Chapter 17
Dominic
Moving further away from the house. I pick up Carmella’s call while facing the entrance, just in case my mother shows up or something
“Babe.” I cautiously look around, the bodyguards in position standing at a certain distance away from me.
“Hey, babe!” Carmella says from the other end of the line and she sounds so enthusiastic that I rub my temples while shaking my head.
“What’s up?” Though I pretend not to know. I know exactly why she’s calling,
“I hope you’re almost here to pick me up. I’m already done with everything, I actually finished a bit early so now I’m just waiting for you
I sigh with frustration, pacing a few times just so I don’t lose my cool over the situation that’s out of my control.
“Babe, about that,” I say for a start.
“Is something wrong?”
“I haven’t yet left the house.
What are you s
still doing there?
“Something happened with Vanessa and now-”
“What the hell happened?” Her tone is suddenly harsh. “What did you with that b-”
“Can you shut up and I just let me finish?”
“No! What did you do with that bitch!”
“She had a little accident and my parents came here. The problem is that I can’t leave. They won’t let me. I already tried.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” She scoffs. That bitch is more important than mer
“Didn’t you hear a word I just said?” I face away from the front door in frustration. Sometimes it’s difficult to make Carmella grasp what a situation means.
“My son!” I hear my mother’s voice just then so I turn around to look at her.
“I’ll call you back,” I whisper to Carmella on the phone.
“Don’t you
dare hang up on-
1 abruptly end the call by turning off my phone, which I didn’t even want to do.
What are you doing here all alone when your father’s already gone? She doesn’t seem pleased as she places both hands the sades of her waist and shakes her head at me “Were you calling someone from work?”
Right now, lying to her is better than telling her the truth. “Yes, was,”
She stands beside me and wraps her hand around my arm.
now,” she
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“Oh, come
Vanessa needs you”
“For what?”
mean?”
eyes at me
I shouldn’t have said it like that, so I soften it
walk
Doctor Miller to examine her first so I thought I could just keep
still taken her around the house.”
“I know”
so sad right now and I hate seeing her like that.
further about Vanessa and it’s taking everything in me not to leave. I need to find a quick moment where I can call Carmella again. In case that doesn’t happen, I’ll just have to send
show her. It’ll give me the
Vaness
as long as I can remember, I’ve never experienced
most. but it doesn’t feel
said it wasn’t too serious and it should go away in a few days at leaves me a little frustrated because I don’t just
be the only way for me not to
to myself in this living room. I can only imagine how
for any of his parents to come over here and check on
eyes meet, it almost feels like I’ve prevented him from doing
of getting back at him for what he did to me earlier when he offered me juice but was just trying to
me and he can’t say
he’s out of the country, I’m so glad I still have others who care around me, especially my mother–in–law. She’s been treating me like a
return from outside, I already know what the
guess I should’ve kept my mouth shut because now, she’ll make him
know he’s a jerk but I’ll have to explain things to him. None of this was my intention. I
the
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a few minutes later, they both walk in and as I look at them she’s holding onto his arm while talking to
a lot to say. I really need to
we’re alone.
can finally see the house, my mother–in–law
steps away from Dominic and he approaches me with a heavy
that face. You had no
in her direction and
you two. She
again and as he gets closer, he’s actually glaring at me and
the side of his face against mine and slides his arm
I wrap my arms around his neck and when he lifts me, I can’t help but look into his eyes, which I instantly regret because he’s just glaring and stands
love birds will find me here. Show
me look away from
with what’s on the ground
it is. If he’s going to show me everything, he’ll have to carry me
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