Never Judge

Technically Al, Christopher, and Christina were not allowed to drive yet. They were all too young, but who would scold the children of the Reyes and Lawrence families?

Aside from the three kids, a bodyguard or driver sat at the front seat as an excuse that they were teaching Al how to drive.

They pulled up in front of an unassuming apartment building and looked out, making sure that the place wasn't being stalked by the Reyes family's enemies.

They never assumed that Emilio's identity was a complete secret, that's why Cedric made sure that there were bodyguards in the building.

Of course, none of the children knew this.

They thought the delivery guy assigned to the building was just a normal person, or that the electrician was simply a friend of the building complex's owner.

Cedric spared no expense in making sure that his children were safe.

"You can leave, Emilio will give us a ride home." Al told the bodyguard as he stepped out of the car.

Christopher and Christina followed his lead, exiting the car and walking towards the apartment block where Emilio lived.

"Dad lived here too." Christopher told Al, a fact that he didn't know. "The apartment Emilio is using is the very same one that dad lived in."

"Emilio has been in that apartment since he was fifteen." Al pointed out as they got to Emilio's floor.

"Part of the poverty training." Christina shrugged as they walked towards Emilio's unit, occasionally passing by random tenants.

They continued to walk in silence, worried that someone would overhear their conversation.

Emilio still have six years left in his poverty training and his identity couldn't be revealed just yet.

When they finally stood outside the door of Emilio's apartment, one of the twins knocked and waited for their brother to answer.

They stood outside for a few minutes before starting to wonder why he wasn't opening the door for them.

"Emilio!" Al shouted. "Are you in there?"

"Give me a second." Emilio's voice came from inside, groaning, clearly he had just woken up.

"I guess it was quite a night." Christopher chuckled as Emilio opened the door.

"Why the fuck did you bring my siblings?" Emilio whispered as he quickly stepped out and closed the door behind him.

"What are you hiding, cousin?" Al asked, suspicious of Emilio's actions.

"Nothing. What are you doing here? Let's go somewhere else, somewhere safe." Emilio said as he tried to usher the younger members of the Reyes family away.

Christopher gave Al a look making both young men laugh.

"What? What is it? You guys have a secret again that you didn't tell me!" Christina complained, practically shouting, getting the attention of those that lived nearby.

"Shhhh!!!!" Emilio scolded as he covered his sister's mouth.

"Sorry, she's just loud." Emilio groaned as he looked apologetically to his neighbors.

Al and Christopher burst out laughing again, before Al launched himself towards Emilio's door and walked in with his cousin.

"We know you have a guest, Emilio." Al said loudly as Emilio pulled Christina inside and locked the door.

"What are you guys doing here?!" Emilio shouted as he glared at his cousin and siblings. "Stay here, I need to deal with this first."

Emilio marched out of the living room and entered his bedroom slamming the door behind him.

Christina's eyes went wide with shock when she realized what her cousin and brother's meant.

"A girl!" She gasped as she looked at Al and Christopher. "He has a girl in there?!" She asked, shocked by the prospect.

"He's twenty two, it's fine." Al said, rolling his eyes at his cousin as he gestured for them to sit on the couch while he prepared for them coffee and sandwiches.

"No wonder he was so awkward when we arrived." Christina gasped as she looked at her cousin and brother.

Al nodded as he walked over and placed their food and drinks on the table.

"Remember, don't talk, whoever is in there might recognize you if you speak." Al whispered to his cousins. "I'll do most of the talking."

The twins nodded as they heard the bedroom door opening as Emilio and a girl stepped out.

"Breakfast? Coffee?" Al asked as he pointed to the food on the table as he smiled at his cousin and the woman with him.

He couldn't help but notice that the woman was hiding her face, as if she was embarrassed to have been found in Emilio's apartment.

"She isn't hungry." Emilio said in a deep commanding tone, making Al back down.

He nodded at his cousin and returned to drinking his coffee.

"I'll just walk her out then we can talk." Emilio told them as he placed and arm around the woman's shoulder and walked her out.

When Emilio was out of earshot, Al spoke up.

"He cares for that girl." He said to his cousins. "Don't tease him when he gets back."

"How did you know?" Christina asked her cousin as she looked up from her sandwich.

"Body language." Al said with a shrug. "One of the things I learned in the mafia. Emilio is protective of her and he let her stay the night."

"She isn't the first one you've seen him with?" Christina asked, surprised that her brother had been so active sexually.

"Yeah, but usually by the morning they are gone and Emilio goes home." Al shrugged as they heard the door open.

Based on his expression, Al and his cousins could tell that Emilio wasn't happy with their intrusion. It was rare for his siblings to visit him, even rarer for them to all come over on a Saturday morning.

"Someone better start explaining why you are here or I swear I will have dad drag all three of you home!" Emilio angrily said as he crossed his arms on his chest and glared at his cousin and siblings.

Christopher and Chrstina were quick to point at Al, making him roll his eyes and sigh.

"Talk." Emilio hissed.

"Cara's father is being manipulated by people who want to take down both the Lawerence and Reyes families, but I don't want dad to find out I've been working with the Dean Family Mafia." Al said with a shrug.

"What?! That's it?!" Emilio was furious with his cousin.

Al nodded and frowned, he didn't think Emilio would be this mad.

"Just tell your dad and get the fuck out of there. You seriously ruined my day and my date because of that?" Emilio was mad as he walked away, furious at Al.