Duty & Death (Foster Family Book 3) by Zavi James

Author:Zavi James [James, Zavi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Mia

I’d seen Lydia off earlier in the afternoon, leaving the house to myself, Dom and Link. She’d pulled more than her fair share of work lately between looking after the house and helping me with my son. I could manage a single dinner, plus, I’d made sure Dom was being of use and helping me out.

“What was she thinking? Vittoria’s losing the plot,” Dom said to me. I’d filled him in on last night, conveniently leaving out the reason Tori had stormed out of the house. “Stupid move in my opinion.”

“No one asked for your opinion,” I said, not looking up from the recipe on my phone. “Hopefully, she won’t try anything like that again.”

All day, a deep sense of dread followed me in everything I did, making me jittery. I had locked and unlocked my phone a thousand times, waiting for the inevitable flurry of messages and calls asking me to clarify what Tori had told everyone. It was late in the day and nothing had come through aside from Luc checking on me and Katia asking for tips to combat morning sickness. Rather than soothe my nerves, the silence amplified them, causing me to be a little snappier than usual and feeling uncomfortably nauseous all day.

“I didn’t mean to snap,” I said, trying to smooth over my bad mood.

“It’s alright. You can be graceless with me.” He grinned.

“Maybe I should change it up and be completely unhinged with everyone.” I sighed, turning away and opening the cupboard above the counter.

“How come you never throw dinners for me?” Dom asked as I climbed onto the kitchen counter and paused momentarily as the room swayed. My heart pounded in my chest and I clutched the cupboard doors. It lasted all of five seconds before Dom pulled me down and I was back on the floor. “Come here, Tarzan. Luc’s going to kill us both if you get injured. What do you need?”

“Double zero flour,” I told him. “I thought we had some left, but I can’t find it.” Dom made sure I was steady before he started to look without the need to clamber onto a higher surface. “And I don’t throw you dinners because you’re here most of the time. Why am I throwing a dinner specifically for you when you eat with us whenever you’re pissed at Rodrigo?”

“You’ve been taking lessons from Luc in how to be charming,” Dom said, pulling things out of the cupboard as he hunted. “No. You don’t have any.”

I clucked my tongue. “Dante will have some. Pasta is the only thing he knows how to make from scratch.”

“I don’t know how he manages to keep a figure like that with the way he eats,” Dom commented, closing the cupboard doors.

“Aren’t you married?” I pointed out, picking Link up out of his seat so I could get him ready for the short trip. No one told you that having a baby added fifteen minutes in leaving the house. Fifteen was on a good day.

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