Lady Boss (The Spitfire Book 2)(12)

"Mouth?"

She spooned something in her mouth and looked right through me, the fuck? So that was her game, okay that wasn't so bad, the silent treatment, cool, I could deal with that.

"Who're these lovely ladies Flanagan?" I'd almost forgotten Rossis was here, I turned and made the introductions while my sisters and mother sat at the table.

Tony and Mikey joined them followed by Rossi and Alphonso; I sat next to Mouth and reached for some food. She must've told ma what we were up to, though my mom liked to pretend I was a legitimate business man, she knew the ropes, she'd been around grandpa long enough.

"So, she texted you and........?"

"Oh, she told me where she was and that you had some sort of control panel on the wall, we figured it was the keypad to open the door from the inside and so I gave her the code and voila. Then we decided to come over and cook a little late night something and keep her company."

"Ma....there's something wrong with that story, how do you know my code?"

"Son, please, I've known your code since you were in high school and I used to read your emails and stuff."

"What the fuck?" I felt my face heat up when I remembered some of the things I used to write to my squeezes back then.

"That's all kinds a messed up." I had to watch the cussing; she wouldn't let me get away with too much of that shit in her presence.

"That's what you get for using her birth date as your code idiot, some mob boss you are, she never read mine or Anna's, even Anna and I use to read your stuff sometimes. My sister Sophia smirked at me after divulging that shit.

I was not fucking amused though everyone else seemed to find this shit funny, all except Mouth who I noticed hadn't said one word since we sat down. She was even ignoring her father and uncle who didn't seem to find anything wrong with that, they carried on conversations around the table like there wasn't a silent person smack dab in our midst.

Okay I have to admit, that shit was.....scary, it's like waiting for the other shoe to drop, but not just any shoe, a steel toed boot.

"Mouth let me talk to you?" I whispered that shit, the last thing I needed was for any of these assholes to see me beg.

She didn't even bat a lash, it's like I hadn't even spoken. All throughout the meal it went like that, I was beginning to get frustrated as fuck, I mean if she screamed or came at me with a gun I could deflect that shit, but it was like I didn't even exist.

I have to say I don't like that shit one fucking bit, no way, no how.

The group moved to the living room after the table had been cleared and the dishes put away and still no word from Mouth.

I sat next to her on the couch, even put my arm around her, nothing, she didn't even tell me to fuck off, didn't try to move from under my arm. I didn't exist, fuck that shit.

I got up and dragged her from the room, in our bedroom I pushed her against the door and kissed her, or at least I tried, she just stood there, looking right into my eyes but with no response.

I tried again, biting into her bottom lip the way she liked, cupping her breast in my hand. Her nipple pebbled but she still didn't move or say anything. Fuck me, she was seriously pissed, I'm not sure I knew how to handle this shit.

I finally released her when I realized that she wasn't going to respond.

"So how long is the silent treatment gonna last, cause I gotta say, I'm not having much fun with this shit, you know I was right Arianna that was no place for you, so stop being a brat and talk to me."

Still nothing.

"Fine be that way, but understand I would do it again if I had to, to protect you from this shit I will do anything within my power so you be fucking mad all you want to." I left her standing there, finally working on my own mad. Fuck, I was just trying to protect her, was that so fucking bad, I don't care how fucking mad she got she wasn't getting involved in this life, fuck no.

I rejoined the others in the room who stopped all conversation when I sat back down. I gave them the finger, all except ma of course and settled down in my chair until I saw Mouth leave the bedroom with an overnight bag.

Oh fuck no.

"You ready Arianna?" Ma got up and went for her purse.

"What's going on?"

"She's spending the night and maybe the next few days with me until this cools down."

"No she isn't." I turned to look at her. "You're not leaving me...."

"She's not leaving you son, she just needs some time apart right now........"

I heard rushing water in my ears, that's all I heard before I lost my shit. Well at the time I didn't know I had lost my shit but apparently that's what happened.

The room was a fucking wreck when I came to my senses. The flat screen was shattered on the floor, the center table was up against one wall, the couch was on its side and who knows what the fuck else was broken, it looked like a tornado had passed through.