Mine (Citrione Crime Family #2)
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Damian
Four Years Later
Victoria stands on a stool by the dough table helping Callie roll out dough for pizzas. All she’s really helping to do is make a mess, but she looks like she’s having the time of her life. Her little hands are covered in flour and her face is drawn in concentration as she tries to make a round shape out of the dough by smashing it with her palms. Callie smiles lovingly at her, reaching over to help guide her hands and make the pancake of dough back into a ball. Her stomach is already as swollen as I remember it being near the end of her pregnancy with Victoria and she’s only five months in, but the doctor said that’s normal with twins.
Twins. I still can barely believe it. It took longer than we expected to get pregnant again, but it gave me an excuse to fuck Callie as often as possible, not that I really needed one. We’ve already got a room set up with two cribs for the boys when they are born. Callie painted airplanes on their walls herself. Whenever I think about our family I swell with pride. I never thought this was the kind of life a guy like me could have.
I pictured myself dying a violent death before forty or living to be old, gray, and pissed off. I thought I’d always have to have eyes in the back of my head to look out for the people I pissed off along the way. Now? I can hardly believe it, but I haven’t broken the law in years. Benny took over all the loose ends for me. Things never worked out with him and that girl down in Jersey, so he’s happy to put all his time into the business. I still keep in touch with him, but we don’t talk work. He asks about the family, I ask him if he’s got his eyes on any new women, and that’s about it.
I even told Benny he didn’t need to keep kicking extra profits to me. We have five franchise locations of The Spot now, including one in downtown New York, which has been bringing in unbelievable cash. Callie has a team of people helping her manage the advertising now, but she still likes to get her hands dirty and help me cook, which has been where I’ve spent a lot of time lately. I dream up new recipes for the restaurant, perfect old ones, or just enjoy myself while I whip up something delicious for my girls.
It’s not the life I thought I would lead. It’s better. Better than anything I ever thought I deserved.
I move behind Callie, hugging her and kissing the top of her head. Victoria turns to smile up at me and stick her tongue out. I reach to grab it and she giggles, tucking her chin into her neck and swatting at me with her doughy hands. My hand slides down Callie’s back and wraps around her swollen stomach. My family. Not my mafia family, not my crime family, just my family. My gorgeous wife, beautiful daughter, and two little men just waiting to greet the world. I couldn’t possibly love them any more, but I know I’ll keep finding ways day after day.
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