The Mafia's Babies by Kaycee Romano (little readers TXT) 📕

"Hmm??" Mateo hid his face in her neck as he took in the scent of his lover, his stubble tickling her.

"What are you doing?" River asked.

"Conserving water." He replied which made an amused smile appear on his baby mama's face.

"You are crazy." She giggled.

"Only for you." River jumped when he bit on her skin.

"What was that for?" She turned to him.

He just winked and pulled her back to him. "Let's enjoy the shower shall we?"

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Alessia stared at the city below her. She was on top of one of the tallest buildings in New York.

Her ringtone was the firing of a machine gun. It was like music to her ears.

She looked down to see that it was Adam Smith, her brother's best friend.

She sighed as she took her phone and slid her finger across the screen.

"What do you want?" She snapped rudely as soon as she picked up.

"Be nice." He was the least bothered by the way he was being talked to. The guy knew the girl like the back of his hand and hence he never took offense of what she did. "Where are you?" He asked.

"Is this about what fratello thinks is going on?" She asked, sounding bored.

"No, you think I care about you?" This comment made her smile though she tried her best to fight it.

"Then what is it?" She asked.

"Run an errand for me, won't you?" He asked.

She rolled her eyes.

"No." She said and hung up the phone immediately. As if she would do anything he wanted her to do.

Adam sighed in satisfaction as he sent he pinpointed her location on the app. He had just called her to find out where she was because she had managed to get rid of all the chips on her and her vehicle and so he had to track her phone down. And she also refused to pick up calls from just about everyone.

Adam continued typing away, sending her location to Mateo

"You two are meant to be together." Leonardo commented.

"What?" Adam turned to his good friend, having not paid attention to what he said a moment ago because he was busy with his work.

"Nothing." Leonardo shook his head, a lazy smile on his face.

He stood by what he said though he knew that his friend had not heard what he had said.

Alessia refused to pick her phone up ever since she was told of the danger that could be looming over her. But she still picked the phone up when Adam called her, probably because she thought that he would call her only in the case of utmost emergency but she still did and that was all that mattered as far as her safety was concerned.

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"Hey."

Alessia closed her eyes, annoyance clear in her expression when she heard her brother's voice.

"I am going to kill him." She gritted out.

"He was just doing his job." Mateo said as he took a seat next to him.

"Why are you not with River and the twins?" She asked.

"They are at home with Lia and Enzo." He shrugged.

Alessia nodded and they both fell into an uncomfortable silence. They never had any heart to heart talk before because of who they were, and how they were. They were siblings but they did not have the kind of bond that normal siblings did and the background they came from had everything to do with it.

"You should go back." Alessia said finally.

"I am not going home without you, Sia." He said.

"Why?" She turned to him. "Why do you care?"

"Sia,,,"

"Nope." Alessia held up a hand to stop him from any more talking. "You are years too late to be talking and justifying now."

"Sia, you know I am sorry."

"Yeah, I do. Except, now I don't give a fuck!"

Mateo took a deep breath. Of course she was never going to listen to him, nor was she ever going to forgive any of them for how her life had turned out. Yes, she was an amazing woman, unlike any other, but the price she had to pay for this new identity of hers was just too great and painful that it was more of a curse to her than a blessing.

"Won't you come home for River and the twins?" It was a dirty card to play but it was also the only card he had up his sleeve so he had to use it, and he was not ashamed of it.

Alessia let out a deep exasperated sigh and turn to her brother.

"Really?" She almost sounded American when she said it.

He just shrugged, a small smile on his face.

"Fine..." She breathed out. She didn't like staying away from her niece and nephew and she did not want River having another panic attack because of this, because she knew that no matter how strong that orthopedic surgeon was, she still couldn't help the overthinking and the following panic attacks.

Mateo smiled to himself, happy with the outcome.

"Let's go home."

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River rolled her eyes when she heard from Alessia what Mateo had said to get her to come home.

She wondered when the brother and sister were going to finally talk it out and get the whole incident behind them instead of just making excuses and beating around the bushes.

She also knew that she was team Alessia on this one because she was the one who went through hell and back because her elder brother didn't stand up for her when she really really needed him.

"Eat this." River placed the sandwich in front of the hitwoman.

"Thanks Doc, you make the best sandwiches." Alessia said gratefully as she took a huge bite from her turkey sandwich, moaning loudly while River laughed. "You make the best of anything, if you ask me." She added with her mouth full.

"Thanks." River chuckled.

The twins and Mateo went out for ice cream and Victor was going to be here in half an hour so that she could go back for a six hour shift from eight to two before she got back and went for the morning shift at nine, where she would start seeing outpatients again. Her schedule was starting to look like the old one and River was all the happier for it.