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

"Adam, help him. I will get his food." River said and left the room without giving Mateo another glance and poor old Adam had "no other choice but to succumb to his conscience and do his duty towards a disabled friend".

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Nancy Davidson was out.

Alessia didn't find anything against her but everyone agreed that none of them felt good around her. So they sent her back on the pretext of Mateo coming home, giving the kids a mini vacation while he was free and for security reasons.

She looked relieved more than disappointed or scared and that kind of told River that it would be difficult to get evidence against her because she was probably used by their enemies and had no previous connection with this world.

River was sitting on the couch in the living room reading a random historic romance novel she had found while Mateo was in the guest room watching Hero Elementary with the kids.

Poor him.

River stretched her arms as she groaned.

Her whole body was sore.

Another month. Another visit from Aunt Flo.

She really wanted to sleep early that night but the kids were with Mateo having fun and she didn't want to be a party pooper, Alessia flew back to New York to help Ricardo run the Mafia unit – something about a family member having to be there - and Adam was knocked out after his drinking spree. River also had to wait till the kids were tucked in for bed and Mateo given another analgesic shot before she could some sleep.

"Why is life so hard?" River whined as she hit her head with the book.

"That's it. You need to see a psychiatrist."

She looked over the couch to see Mateo walking towards her.

"Where are the kids?"

"Watching TV. Being mean to their only Papa." He pouted as he sat down next to him, the whole process had him sweating and groaning.

Must be hard.

"Did you try to talk to them while they were watching their superheroes in action?" River chuckled.

He nodded as he leaned back on the couch. "I got, "Not now Papa." "Shhh Papa." "Be quiet Papa" for it."

River let out another laugh.

"What are you reading?" He looked at the book in her hand.

"A random book I found on the shelf." She gestured to the huge wall shelves and continued reading the book.

The two sat there in silence, her reading and Mateo just sitting there resting his eyes.

River was at a very interesting part of the book. She turned the page and there it was.

"Mateo!" She growled. She was really looking forward to what was going to happen in the next chapters and River and her cranky, moody, hormonal ass could not believe what had happened.

"Hmm?" His eyes fluttered open and he looked at her groggily.

She lifted the book for him to see.

She knew it felt a bit heavier than a normal book.

In the middle of the skillfully carved pages sat a black and brown Bersa 83 handgun and she was not at all happy at the fact that a good book was ruined for this purpose and that the book was kept somewhere within the children's reach.

"Fuck." Mateo cursed as he coaxed the book out of her hand while she continued to glare at him. "Isn't it the babies' bed time yet?" He asked sheepishly. If looks could kill, the babies would have been fatherless at that moment.

River huffed as she got up and strolled towards the guest room, calling him every word she could find in her head as she did.

"Alright cookies, time for bed!" Of course, this announcement was followed by the usual whining, coaxing, more whining, bribing before they were tucked away in bed.

Stupid Adam had fallen asleep on his bed and River couldn't let the kids sleep with Mateo because they kicked in their sleep so she had suppressed her fear and let them sleep alone.

After all, this was their life now. How long was she going to get scared for?

River helped Mateo though he was hell bent on doing everything by himself and she could see that the wound was not bothering him as much as it did before though she thought it was more because he was getting used to the pain than the wound healing. It still looked like it hurt when she changed the dressing.

After making sure he took his medicines and was settled in, River did her business and changed into her pajamas, popping a norethisterone tablet in her mouth in hopes of getting some sleep and hit the hay.

River could hear Mateo saying something but she couldn't understand anything because she was falling asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.