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Chapter 56 Violet “Oh my god, she’s so adorable.” I smile at the stage. Lucia twirls in her little bear costume. “And how about that tree,” Deb whispers. My eyes…
Chapter 56 Violet “Oh my god, she’s so adorable.” I smile at the stage. Lucia twirls in her little bear costume. “And how about that tree,” Deb whispers. My eyes…
“Exactly.” I take a big gulp of my drink. “She did come to see me weeks later, and I wouldn’t see her because I was in meetings and…” “Don’t make…
Gabriel I think of how different things would have been if we had ended up together. This wedding would be Vee’s worst nightmare. Mine too. Lost between two worlds…. She…
hapter 53 back to my office. I pass through reception. “Mr. Ferrara, your mother and Ariana are in your office, sir,” one of the girls tells me. “Thank you.” I…
Chapter 52 Violet “Are you serious?” I snap. “Stop whining about him being in your house. He’s trying to do the right thing and came to say goodbye in person….
Chapter 51 I storm downstairs and into the kitchen. “Gabriel, can I speak with you for a moment? I announce. Gabriel looks up from his cereal as if I am…
Chapter 50 Gabriel Violet walks out the back door, and I wait until she is out of hearing range. Does your mom have a boyfriend?” I ask Lucia “Does she have any.” I pause as I try to articulate my words, man friends that come over somet over sometimes?” “Just Jack.” “Jack“” There’s a Jack? “Who’s jack?” “Oh, he’s Dom’s Line League coach.“] “Oh he is, is he?” I narrow my eyes, the old sporting coach lusting after the single mom trick hey? “an’t that against some code of ethics or something?“l “Code of what?“]] “Never mind.” 1 sip my coffee and the vile taste of burned poison ny tongue. I cough and nearly choke What the “What’s wrong?” Lucia frowns “This isn’t coffee.“]] “What is it then?“|| “Its a Molotov cocktail.” I wince.]] This damn woman can’t cook for shit “A Molotov what ? Fuck me “You ask a lot of questions.” I cut her oft[] “You say a lot of weird things.l “Thank you for pointing that out.“1 drag my hand down my face. The sooner I get out of here, thebetter… “That’s if i make it out alive before being poisoned to deau.” I muner under my breath. “Who’s poisoning to death?” “Nobody,” I snap. Dear lord, I’ve never wanted to screams Mind your own business at someone so much in my life.] on me, and I turn to see Dominic standing at the door, watching us. He’s in checked pajamas and his hair is standing on end. “Good morning, Dominar.” I force a smile, determined to do better with him today! “In” be grumbles as he walks into the kitchen. “Where’s Mom?” “Out the back,” Lucia replies as the eats her cereal…
Chapter 49 Gabriel Oh god “Why are you even looking at my private wat my private business?” I whisper. “Because your troublemaking private business is hanging out in my bathroom” “make offense,” I splutter as I feel the situation spiraling out of control. “And for your information, he is not a troublemaker, he’s a problem solver.“” “There are no problems to solve in this house,” she whispers angrily. “Put it away,” she rushes out of the bathroom and I hear her stomp up the hall I look down at myself, od in one hand, tissus in the other, with my hard dock half hanging out of my boxer shorts. I’ve hit the bottom of the barrel. Fuck]] Morning light shines through the windows and I sit on the edge of the bed fully dressed. I glance at my watch for the tenth time UTKI What time does everyone get up in this house?] I’m usually up and dressed and on my way to work long before this.]] I walk over to the window and open the curtains and look out at the view:[] The sun is just rising, and there is a fog hanging over the lake, the sounds of birds chirp in the distance and trees sway in the wind. The view from up here is something else It’s beautiful, serene. Unlike me. I’ve spent the night horny and wanking wondering if Dominic will come around and speak to me today before I leave, and then there’s the national disaster of the 2 am, bathroom visit Hell, what a night she’s right, my dick is a troublemaker, a huge pain in my ass [] One thing is for certain: I’m still physically attracted to Violet.] Which is an absoline nightmare because I’m marrying someone else in four weeks‘ time. [] Creak go the floorboards from up the hall, someone’s awake. I hear the bathroom door, and five minutes later, I hear the other flush, and then I hear I hear the stairs go as someone walks down them-] Who was that was in Violer?]] My mind goes back to the horror of being caught with a hard on and a bottle of nil at 2 am] Ugh, how the hell do I talk myself out of that one?