The Mafia's Babies by Kaycee Romano (howl and other poems txt) 📗

Alessia hadn't come home the last night. She was out doing Alessia stuff.

Their bodyguards - Victor, George and Davis - were waiting outside the door.

In the past week River had realized that George and Davis were very soft-spoken and knew how to carry themselves around the kids while Victor was all brooding and unapproachable. Alessia had told her how good these three were and there was no chance of anyone ever hurting one of them in their presence.

River was really glad to hear that but her Mommy senses always made her keep her guard up and not trust anyone blindly.

After all, the last time she trusted one of the mafia men, he drugged her lemon cookies and she ended up in the hospital.

Alfredo had come across as such an amazing and trustworthy person back at the Wyoming Ranch. River had even taken shooting lessons from him. And trusted him with her little babies. But he turned out to be working for the other side. And he was dead. Mateo had killed him and probably made sure nobody ever found the body.

River sighed.

She sat down on the passenger's seat while Victor on the driver's while the kids were helped onto their car seats in the middle row and George between them. Davis was in another car, driving it to the school so that Victor and she could come back in it.

"Hiiiiiiiiiii!!!" River turned around in her seat as soon as she heard the irritating voice.

"UNCLE ADAM!!!" Lucas and Kiara cheered in unison, Kiara straining to get a look at their Uncle.

"Hi my little niece and nephew!" She heard his voice. George took her phone in his hand and held it a bit away from them so that both of them could see him.

"We miss you Uncle Adam, and Papa too." Lucas said while Kiara nodded though a frown formed on her face as soon as he mentioned their Papa.

She gets her stubbornness from her Papa.

"We miss you too babies. Papa and Uncle want to come home so bad but we are stuck here. We will be back in less than a week." He said in his little squeaky kiddy voice.

"You promise?" Kiara asked in a small voice.

"Of course honey. Now give Uncle Adam a big smile!" Adam exclaimed which Kiara obeyed without any hesitance.

River took the phone from George's hands and saluted the idiot. "Sup Smith?" She asked.

"Well well well Dr. Johnson, long time no see."

"I am not the one who abruptly left without even saying good bye." She rolled her eyes.

"Well, I have always been spontaneous." He gave her a mischievous grin while she rolled her eyes again.

"Uh huh."

"We will be back soon. Don't miss me too much." He snickered and Mateo's hand flew from off the frame and smacked him across the head.

"Oww...!!"

Lucas snickered behind and she turned to give him the look. The typical 'behave yourself' look that every mother gave her children at some point or the other.

Mateo got back to his chair and the couple talked a bit more, him making sure everything was packed and taken care of again.

"Mateo, I have being doing this since they started going to preschool. Chillax!" River rolled her eyes. She had been doing that way too many times lately.

They reached the school shortly where she left the kids with her phone and the bodyguards while she went to talk to the principal of the school who apologized again and again because the kids were kidnapped from school premises last time.

She told him the lie that Mateo and she had agreed upon and he readily agreed to having the bodyguards around. River was pretty sure that he and the school authorities were fed a hefty amount of money for that.

"Okay buh bye." River crouched down in front of her twins.

"Have fun kids." Mateo smiled.

"Bye Mommy. Bye Papa." The kids yelled as they walked into the building, their bodyguards following them. The two men had casual clothes on and didn't look the least intimidating so River hoped the other kids in their class didn't feel uncomfortable with their presence.

"River?"

River turned around while Victor tensed at the voice.

It was Aaron Grady. He was Flynn's father. He was the father of the sweet little boy her baby girl had a crush on.

"Aaron, hi." I said, walking towards him and leaning in to his outstretched arms. After the incident where Kiara fell and sprained her ankle and Lucas pushed Flynn, the two parents had been on a talking basis. And Flynn was now Lucas' best friend though Kiara was still shy around him.

'Ahh young love I tell you.' River smiled as soon as the duo's faces came to her mind.

Flynn has even had a sleep over at their place this one time Aaron was flying out of the country on a business conference.

"Woman, I called you after the kids were kidnapped and you didn't even pick up!" He said pulling away but still resting a hand on her arm.

"You might have heard what happened afterwards." She smiled sadly.

Aaron raised a brow.

"A little bird told me what you do other than architecture." She shrugged.

Mateo strained his ears as soon as he heard that. What was she talking about?

Aaron's eyes widened as soon as he realized that River now knew the truth.

The truth that Aaron Grady actually worked for Dmitri Petrov, the younger brother of Sergey and late Mona Petrov. According to River's good tattoo-artist of a friend, Eric, Dmitri had informed him about Mona kidnapping the twins through Aaron. And Eric knew the connection between Aaron and River because, well, he had eyes and ears at all places of New York at all times.

"Yeah, I did." Aaron said finally, knowing that there was no use pretending anymore. "Dmitri is heartbroken about Mona's death. She might have been a psychotic bitch but she still is his sister." He said, pursing his lips.

Mateo's eyes widened when he realized that the man his baby mama was talking to had something to do with the Russian Mafia. How the hell could she be so calm about it?!!