✘ Chapter 14 ✘

"Yeah turn right...... FUCKING RIGHT NOT LEFT YOU FUCKING IDIO-"

I think it felt more like home in this car, where Apollo was screaming directions as Josiah, Victoria is legitimately tattooing her thigh with an actual tattoo gun, Danna's in the passenger seat dancing/screaming to The Weeknd blasting through the speakers and I and Ares are hacking a security system of an opposing gang. And I think Xavier is high..... While the car is going faster than 200 km/hr.

I don't think I want to be anywhere else right now.

"So they wouldn't let me in at all, so I had to knock them all ou-"

"YOU KNOCKED OUT THE BIANCHI SECURITY?!" I hear Ares scream at Xavier from the back

"YEAH CAUSE THEY WOULDN'T LET ME IN" I hear Xavier huff back. Even being high, he's an idiot.

All of us pile out of the 8-seater and rush to the diner like animals who haven't eaten for days.

"So can I get large fries and 2 of the chicken sandwiches Hmm also give me the chicken tacos and I might as well get the nachos, can you make them extra cheesy? Give me the lemon and chicken tenders with the garlic bread and blazing hot chicken wings and an avocado and egg bagel...yeah and also a diet Coke"

The waitress nods at Ares and starts to walk away before he stops her

"Why are you walking away? you haven't taken their orders yet" he questions while the waitress just stares back. He stares back at her and we all try to contain our laughter. This isn't the first time his gotten these looks plus he usually eats more than this, maybe the situation is stressing him out

"So what's the plan?" I ask the table after giving our orders to the waitress who nearly went through her entire notepad writing our orders down

"When you guys got taken we got the location of the Bianchi house and we bought a house about 10 miles away from it, if you think about it, leaving your house all of a sudden after just getting there would make the Bianchis quite suspicious. I know this sounds weird but you guys might have to stay there-"

I opened my mouth to complaint to Xavier, but he continued

"ONLY till you're 18, which is LESS then year away, plus it would be a huge benefit for the outfit to know what the mafia is planning... so in a way you're a spy, get each and every piece of information and we can use it to make the outfit better" his lips turn up into a slight smirk

The table goes silent, all thinking about Xav's plan. I gotta give it to him. It's a really good, well-thought-out idea. I look at Ares and Apollo, I can see the cogs turning in their heads. After a minute or so they nod at me

"Okay, the outfit is our top priority right now, nothing can come in the middle of that" Not even my stupid feelings, I say the last part in my head

I look around the table and see firm nods, my brother holds an un describable look but then shrugs it off when about 3 waitresses come to the table with plates and plates filled with mouthwatering breakfast. Forgetting everything, we just dig in. The family can wait

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"We all know there was enough room on that stupid piece of wood-"

"Listen to yourself. Physics is a thing, the plank would have tilted and they both would have DIED"

Ares lets out a frustrated groan while rubbing his eyes, we're all piled up, watching Titanic in the living room of the house that the member bought.

"Ares if you think this stupid, wait till you watch Romeo and Juliet" Vic smiles throws a piece of popcorn and him and wipes her tears at the same time

Ah look at us, top members from the Chicago outfit, the most ruthless mafia globally, crying our eyes out at Titanic

The irony....

"Ares, Athena lets go, it's getting late". Surprisingly, Apollo did not look sad throughout the entire movie, it makes me wanna throw a brick at him. I suppose he is right, we spent hours here, it'll be surprising if they didn't send a search party yet.

We say our goodbyes and get in the backseat of our SUV, nodding at the driver.

The drive back home is quite silent, I think it's just me and my brothers processing what just happened in the last 3 days and what's gonna happen next. I felt an arm around me and a hand on my shoulder, there were no words needed between us. I think it's telepathy but I just knew what they wanted to say to me

It's going to be okay

The guards in front of the mansion didn't say a word when they opened the gates, it was 3 am and still, the lights seemed to be on.

We tiptoed through the house, not a person in sight but all the lights were on except the room where it was on.

"Why is it so quiet-"

"Ares, Athena, Apollo" a voice booms through the room, I nearly snap my neck turning to the right at the 6'+ shadow in the doorway, the tinted yellow light floods from behind them and from this angle his eyes are glowing.

god?

...

Oh it's Armani

He steps out of the shadow and walks towards us, looking mad as ever

"It's been hours, where were you guys?!" his voice booms through the quiet room

"Out" Apollo simply replies while he towards the fridge opens it and pulls out a container that looks like it had pasta in it.

"my favourite" I eyed the pasta before I went to sit on the kitchen counter and Ares came back with 3 forks, he sat on the kitchen chair while Apollo just stood

Armani's jaw ticks and his piercing eyes look at each one of us, me on the counter, Apollo standing and Ares sitting on the kitchen table chair, all of them digging into the pasta

The pasta tasted like heaven, it was honestly the best thing I've ever tasted, it had everything I like and by everything, I mean how I liked it cooked, what I like in it and even the insane amount of Garlic I like in it.

"It's kinda good" I suppose it was just better to pretend that Armani wasn't there, I just wanted to see him break, to yell, get mad, throw something, just do something.

But just as I thought he would break I felt someone sit down on the other kitchen table chair,

It was Armani and he also brought a fork with him and started eating pasta from the container, a neutral expression on his face as me and my brothers look at each other and then at him with confusion

"I know it's your favourite, why do you think I had it made" he calmly, almost soothingly. He looked at us again, this time he had a small smile on his face, and just continued eating more pasta.

"Fiery Arrabbiata Linguine, just how you liked it as kids. I know you like the spice, how you liked more pepper fakes and weirdly enough you loved the extra garlic. You liked the parma melted after the dish was cooked. chicken cooked until the outside unless it's crispy because you hate soft chicken parts... I remember how every time you guys ate chicken the first thing on your mind was Salmonella" He chuckled as if he was going back in time.

This continued for a few minutes, just silence covered by the sound of us chewing and metal forks clashing against the glass container.

The silence is interrupted by Armani speaking softly

"Even though people change, some things don't. Your family still knows you better than anyone....Good night triplets, you can go anywhere you want just let us know before you do so we don't feel the emotions of losing you all over again"

Armani got up, walked to the sink to put his fork, drank water and left the room.

"Did he just throw my words back at me?" Apollo huffed

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