Her Secrets

19

|Sean's POV|

Athena was sitting beside me on the couch with my arms draped around her shoulder as she leaned in close to me to keep up with Alessio's fucked up lie. We have been sitting for around five minutes now, her and the others exchanging small talks every now and then.

Elizafuckingbeth was watching the TV without saying a word. She would often glance at Athena's direction but would instantly advert her eyes when she'd notice me looking at her.

I wanted nothing more than to put a bullet through her eyes despite the fact that she was my best friends' mother. Like, I don't care who you are. You do not get to talk of my deceased sister like she was a nobody.

"How old are you?" Nick asked my 'girlfriend' who shot him a smile before replying, "twenty. What about you? No, no, wait let me guess."

Nick grinned widely, nodding his head as he waited for Athena to guess his age excitedly. "Wait, if I guess right, what will you give me?"

He was quiet and thought for a while before his eyes brightened up, an idea plopping into his mind, "an invite to my birthday party!"

"Your birthday?" Athena raised her brows, "how old are you turning?"

"five," he responded before I could stop him making me roll my eyes as he continued, "now guess my age."

"You're—" Athena paused, faking a thoughtful expression, "— four!"

"Wow," he flashed her a smile, "you're good at guessing!"

"Kid, you're as dumb as your father," I said to Nick who shot me a look, eyes glinting in mischief as he turned to Enzo who was playing with Eli's small hands. "Dad," he called out making Enzo look at him, raising his brows, "hmm?"

"This dude here," Nick pointed at me, "said you were dumb."

"Well, that's true." Alessio spoke up, nodding making Enzo glare at us both before he rolled his eyes.

"I can confirm that," Blake and Antonio said at the same time making Marissa chuckle. I didn't even know she was there.

"So, Athena," Elizabeth turned the TV off, turning to the girl beside me which made everyone divert their attention to her as well, curiously for the old woman to speak, wanting to know what she had to say.

"Yeah?" Athena raised her brows at her. From the annoyance detected in her tone, it was quite clear that she didn't like the woman. Elizabeth, however, seemed to couldn't care less about her distaste towards her as she asked, "how have you and Sean met each other?"

"At the racing club," she replied, glancing at me then she looked back at Elizabeth, "why?"

"Curious," she responded with a shrug, "do your parents know about your relationship with him?"

"My parents are dead," Athena stated casually and a flicker of guilt flashed in the old woman's eyes before she gave her a nod, "I'm sorry."

"Sure, whatever," she muttered under her breath as Elizabeth asked yet another question, her eyes narrowed at her in suspicion, "are you aware of what Sean does?"

"You mean, being the leader of the American mafia and all?" Athena asked, brows raised to which the old woman nodded before Athena replied, "yeah, I do."

"If she didn't, you would've caused a fight between them, woman." Antonio spoke, rolling his eyes at Elizabeth who ignored him. He had a point.

"I just wanted to make sure that she isn't a spy or something," the old woman said, waving her hand around, "remember when we all thought Liana was a good girl? Turns out she was a bad one which made Alessio kill her." She looked at Athena, gaze sharp and pointed, eyes holding warning as she spoke, "I just wanted you to know that if you have been sent here to spy or whatever else, we will not hesitate to kill you in the worst ways possible. Am I clear, girl?"

"I honestly don't know why you think you're good to go around and threaten me," Athena shot a pointed look at Elizabeth, "but if you do it again, you're the one who'll be killed in the worst ways possible."

Her words was followed by complete silence. They were all taken aback by what she said, I could tell. Elizabeth was blinking in both surprise and fear.

"She's joking, of course." Alessio let out a chuckle to lighten the atmosphere. Athena broke into a fake smile as she realised what escaped her mouth, "oh my god, you all actually believed that!" She laughed along with her brother, "I can't even hurt an ant." However, all the three of us knew that she would do as she said without thinking twice.