Total pages in book: 17
Estimated words: 15768 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 79(@200wpm)___ 63(@250wpm)___ 53(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 15768 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 79(@200wpm)___ 63(@250wpm)___ 53(@300wpm)
Most of my clubs and restaurants were two years old or younger, those I'd built separate from the business granddad had passed down to me.
His shit was import export, oil, high end luxury goods and shit like that.
The clubs and restaurants were legit, I was trying to get all my businesses on the up and up but that shit was easier said than done.
Plus I liked fucking with the law. Corrupted fucks, some of those bastards made me look like a choir boy.
When we were seated and Teresa was still futilely trying to get into my mother's good graces, ma pulled out the big guns.
"So where’s this new daughter of mine Shane, please don't tell me you have the poor girl working, that will never do. Bring her here to me."
Teresa almost shit herself, her face turned red as fuck and she was fuming, I guess she knew who ma was referring to.
She kept that shit inside because she knew better than to mouth off at ma, I would seriously cap her ass right here if the bitch even tried, no one fucked with ma, not now not ever.
"Bring Ari up here will ya."
"She's busy with a table." She tried giving me attitude like that shit was gonna fly.
"Pass it off to Dina or one of the others, just get her up here."
I dismissed her.
The girls were all excited and shit, and made me wonder what the fuck Mutt and Jeff had told
them about me and mouth, apparently they'd told them enough to have ma coming downtown late at night.
"Where's dad?"
"He'll be here, he was in the middle of something when the boys dropped by."
These two fucks. So here's the deal.
My family has an estate that's acres and acres of fucking Flanagan land as far as the eye can see and beyond.
Anna and Tony built their home there, so did Sophie and Mikey, and of course ma and dad live in the original Flanagan mansion this big old monster that dates back to the seventeen hundreds or some shit.
Ma insisted that my family home be there as well and since I make it a point never to fuck with ma, there is where it is, though I spend most of my time at my condo
The shit's more suited to a family, I'm a bachelor, at least I was until about twenty hours ago.
Anyway, having everyone so close together didn't leave room for secrets ya know, and ma liked to be kept in the loop, especially when it came to me.
"Where's James?"
"He wasn't feeling too well, I don't know what is going on with that boy, he's been hiding out in his room the last couple weeks."
What happened is that your new daughter put a cap in his ass and he can't tell you that because then he'd have to explain why.
Mouth came up the stairs smiling, I don't know what Teresa told her, probably didn't warn her it was us.
I saw the smile fall off her face and wondered what the fuck was wrong now.
I got it one second before she flew over the table straight for my fucking throat. The fuck?
I pulled her hands away from my neck while Tony and Mikey tried to get her off me.
"Leave her."
I was looking into her eyes, so I saw the hurt and betrayal, and the sheen of tears forming. Good.
You see, the way we were sitting, three men, and three women, it looked all cozy and shit, not to mention ma looked like she could pass for thirty easy.
That's what mouth saw when she came up the stairs and drew the wrong conclusion.
"Ari, I'd like you to meet my mother Pia and my sisters, Sophia and Anna.
I felt the tension leave her body, only to return a second later.
"Oops, I'm guessing I couldn't go out and come back in again huh?"
"I don't think so babe."
Ma's mouth was hanging open, meanwhile my sisters were looking like they didn't know whether to laugh or take her down, though we were already on the floor.
When Tony and Mikey started laughing their asses off it broke the ice and I helped us both up off the ground, keeping my arms round her as I turned her to ma.
Ma was beaming, see she understood crazy, she'd given birth to enough of it, raised it, lived it, she knew crazy, crazy was right up her alley. I'm telling you, the woman is a saint.
"Well hello Arianna, that's quite an entrance you made there."
"I'm so sorry Mrs. Flanagan; I don't know what came over me."
"Of course you do, and I accept the compliment, you thought I was Shane's date didn't you?"
Uh...uhm....well...."
The mouth had no words, will wonders never cease.
"Don't give it a second thought dear, come sit here by me."
She walked over and sat between ma and Anna, with Sophia leaning over to get into the conversation.