Simone (The Ciprianos of Kellington Book 2) by Jamallah Bergman Page A

figure out who was right or who was wrong. Even though I thought that
Boris made for a better villain than Bela ever did.” Delia eyed Simone when she
said this.
    “Now that’s where you
are wrong, Deedlebug. You know as well as I do that Bela was the man.”
    “Whatever, I don’t know
whether you are delusional or just drunk for even saying something as crazy as
that.”
    No one said a word and
it seemed like the moments right before the shootout at the OK Corral. Not a
breath was uttered as all eyes were on the two. “Do you really want to dive
headfirst into the shallow end of the pool with this, Simple Simon? Because you
know you will lose this once and for all.”
    Simone laughed at her
comment, and stood up, taking a huge gulp of his wine before leaning toward her
to say, “ Sei sicuro di voler andare lì ?”
    A cute little smirk
grew across those lips of hers. Then she uttered, “Si”.
    “Oh man, here we go
again,” Andrew said, shaking his head.
    “Oh hush, Andy Panda!
Shall we take this outside, sir?”
    Simone motioned toward
the entrance into the garden and watched as Delia got up from the table with a
glass of wine in hand as he grabbed his.
    “What is going on
here?” Jaslyn asked, puzzled.
    “World War three of the
minds, is what’s happening, sweetheart,” Renzo said as he got up along with the
rest of the men.
    Jaslyn looked at
Filomena who could only laugh at the situation. “I swear, those two, it’s never
ending. The fight that they were talking about lasted all but three months when
they were young. Lord knows how long this one will last. We’d better put a stop
it now before it gets completely out of hand.”
    “So, you were saying
that Bela was a better villain even though Boris got more acclaim than he did?”
asked Delia as she stood in front of Simone while everybody else stood around
them.
    “You are asking for a
bruising, young lady.” Simone reminded her.
    “Answer the
question--or are you afraid?”
    “Bela took any role to
a different level. Hell, he took any role he got into and made it his own.”
    “Very true, but that doesn’t
mean a thing because Boris was an artist in his own right too.”
    “The only thing that
Boris Karloff is known for nowadays is for How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Simone folded his arms together, giving her that ‘I won’ smile of his.
    Soon the oohs and
snickers came from the men as Filomena said, “Now, all of you back inside. I
will not be having you all debating during this time when we should be
celebrating, so stop all this childish nonsense, you two. I want the both of
you to give each other a hug and let’s eat dessert. Come on, Jaslyn.”
    They looked at each
other and ended up laughing as they hugged.
    “Next time, your momma
won’t be around to help you get out of trouble Simple Simon.”
    Simone chuckled as he
looked down into Delia’s eyes.
    “Come on, sis.” Andrew
said as he grabbed hold of Delia’s arm and they walked back inside.
    After they all had
dessert and coffee or tea, Andrew wished everybody a good night as both he and
Delia left the Cipriano house. “I promise to call and send pictures when we get
sonograms of the baby, all right?” Andrew assured Filomena, giving her a kiss
on the cheek while she hugged him tight.
    “I’m so glad that you
came and send Diane my love. I’m so happy for you both.” Filomena said as she
almost started to cry.
    “Now, I won’t have any
tears unless they are happy ones.” Andrew said looking into those teary blue
eyes of hers. “I’ll see you soon.”
    Filomena nodded, giving
him another hug as they both said their goodbyes. When they got into the car
and drove off, Andrew told Delia something that he knew would probably shock
his sister when he said it. “I don’t think you need to be spending so much time
with Simone.”
    She looked at him as if
he was crazy or something. “What do you mean you don’t think I need to be
spending time with Simone, why