Tempting The Mafia Twins (Genesis and Kiefer) novel Chapter 10

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He nodded, his blue eyes watery and the freckles on his cheeks dark in contrast to the pallor. She brushed the tears away with her palms and kissed his forehead.

“First and I cannot say this enough, I love you more than anything or anyone in the entire world and so does Auntie Astra. She loves you so much. If anything, ever happens to Mommy, she is the one who will always keep you safe. Always. You can trust her no matter what.”

“I was really scared.”

“I know baby, I know.” She bit her lip, “remember when in

kindergarten last year and the kids were making father’s day

cards and you asked me why you didn’t have a father?”

“You said I did but he didn’t live close by.”

“Right.” She took a shaky breath and began, “your father.”

“Is a fucking criminal.” Astra muttered and then realizing she spoke aloud coughed. “Sorry. That was not my in my head voice, was it?”

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“My dad is a bad guy?”

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“Fuck it,” Genesis thought with a sigh. Taking a deep breath and then letting it out she nodded, “a long time ago, I met this man who was so nice to me at first. He made Mommy feel like the most special lady in the universe.”

“You are special.”

“Thank you, baby,” she kissed his forehead, and he beamed

at her. “I met him in a country called Ireland. Auntie

Astra and I saved up for four years to go there. Astra’s grandmother was born there and she always wanted to visit. So, on the spring break before we graduated college, we went. We were there for two whole weeks and on the last few days there I met a man named Kiefer.”

“Kiefer,” Egan rolled the name on his tongue as if tasting it.

“Right. I fell in love with him like a princess in the movies and when my trip was over, I was so sad to leave him behind, but he came with me, and he promised me I’d never be alone again. We came back to America together and it wasn’t long

before we got married.”

“You were married?” his eyes grew wide at the revelation.

“Yes. I married Kiefer because I loved him very much. Then 2/6

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his family moved in with us. Kiefer’s sister and her friend

came to stay. Kiefer and his sister argued all the time, so he stopped coming home and he left me alone with them all the

time. I didn’t get along with the girls either and they were really mean to me. I was there, in the house all the time with mean people and I became so lonely.”

“You did?”

“I really did.”

“Why were they so mean?”

“They were assholes,” Astra offered the explanation.

“Auntie Astra!” he giggled at her words.

“I’m not wrong. They were two mean assholes who thought it would be fun to pick on a woman who was lonely and sad.”

“You were lonely and sad?” Egan gave his mom big eyes of

pity.

“I was.” Genesis felt bad telling him such things, but she needed him to understand they were running for a reason.

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“They were.” She took a breath, “they were really mean, Egan and like all bullies, the more Mommy was upset, the greater their enjoyment of their activities. I wanted to tell Kiefer

what was happening but each night he would only come home after I was already asleep and, in the morning, he

was already gone. They went from teasing and saying mean things to pushing Mommy and hurting her with their hands. One day they pushed me down some stairs and Mommy got really hurt.”

“Oh no.” He frowned and then as if a lightbulb went off, he

exclaimed, “is it how my brother died?”

“It is,” she nodded.

“Why were they such bad girls?”

“Kiefer’s family were extraordinarily rich and sometimes people with a lot of money think they can do whatever they want, and money can make what they do wrong go away. The family also,” Genesis squeezed his hands, “well, Egan, they didn’t always obey the law and rules. They didn’t care about the police or being good. They didn’t care about anything but themselves.”

“The whole family were bad guys?”

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