Lies You Tell by LaQuette

Author:LaQuette [LaQuette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, Contemporary, Multicultural
ISBN: 9781682522165
Publisher: Loose Id LLC
Published: 2016-09-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Hey, how are you?”

Dante waited for her answer. Only twenty-four hours had passed between his departure and this phone call, but he wanted to check in on Sanai and their son.

“I’m all right. Naz had a good night.”

“What about you?” In the short amount of time he’d been in their presence, he’d learned one thing. Sanai would sacrifice herself without thought to meet their son’s needs.

She was a nurturer. Had been for as far back as he’d known her. From their first date to the last time he’d held her in his arms, she’d given her all to take care of him. On nights when his civil engineering studies would leave him with an aching head, back, and neck, she’d come over to his apartment, fix him dinner, and spoil him with a back rub. It took him months to realize she was doing this at the expense of her own wellbeing.

She’d stay late, spend the night making love to him, soothing him, only to stand on her feet for a full day of being a cosmetologist intern in a beauty salon. If she’d sacrificed so much of herself for him, he knew she was sacrificing even more for their son.

“I got up to check on him a few times during the night. But I did manage to get some sleep. How about you?”

Dante turned, looking at the man bound to the bolted radiator on the floor. This abandoned warehouse served as a place where Dante and his underlings could conduct the nasty parts of the family business.

The man was naked, bound by handcuffs and shackles, bloodied and battered. A mix of sweat and blood covered him. His head bobbed slightly with each labored breath he took.

“I didn’t really sleep last night. Spent too much time tying up loose ends so I can get back to you,” he answered.

“Don’t rush, Dante. We aren’t going anywhere. We’ll be here when you get back. Just take your time.”

“I’ve lost too much already with you. I’m not losing another second I don’t have to. I’ll be done today. Should be headed to you by the evening,” he answered. He took another breath, pausing slowly before he spoke his next thought. “Do I need to arrange a hotel room close by or can I stay with you?”

“I thought you might be staying with Tony?”

“I can, if you want me to,” he replied, trying his best to keep the disappointment out his voice. “I…I just don’t want to be that far away. If it doesn’t work for you, I’ll get a room at a nearby hotel.”

“You don’t have to do that, Dante. I want you here. Naz needs you here.”

His chest felt full. They were far from being a solidified family, but the fact that she wanted him near, was making room for him in this scenario… It felt like hope. Something he’d been bankrupt of for a long time.

“I won’t be long. I’ll see you tonight.”

“You’d better. Otherwise it’s going to be very difficult for us to try to make a baby.

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