Romero by Elizabeth Reyes

Author:Elizabeth Reyes [Reyes, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Amazon
Published: 2011-10-23T22:00:00+00:00

Romero shoved the paper at Sal. “Dude!” Sal smirked then examined the paper. “Where were you?”

“She had to be there an hour early, so I wasn’t there yet.”

The smirk on Sal’s face was still there and it irritated Romero. “You gonna need a drink this early?”

“No, I’m not gonna need a drink this early,” Romero said, reaching for the paper again.

Sal laughed again, but handed him the paper. “So what was her ex doing there?”

Romero filled him in briefly about her damn sister and her ex being a big shit in the Navy—in no way hiding his aversion to the whole situation.

“Heads of military are not going to get him far ahead in an election. He’s better off sticking with the people he already knows. Being a judge, he probably already has all the connections he needs. City council members, legislators, and a bunch of city officials, who I’m sure owe him a favor or two.” Sal took the paper Romero was still staring at and tossed it on the counter behind the bar. “Will you stop? She’s with you now, not him.”

“Yeah, but if it were up to her fucking sister, Izzy would be with him.” Everything he’d felt the night before when he found out Jacob was her first, came flying back at him. “I’m no match for that shit, Sal. They all got their master’s degrees, Izzy’s gonna start working on hers soon—her dad’s running for Mayor for Christ’s sake!”

A waiter brought out Romero’s breakfast burrito and placed it on the bar in front of him. “Thanks Julio,” Sal said, and then he frowned, pouring Romero a soda. “First of all, it’s not like you’re trying to get the girl. You already have her. Right? And last time I saw you two together, she seemed really into you—shocker.” He laughed. “I’m kidding, but here’s my second point: I hope to hell you didn’t sit there with that mouth of yours and talk the way you always do in front of her family and would-be in-laws. Did you?”

Romero chewed and covered his mouth, remembering Max the night Isabel met his uncles. “No! As a matter of fact, I’ve been trying to tone it down. Ever since I realized how much my uncles fucki—” He caught himself and Sal rolled his eyes. “How much they cuss.”

“Try harder, dude.” Sal tossed a few napkins in front of him. “No one’s perfect. I’m certainly not, but why call attention to your imperfections with something so obvious as your overuse of the cringe-worthy language. From what you tell me, I can guarantee you her family doesn’t toss around the F-bomb as much as you do, and especially not now that they’ll be in the eye of the public. Everything they do or say from here on will be scrutinized. And if you’re going to be rubbing elbows with all these big-shots, you don’t wanna embarrass Isabel or do something that would taint her dad’s campaign in any way.”

That pissed Romero off. “Why would I do that?”

Sal raised his eyebrows and tossed the paper in front of him again.

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