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One week later

Aednat's Pov

"Is féidir linn a aintín Aednat le do thoil fanacht suas agus cad do'San Nioclás'." (Aunt can we please stay up and what for Santa.)Agatha my six year old cousin asked me for the hundredth time today.

"le do thoil." (Please) Her 13 year old brother Joseph was also begging. I think he wanted to do it more for his little sister then actually thinking St. Nickolas was going to come.

"Uimh bedtime. Beidh San Nioclás'a thabhairt do láthair chun do theach i gCorcaigh." (No, bedtime. Saint Nicholas will be bringing your presents to your house in Cork.)

I tucked my little cousins in the pull out couch. They come and stay with me every Little Christmas.

Once I was sure the kids were asleep I pulled out a cigarette; I don't want to influence them to make the same decisions I do. I lit it and put my head between my legs as I exhaled.

"A chara Tiarna guí mé do mo dheartháir a bheith sábháilte." (Dear Lord I pray for my brother to be safe.) I whispered. I could feel my eyes start to sting and a tear leaked out.

I stood up and walked to the ice box to grab a beer. I opened the draw by the ice box; I kept matches, a gun, bottle opener, corkscrew, and a switchblade in there. The typical in cause of an emergency stuff.

Knock knock

I turned my head towards the door. It was way too late for Christmas carolers to be out still. I grabbed the gun and slid it into the back of my pants.

"Aintín Aednat?" (Aunt) I heard Joseph whisper.

"Wake do dheirfiúr agus dul isteach sa seomra folctha, bí cinnte a chur faoi ghlas ar an doras." (Wake your sister and go into the bathroom, make sure to lock the door.) I whispered back to him.

He did as he was told. I slowly opened the door, I kept my right hand on the gun that was still in my pants.

"Don't fucking move." One of the two men wearing mask shouted at me. The other grabbed me and forced me back into the center of the apartment.

"Take whatever ye want." I told him. I glanced at the bathroom door, shit the kids left the light on in there. When the man who forced me into the room turned away I grabbed the gun out of the back of my pants and pointed it straight at him.

He backed away from me and that got partners attention. I shot at the man who grabbed me and hit his arm, if I had to kill them I would.

"Get out!" I shouted at them. I was about to move the gun towards the other guy when he charged towards me tackling me to the hard floor.

I had dropped the gun when I hit the ground. The man had one hand on my throat and pinned both of my wrists with one hand.

"We want you to leave and never come back to Boston, Do you understand me?" The man who was holding me down shouted an inch away from my face. I shut my eyes when he kept screaming at me.

The sound of two crying children hit me hard. I looked at the bathroom door. Joseph and Agatha were holding onto each other and saw what was happening.

"Oh are ye fucking kidding me? A loaded gun and kids, fuck this is not going according to ye master plan." The man I had shot said. I hadn't noticed the accent before. He sounded familiar. He took of his mask and so did the man on top of me.

"Where the hell did the kids come from?" It was defiantly Conner's voice. Conner let my wrists lose and stood up. I wasn't sure to be scared or rejoice.

"What the hell are we going to do now?" Murphy shouted at his brother.

"I don't fucking no." Conner shouted back and shoved Murphy. The two start fighting. Joseph started walking over to me but I shook my head no at him and wave for him to go back into the bathroom.

I wasn't going to let them out until I find out what the fuck was going on. I quickly got to my feet and grabbed the gun off the floor.

"Hey!" I shouted at them, the brother stopped brawling and looked at me.

"Do you mind telling me what the hell is going on here? I have kids here, so if this was supposed to be a prank it is not fucking funny." I shouted at them. Murphy shrugged his brother off of him and walked over to me.

"There is a lot that we need to tell ye, just calm down." He said as he took one step closer to me.

"Just take it easy there, okay." He told me, I shook my head at him.

"Tell me right fucking now Conner or I swear to god I will shoot both of you in the nuts." I shouted at him. His eyes got wide; Murphy took a seat on the pull out couch.

"We were trying to do ye a favor and save yer life. We were trying to scar ye off, stuff with you brother is complicated." He said and took a step closer to me. I dropped the gun on the floor.

"What?" I whispered in disbelief from what I had just heard. My knees were shaky and I had to sit down on the yellow loveseat. I didn't know what to say.

"He got dragged into working for the Mafioso's. They don't like people going through their garbage. Ye have been putting yerself in danger." Murphy stated, worry was clear in his voice.

I didn't know what to say, I couldn't even get my mouth to move. Murphy came over and sat on the loveseat next to me. I leaned against his arm without thinking. He groaned, and my brain snapped back into the now.

"Oh shit, if I would have known it was you I wouldn't have shot the gun off. OH FUCK THE KIDS, how am I going to explain what's going on to them." I said in a panic. I rushed over to the bathroom door and my cousins instantly hugged me. They were still crying and scared shitless.

"Tá sé ceart go leor. Nach bhfuil siad anseo chun Gortaítear linn. Tá siad cairde a chosnaíonn an árasán." I said in the most soothing voice I had. I carried Agatha to the love seat and Joseph sat right beside me, he was still clinging to me.

"Bullshit Auntie Aednat." He said to me. Agatha luckily didn't know much English yet.

"Joseph." I shouted him and he glared at me.

"Who are ye guys?" Joseph said in an aggressive manner. Before I could scold him the brothers interrupted me.

"We are friends that protect the area around the apartments. My name is Conner." Conner smiled at him and did his best to cover all of our asses.

"I am Murphy; I am your aunt's boyfriend. Don't worry we got rid of those bad me that were trying to get in." He said while smirking at me. He hasn't even asked me on a date, I rolled my eyes. I knew what his plan was already.

They talked to the kicks for a little while long but I don't think Joseph was fully convinced. I dapped at the wound I had given Murphy on his left shoulder. Luckily I had only nicked him. He winced slightly.

"Sorry, I'll be done in a minutes. Are ye sure ye don't want to go to the hospital?" I asked him again. He shook his head no. I wrapped his arm up.

I walked over to the trash can threw out all the bloody rags. I walked back over to him and Conner.

"Why do they call you aunt and do they only know Gaelic?" Conner asked in a confused tone.

"We are so close that they feel like I am their aunt. I am actually their godmother and they are some of my cousins. Joseph knows English, Gaelic, and Spanish." I stated. Conner just gave me a slight nod.

"How many languages do ye know?" Asked Murphy as he cocked an eyebrow at me.

"I know several. Tell me what happened to my brother." I said to them. When they didn't give me an answer I giggled.

"You can tell me or I can go get the gun out and threaten yer nuts." I said in the most threatening voice I could muster.

Murphy glanced at him and they began to explain what happened to my brother to me in Italian. Conner said it would be better just in case Joseph might be awake.

Murphy was gripping onto my hand the whole time. I leaned on him when I cried on the Kitchen floor that night. God help me for what I am about to do.