de Santis (complete)

chapter two

arlo rossi

"you and noah are hanging out today"my dad says "who's noah?"sasha teases "ace de santis kid"axle says "axle, sasha your golfing with me and ace"my dad says "why don't noah and i get to golf?"i ask "because you guys are going to be killing people together and need to get along, you can't talk and golf"my dad says "you guys will be at ace's house"my dad says i hum "you need to get ready we leave in a few hours"my dad says

i go to my room and shower

my brother comes into my room "hey sas"i say he sits on my bed

i grab clothes from my closet and change

"so noah is ace de santis kid?"sasha asks "yeah"i say

"i hear ace is very protective of noah"sasha says "me too"i say

"be safe, okay?"he says "i will"i say he nods and hugs me

sasha is very protective of me, more than my dad and other brother are

ace de santis

"which color?"i ask as i hold up three polo's my son hums and looks through my watches

"you okay kiddo?"i ask "will you be back for dinner?"noah asks "yeah of course"i say "i'll start golfing around eleven so that leaves me eight hours until dinner"i say noah nods

"how are you feeling right now?"i ask "i wanna go to the shooting range"noah says "we can do that tomorrow but right now i want to know how your feeling"i say

"when's your next therapy appointment with dr.lo?"i ask "wednesday"noah says i nod

"arlo is gay if that makes you feel safer"i say "and i'll look at the house camera's every so often to make sure your fine"i say "eilish will also have access to the camera's and he'll check them too and if something isn't right he and marcus will be here super quickly"i say noah nods "that makes me feel better"he mumbles "good"i say

arlo rossi

"behave"my dad says as i get out of his car

"bye kiddo"ace says i wave bye to him and go inside

an hour later

"can i ask you something?"i ask "i guess"noah says "does your hair ever bug you?"i ask "it's always in your face, i would so annoyed of my hair so quickly"i say noah laughs "no i um, i can see i just don't want any attention on me"he says

noah's nicer than i thought he'd be

for someone who's as rich as him, he's very humble and normal

well not normal, he's kills people but other than that he's normal

"why don't you talk?"i ask "like at school or at the mafia ball or your fathers charity events?"i ask "i have selective mutism and i don't feel comfortable in those places"noah says "you didn't talk in your fathers office"i say "i had an... overwhelming day at school and when that happens i don't feel like talking" noah says i nod

"does that mean your comfortable with me?"i ask "not exactly"noah says "but my dad trusts you which makes me trust you more than i would a stranger" noah says i nod

"if you need to talk during school or somewhere, where you aren't comfortable how do you communicate?"i ask "sign launuage"noah says

"how long have you had selective mustism?"i ask "my whole life"noah says "i didn't speak until i was four"he says

ace de santis
dinner

"how was hanging out with arlo?"i ask "good"noah smiles. which makes me smile

"what did you guys do?"i ask "nothing really we just talked"noah says i nod

"when you said russians, i thought you were talking about blond hair blue eyes"noah says "anton's father has blond hair"i offer

"arlo's handsome"noah says i laugh "he's a good looking kid"i say noah nods and keeps eating his dinner

arlo rossi

"как прошло твое время с Ноем?"my dad asks "хороший"i respond "он вообще говорил?, я слышал он немой"axle says "он говорил"i say "не будь неуважительной ось"dad says "Де Сантис - очень влиятельная семья, они не контролируют Италию, у них есть и Калифорния"dad says

i don't hate talking in russia, i just don't like very much

i get up "goodnight"i say "you didn't finish your dinner" sasha says "i'm full"i say as i leave the table

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