His reply bounces
Ugh, this man is infuriating. I show Debile tests and she reads them.
“Seriously, can I watch you two have sex? It’s going to be fucking fire.” She smirk. “Open an Onlyfare accent, yarli make hark”
I swatch my phone from her. “We are not having sex.” That came out louder than expected, and we both cringe as we both look around. An old lady gives us a judgy side eye,
“Seriously, though lean into Deb and whisper, “What should I do now?”
“Go to the shop. Buy Lube.
4p, and not a peep from Gabriel since I saw him at the game this morning.
The sky has turned red, and I’vo ranted and raved all damn day,
This isn’t okay, has behavior is totally unacceptable. He can’t just turn up here and be an arrogant prick to try to rette my boyfriend. Well, he didn’t just try, he excelled at it. Poor Jack is rattled to the bono and who could blame him?
Not that Jack and I are star–crossed lovers or anything but Gabriel doesn’t know that. What if we were?
What if I loved Jack with all of my heart and Gabriel just planted a seed of poison into our relationship?
What then huh?
1 stir the chocolate brownie mit in the bowl as I marter out loud to myself he thinks my cooling was bad before, just wait il ba tastes my next meal. I’m putting full–blown dog shit in it.” I stir the mix with vigor. “And if he thinks for one fucking second Emparting up with his bullshit, he can think agam
“What’s hullshit?” Dominic asks from the doorway.
Crap cant even matter to myself in peace?
“Nothing, bubba, sorry, that’s an inappropriate word.” I smile sweetly. Just thinking about a show I’m watching on Netflix,” I lie. One thing I’ve learned over the last three weeks about this whole shared parenting thing is to not let my feelings seep in and polson the kids. Once you say something in passing about the other parent, they hold on to it forever.
“Gabriel is here,” Lucia yells excitedly from upstairs. “Yay.” She comes screaming down the stairs and runs out the front door to greet him.
Dominic walls to the front window and peers through the side of the curtains, quietly watching.
“Why don’t you go our and meet him too, baby?” I tell him. “That would be nice”
Dominic shrugs, unsure what to do.
He’s warming to him
My anger momentarily dissipates and I smile. “It was nice he came to your game today, wasn’t it? He
stay’s silent.
“Do you like Gabriel coming to see you all the tige?” *He shrugs again.
I walk over and stand behind him as I put my hands on his shoulders, we both watch out the window as Lucia talks a million miles per minute, she‘ being all animated and he’s laughing as he listens and talks to her. They’re getting something out of the trunk of his car and loading it onto the grass in a pile. I smile as 1 watch them, and then I remember something, something very important
Gabriel Ferrara’s a fuckface who I hate.
I go back to the kitchen to continue making my brownies. They’re carrying something big in Mom,” Donic calls.
Guna Best PREMI
I hope it coffin, he’s gone to need it.
“Why don’t you go and help them?” I call back,
don’t krime If He montemplates.
Ugh, why is this child such an over thinkry?
Theyre walking around the side of the house with the stuff.” Dominic callvas he runs to the back door.
Test grout and see what they’re doing.“İrill my eyes ns I pour the brownie mit intothe cake pant
““Will you come?” Dominir asks hopefully.
Ugh.
“Sure.“Topen the back door and Dominic coves to stand beside me,
“Hi there, you two“Gabriel smiles up at us as he and Lancia carry something down to the water’s edge
“Hello” I smule through gritted teeth
Turker.
Dom holds my hand and bites his bottom lip as if to hide his smile.
He’s so cute. I can’t stand it
“What have you got there? I call out to them. I bought us a new card table and chairs and a firepit.” Us
I narrow my eyes. “Why?”
Because I thought we’d play cards out here tonight.” I clench my teeth
You thought wrong, I’m drowning you in the lake and burying your body in the woods tonight.
“Oh, Treply flatly. “Great”
1 go back inside, I really don’t have the capacity to deal with him today, this is a nightmare.
Gabriel begins to set up the card table and fold out the chairs and Dominic wanders down to the water’s edge to watch them
“Can you sort the kindling for the fire, Dom?” Gabriel asks him. “I need a man around here to get this firepil under control. Do you think you can do
“Okay.” Dom replies enthusiastically, he runs inside to collect the things. He begins collecting the kindling and throwing it into the basket.
Ugh. I roll my eyes. He’s now using Dom’s pyromaniac tendencies to bond.
Well played.
I peer into the even at my brownies as I imagine Gabriel choking on them.
“Mom, we’re making a fire out the back” Dominic as “And we’re playing Unn.”
He’s excited.
“That sounds so fun, baby,” I call back. “Maybe we could take some blankets our there too,” I suggest.
Dom’s eyes light up. The checked ones in the linen press?”
“Uh–huh.”
He runs and takes the stairs two at a time
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Chapter 73
“Mind if I come through your back door? Gabriels deep voice pairi
I glance up to see him standing in the doorwony, he’s giving me the book, and I know exactly which hack door he’s talking
