Chapter 14: Prince Of The City

Ma's mouth was hanging open, meanwhile my sisters were looking like they didn't know whether to laugh or take her down, though we were already on the floor.

When Tony and Mikey started laughing their asses off it broke the ice and I helped us both up off the ground, keeping my arm round her as I turned her to face ma.

Ma was beaming, see she understood crazy, she'd given birth to enough of it, raised it, lived it, she knew crazy, crazy was right up her alley. I'm telling you, the woman is a saint.

"Well hello Arianna, that's quite an entrance you made there."

"I'm so sorry Mrs. Flanagan; I don't know what came over me."

"Of course you do, and I accept the compliment, you thought I was Shane's date didn't you?"

Uh...um...well...."

The Mouth had no words, will wonders never cease.

"Don't give it a second thought dear, come sit here by me."