Holidays for Romance by Peggy Bird

Author:Peggy Bird [Crimson Romance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media

Chapter 10

“What the hell did you think you were doing?” Catherine asked. She’d barely gotten Noah into the entryway of their home and the door closed behind her before her frustration boiled over. “Don’t bother answering—you weren’t thinking. If you’d had half a sensible thought in your head, you’d have known walking out of that store with a six-pack of beer under your shirt was not only illegal but stupid.”

“Sorry,” Noah muttered.

“Sorry doesn’t begin to cover it. What were you doing in that neighborhood anyway? I thought you were going to Rudy’s. He doesn’t live anywhere near there.”

“He didn’t want to go out. I was with some other guys.”

“You mean the guys who ran away when you got caught stealing beer for them?” She had to dig her nails into the palms of her hands to keep from grabbing his shoulders and shaking him, something she’d never done once in his thirteen years. “Damn it, Noah, if the cop hadn’t recognized you as Tony’s nephew, if he hadn’t known to call your Nonna … do you know how upset she is?”

“Nonna only had to get involved because you were too busy with that guy to answer your phone. It took you forever to get to the store.” The disdain in Noah’s voice cut her to the bone.

“No, I didn’t get there sooner because you wouldn’t give them the phone number they wanted. They had to call Nonna to track me down. Do you think by doing something stupid, I’ll stop seeing Dominic? Is that what’s behind this?”

“No matter what I do, you’re going to see him again. Because he’s more important.”

“Than I am” was unspoken but implied.

By this time she was pacing the floor in front of a defiant-looking Noah. “Fortunately, the owner knew Tony when he was a rookie cop, so he isn’t going to press charges. Thanks to your uncle’s good reputation you got off easy.” She stopped in front of him, trying hard to keep her voice controlled and calm. “But just because you got a pass from the police and the storeowner doesn’t mean you get one from me.” She started pacing again, not sure she could keep her cool when staring directly into the angry and resentful eyes of her son. “You don’t even know how fortunate you are.”

“Yeah, yeah. I know. I’m the fucking luckiest kid in town.”

“Watch your mouth, Noah. The jury in this house is still out on what’s to be done about you, and using bad language doesn’t help your case. I have to think about it. And I have to talk to Tony. I imagine your uncle will have a few things to say on the subject when I tell him what happened.”

“Why do you have to tell everyone in the family?” Noah asked. “Are you trying to look like the perfect mother or just make me look bad?”

Ignoring the insults, she said, “Of course I’m going to tell Tony. If I don’t, he might hear it from his buddy and be hurt I hadn’t told him first.

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