|| Pretend it didn’t happen My dong opens slightly and I turn to are two little brown eyes staring at me through the crack “Good morning, Lacia 1 tap the bed beside me “Come in.”…
“I’m going to take a look at the lake.” I Lucy similes up at me with the most beatiful little face I have ever seen. I rush out the door and insedimely dial Mark’s number.] “Hey,” he “Hi, champe of plans.“]} “What do you mean?”|||| Im going to spent the night i the night here“] “What? I thought you were there to say goodbye.“) I am,” I pause as I look over the lake. “It’s past not a nasy at first thought“|| “Well, what should I do?” he asks “Just stay in the hotel and shrug. I come and get you in the morning” “Okay, Enjoy every seronit, okay?” We are now counting the time with my children in seconds, 1 get a lump in my throat at the thought||| Thang up and marn back toward the house, standing in the darkness, I can see Violet and Luc nd torn control of my life.|| and Lucia washing the washing the dishes as they chat way. I’ve never felt so out of *Lucy, shone Gabriel where my bedrooms is, please?” Violet talls her || This way,” Lucia says, Flakes my hand in her as she leads me through the house| “What cute lire hands you have.*1 smile.] She holds them both up for me to look at and I try to memorize every detail I feel sick to my stomach. Why did I snap a Dominic ה. I feel like shit about it, but he will not disrespect me. Not now, not ever the right thing.|| We get to the top of the stairs. “And this is my room.” Lucia smiles proudly as she shows me her room. Its pink and pretty and has big letters on the wall that spell out her maine. Tolls and teddy bears are all perfectly siming up against her pillow, “It’s very nice. “10 is” She smiles at the swings her arms|| My eyes linger up the hallway. “Where in Dondaic’s room?”…
Chapter 47 “Don’t he rude, Dominic,” I inap.]]. Lucy‘ eyes widen the looks between the ten of them “cerca di inastrare un po‘ di rispetto a tua madre. Questa è casa sua.“|| Gabriel says. (Show some respect to your mother at her dinner table.“) “No.” Dominic says || “Parlami in Italians.” Gabriel fires back to speak to ne in allan.) “N” Dominic gets up and marches upstairs. Toms subito qui,” Gabriel calls after him. Prou come hack here right now.” The talle falls silent and Lucy stares after him before she finally continues to eat Gabriel puss his fock down and i gesture to his bowl. “You need to eat at all.” “I want to T I exhale heavily, but was a dumber. I should have puramente in his food and put us all out of misery|| “Eat. The food.” I smile through gritted teeth. “Ten’t make me force–feed you because I will:|| Gabriel glares at me and eventually picks up his fork | My god, that couldn’t have puur worse. Dom is a handful, sometimes ton math for even me *Lary, why don’t you take Don’s dinner up to him“]] “Okay” Lucy grabs her brother’s bowl and toddles oft upstairs I wait until she is out of war each. “What did you say to him in italian? “He was being rude, so I pulled him toto line.” “What?” screw up my face. “You do not get to pull him into live on the first day of being a father.“|| “He doesn’t get to be rude to me on the first day of helag my son. Not on day one, not ever. He needs to learn straight away that bad behavior will not be tolerated.” 1 slump hack into my chair and look around the empty tater. “Tat your food“] I’m getting you a “Why?” amook “necuase no wonder he’s in a bad mood. The poor bastard is being polsoned to death.” He stirs the food in his howl. “And for the record, you cut the fucking ss up. Not throw them in whole I go down at the the eyeball pickled onions in his spaghend and get the giggles ||…