Best Laid Plans by Billy London

Author:Billy London [London, Billy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Usenet, C429, Kat, Exratorrents
Amazon: B00AP0F0G4
Publisher: Beautiful Trouble Publishing
Published: 2012-11-05T22:00:00+00:00

Luca pitied his friend. For the last two months, Angelo had graciously insisted that Luca stay at his home and not stay in a hotel.

“Fuck knows who can break in and get to you.”

“What if I need my bike back?”

Angelo’s eyes narrowed. “You’re staying with me. You don’t mention the bike. It’s fine. Nothing’s happened to it. In fact, it’s in better condition now then when you left it to its own devices. You didn’t give a shit about the bike the whole time you were in London. Did I ever get a call about the bike? Did you ever send me money to make sure the bike had everything it needed? No. Lousy parent.”

Luca burst out laughing. “You should see someone about that.”

“Meh, far too late.”

Angelo had been invaluable getting references, checks and builders to restructure the property his parents lived in to make it easier for Alfieri Caristo to move around the home. Alfieri was having problems with his speech, so even if his father could vocalise gratitude, Luca wouldn’t know about it. There were three electricians who linked a system of call buttons in each room to alert anyone else if Alfieri was suffering another stroke, needed assistance or fancied a coffee. What was taking longest was finding a care nurse who was not only sufficiently qualified but who would live in with Luca’s parents. Luca and Angelo were working on finding someone outside the city of Naples and further afield. Now on top of all of Luca’s woes, Angelo had to hear him worry aloud about Francesca.

“She hasn’t spoken to me for a week,” Luca said quietly, closing the laptop as Francesca’s Skype icon remained disturbingly unavailable.

“Then you’ve fucked up something,” Angelo answered, taking a beer from his fridge. “Whatever you’ve done, admit it’s your fault and enjoy the peace and quiet.”

Luca shook his head. “It’s not that simple.”

Angelo sighed. “Jesus. All right, most logical thing it could possibly be?”

“That’s she’s pregnant.”

Angelo spat out the beer, spraying it in a mist over the counter. “What?”

Luca breathed out, his gut churning with the idea that she could think he’d abandon her. “We had a minor accident. And I know she hasn’t been feeling well. The most logical problem would be that she’s pregnant, and she doesn’t want to worry me or she hates me for putting her in that position in the first place.”

Angelo looked slightly green. “Good luck.”

“What help is that?” Luca demanded.

“All right, you have to understand that you have bored me to tears over this woman. Yes, she is very sweet and funny and pretty—I swear on my balls I will not look her directly in the eye when I meet her,” Angelo added, catching the expression of you’re dead at his declaration of Francesca’s prettiness. “Can you do something so my ears get a rest?”

“She won’t answer my calls.” He looked down at his phone, the screensaver a picture of Francesca smiling Mona Lisa-like at the camera. She wore one of his less colourful shirts as Luca pressed his mouth to her neck.

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