Well, you are on my side so why would I be scared?" She shrugged.

River ran with gangs at some point in her life so these kinds of people didn't scare her as long as they didn't have a gun trained to her head. She knew that the Mafia was a much bigger organization but threat was a threat no matter who caused it.

Mateo took a while digesting all that she said. He had thought that the day he told the woman all of this, it would be hard for her to digest everything. But it was him who was caught off-guard.

He rubbed his temples.

"But there's something else you might not know yet." He said slowly.

"What?"

"That-" He stopped and gritted his teeth, contemplating whether to tell her or not. "That I did it all for Benjamin Gale. He's one of our informants." He finally spat out.

River felt... disappointed. She had expected him to say something else. Anything else.

"Oh." Is all she managed to let out.

"I should get back." He stood, suddenly looking uncomfortable. "You can tell your mother there is nothing to fear and she can go back to defending Gale in court. We've got her back."

And with that he left, not sparing her another glance.

'Did he wanted to say something else?' She thought.

'Or did you want to hear something else?' The bitch spoke up.

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"Hellooo my booboos!!" River sang as she watched her munchkins scramble on to her bed.

"Mommyyy!!!" Kiara squealed, her bright smile back in its rightful place.

"My little booboo bambi!" River hugged her, rocking her a bit.

Susan looked at her concerned and she just gave her a playful glare. She knew that she was kind of crippled right now but that didn't mean she wouldn't give her little fairy princess the best hug she deserves.

"Are you okay now Mommy?" Lucas asked, taking her hands in his, looking cautious.

River rolled her eyes. "Come here my little gladiator!" She hugged him tight though it strained her spine a bit.

The boy acted way beyond his years. He was scared he would hurt his mother.

"Mommy, you were so cool yesterday!" Kiara clapped, squealing.

"I know I know. But it's a secret, okay? You can't tell anyone." River looked between her darlings.

They nodded, Lucas more solemnly than Kiara.

"Mommy, we made you lemon cookies." Kiara cheered.

She looked at her, then at the bag in my mom's hand and pouted.

"I am still fasting!" She wailed.

"What's fasting?" Lucas asked. "That you are fast?"

"Like yest-" Lucas covered Kiara's mouth before she could complete and whispered. "It's a secret, remember?"

River's boy took secrets and promises very seriously, while Kiara couldn't keep it in unless she forgot about it.

River didn't think she was going to forget the moment her Mommy did some action movie level stunt any time soon.

"Fasting means Mommy can't eat, until the doctor says otherwise." Susan explained to the kids.

"But aren't you the doctor?" Kiara turned to her mother, her angelic voice dripping with curiosity.

"I am a doctor baby but Mommy has another doctor." She said.

"But why?" She asked again.

"Because Mommy is always taking care of others, she needs someone to take care of her." Lucas reasoned.

"Like a husband?"

'What were we talking about and where is this going?' The inner voice cooed.

"No no-" River tried to intervene but her children were already taking the conversation in a different tangent. She finally gave up after a few more tries and just pulled them to her lap and listened to their chatter, feeling the gravity of the situation suddenly and finally hit her.

'What would have I done? What would have I done if something had happened to them?'

"Mommy, are you crying?"

"Mommy, are you hurt?"

"Mommy, is it because we are fighting. We won't fight anymore. Promise!"

"River, baby, does it hurt? What is it, hon?"

She couldn't bring herself to answer to their questions and concerned voices.

She blinked rapidly to clear off the tears and started gasping, feeling out of breath.

All her senses started to shut down and all she could feel was the hunger for air.

And as the darkness surrounded her, all she could think was,

'I don't care what happens to me but my children NEED to be safe, at all times.'

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"Are you frigging kidding me???" Adam looked at his best friend as if he was crazy. "One look at his face and anyone who knows you from childhood would say he's your son!"

Mateo sighed. "But I don't remember meeting her and the kids are around five. I think we should get a paternity test done before jumping to conclusions."

"Or we could ask the doc who the dad is." Alessia threw her knife at Adam's dartboard, hitting bull's eye.