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“That too,” I concede. “Speaking of which, I’ll go check on Ma.”
“And get bacon.”
“Better still, why don’t you have a shower, then come over and I’ll make you a bacon sandwich. I can raid Ma’s fridge and see what else she has.” I suddenly feel hungry too after all this food talk.
She grins as I pass her mug of coffee. “You’re a woman after my own heart. Seriously, girl, if I were a lesbian, I would so do you.”
I shake my head. “Drink your coffee.”
Five minutes later, I push off the bed and make my way to Ma’s place. It’s a short stroll across the adjoining courtyard. I press the code on her pin pad at the door and make my way through the house.
It’s after ten, and I don’t hear any movement.
“Ma!” I yell.
Nothing.
Huh? Ma is always baking on the weekend. Usually, my brother’s will stop over, and we try to have Sunday lunch or dinner once a week. So she always has food.
“Ma?” I yell again.
The kitchen is empty.
I don’t know why, but a sense of panic floods through me. I leave my coffee cup on the counter and sprint down the hall and upstairs.
I’m frantic when I call her again and I get no answer. Where the hell is she?
Once I get to her door, I push it open, and then I see her… on the floor.
“Ma!” I scream.
The world stops. Everything halts. Every emotion in my body pounds. Instantly the back of my head feels like it’s going to explode, my heart racing in my chest like a runaway freight train.
I should have come to her last night. I should have checked on her then…
And now it could be too late.
15
ENZO
I’mlike a thief in the night, I know it, but after the past few weeks and her stunt tonight, I don’t really care. Feeling her body next to mine, holding her close, it was a necessity. I needed it, and from what I can gather, she needed it too.
I’ve thought about it long and hard; something has to give with this situation.
I could broach it with Angelo and ask his permission, and hopefully he won’t put two and two together about what we’ve already been up to. I know he isn’t going to be happy about it, though.
Of all the people in the world to fall for, and I’m falling hard.
There’s just no denying it anymore. I’ve tried, and I failed. Big time.
Maybe I shouldn’t have gone to her and creeped into her bed, but I don’t know how to stay away, or if I even have the strength to keep doing so.
If that makes me weak, then so be it. But I long to go to bed with her every night and wake up to her beautiful face every morning. I know I could make her happy, if given the chance.
After leaving her at the crack of dawn, I hit the gym in the basement of my apartment.
I live in Back Bay in a luxury townhouse overlooking the Charles River Basin. A fair distance from Valentina and her mom’s place, and not forgetting Marco next door in his goddamn castle. That’s the other thing I had to be fucking careful of, though he has that many acres at his disposal that he probably wouldn’t see a nuclear explosion if he were looking for it. You can never be too careful around any of the Medicis, especially when one lives right next door.
