Incollati Insieme

XI

"Damn mama bear, you know I would never hurt your precious baby, she's so cute. Anyways I'm going to love you and leave you." And they leave out the door unknowingly dropping a bomb that wasn't meant to be a bomb but had become a bomb because I hadn't corrected people which in turn made it a bomb, and now said 'bomb' was exploding—cheers bruv.

I blew out a breath as pure silence engulfed the room. I cringed not turning around from the door as the twin's backs disappeared from my sight.

"Baby mama? Why does she call you," Mario looks down at Nia and trails off, "that..."

Shit! Okay, it's all good we can take it like a man. I start pumping myself up internally.

I turn around almost as if I'm in slow motion and I can see the change in Mario's eyes, the surprise and shock taking over him. Fuckkk! Panic rises and I try my hardest to keep my breaths even, but the only thing I can think is 'shit shit shit shit.'

My thoughts are tragically cut off, "Nia is yours? Your daughter, you had a kid?" comes from Rocco, pure shock in each word. I just stand not knowing what to say, it wasn't meant to be a secret, I open my mouth to say something but no words come out.

"Porca puttana sono un Nonno," whispers my dad while intensely staring at Nia.

(holy shit I'm a grandpa)

"I-i um it wasn't meant to be a secret, you all assumed she was Kenley's." I started but I shut up fast as Vincent quickly left the room.

"So she's our niece, not sister? That's what you meant when I asked about Mom?" comes from Dante. I just nodded in response not knowing what to say.

Everything was quiet so I decided to go and put Nia down for a nap and sort myself out.

"Fucking whore." Mario mutters as I'm about to walk over the threshold of the door.

I spin around sending him a deadly look, "Who the fuck do you think you are, think you're some hard man trying to shame me? Fucking fool." I scoff at him and leave.

I left the room and stood outside the door, she has a kid? Who the fuck got my sister pregnant, when I find them they will wish they were de-.

I snapped my head towards Rocco when I heard his words, "Nia is yours? Your daughter, you had a kid?"

I momentarily stop breathing, the baby is hers? What the fuck?

My chest tightens, thoughts of my own baby, the baby that didn't make it. It was a few years back and I'd managed to nock up some random girl from a club, she came to me saying she is pregnant. I was there for everything, each scan and check-up. We wound up losing the baby just shy of nineteen weeks. I thought that I had known pain before this, but I could have sworn that I had my heart ripped out of my chest that day.

I left the room and stood outside the door, she has a kid? Who the fuck got my sister pregnant, when I find them they will wish they were de-.

"Fucking whore." I hear Mario mutter as Nova was leaving.

I clench my fist storming into the room towards him.

"Who the fuck do you think you are, think you're some hard man trying to shame me? Fucking fool." she scoffs at him and leaves.

Once she's left I get all in his face while he's still in his seat, "You dare speak to our sister like that again you idiota and you won't like what happens next, brother or not!"

I pound my fist on the desk in front of him and his face pales as he looks at me, eyes wide, "Go on, say something then culo intelligent."

(smart ass)

He stays silent just staring wide-eyed at me, I roll my eyes at him and push him away, "Keys now, you're grounded." I hold my hand out for his car keys.

He fumbles about getting his keys from his pocket and hightails it from the room, "fucking apologise as well!" I shout after him as an afterthought.

I turn to my dad and he's rubbing his jaw, "we need to get him some therapy or something, he's out of control."

I nod in response, retaking my seat, "Sit we've got a lot to get through."

Dad sits next to me with Rocco and Dante opposite us, "Phone Enzo, get him back here. When shit hits the fan he's best off being here."

Dante gives me a stiff nod, "I don't like the fact the English are coming here, I don't trust them." He voices.

Rocco buts in, "We might not like it but that's how it is."

"Getting the English as our allies could be good for us, gives us chance to open up more ports." My dad reasons.

"I still don't like it though." Dante moans.

"She fucking stabbed me, man, I don't like them but they clearly mean something to her," Rocco says almost offended.

"Right well Dante you ring him now, the sooner he's here we can get a proper start on this."

He gets up, pulls his phone out and calls him as he leaves the room, "Well I'll get Rose on the phone too, see if she can find anything on the dark side."

I go to protest but Rocco is already beaming at the sound of his best friend and out of the room phoning her.

I groan, "cazzo di inferno."

(Fucking hell.)

"Son, you'll have to face the facts one day." my dad says as if he knows 'all'.

I roll my eyes ignoring him, I do not like fucking Rose.