A Family Affair: Summer by Mary Campisi

Author:Mary Campisi [Campisi, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mary Campisi
Published: 2014-03-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

It took less than a day for Nate to learn of Christine’s late-night exploits and if the frown and brackets around his mouth were any indication, he was not pleased. He stood in the living room, hands on hips, and waited.

“I was going to tell you,” Christine said, keeping her voice down so she wouldn’t wake Anna, who slept in the next room. “But I didn’t want to wake you last night and I was half asleep this morning when you left.” Both parts were true, but her husband didn’t look convinced. Or maybe it wasn’t enough to appease him. Probably the latter. Nate did not like surprises or gossip, and certainly not when his wife’s name was attached. She tried again. “I even wrote a note telling you where I was in case you woke up while I was gone.”

“How thoughtful.” He moved closer, his presence sucking most of the oxygen from the room. “Did you ever think maybe I’d take issue with my wife leaving our home in the middle of the night, driving down winding, unlit roads to a bar, to stop an idiot from doing something stupid?”

“Cash is not an idiot,” she said quietly.

The left side of Nate’s jaw twitched. Twice. “No, he’s not an idiot.” He paused, his dark eyes turning darker. “He’s a pain in the ass, and if he ever pulls a stunt like that again, you better damn well not try to rescue him. If he wants to sleep with half the town, fine.”

“Tess is my friend and she needed me.”

“Anna and I need you, too. And we can’t have you putting yourself in dangerous situations.”

Christine sighed. “I’m sorry I didn’t wake you last night and tell you. If I’d done that, you would have tried to talk me out of it, or worse, insisted on going yourself.”

“That’s right. I would have taken care of it.”

“There’s where you’re wrong.” She stood and faced her husband. “If you think you’re getting within a football field of Natalie Servetti, think again. That woman is pure poison and I was not having her near you.”

He must have heard the upset in her voice because his expression relaxed and he laid his hands on her shoulders. “You don’t have anything to worry about. She’s not going to come between us again.”

She looked up at him, willing him to understand. “That woman would have caused the same pain for Tess and Cash that she did for us. I couldn’t let that happen. Don’t you see? Cash was miserable, and I’m guessing most of it had to do with Tess.” Her voice dipped, softened. “I heard she was waiting for Cash when I dropped him off at his house.” She smiled. “And I heard she didn’t make it home last night.”

Nate raised a brow. “Who told you that?”

“Pop.” Her smile spread. “Not sure how he heard it, but you’d have thought someone gave him a truckload of pizzelles from the excitement in his voice. He says he has plans for those two and isn’t about to stop until he hears wedding bells.

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