A Taste of Desire by Rhodes Liliana

Author:Rhodes, Liliana [Rhodes, Liliana]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Jaded Speck Publishing
Published: 2015-12-16T08:00:00+00:00

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"TERRY?" I said, raising my voice in case he was somewhere in the house I hadn't looked.

It was the morning after the funeral, and my biggest fear came true. Terry was gone. I was worried something happened to him until I entered the kitchen and saw a note with my name on it hanging from the freezer door.

GIA,

Momma was the only thing protecting me from the Lords of Vengeance. I have to leave. It's safer if I'm away. They'll have to find me. If I can, I'll try calling you to let you know I'm okay.

Love,

Terry

"DAMMIT, Terry!" I said as I tossed the note onto the counter.

I didn't know anything about the Lords of Vengeance other than they were a street gang and capable of anything. For all I knew, they already had Terry or worse, he was dead.

The phone rang and I grabbed it mid-ring. "Terry?"

"Hello, this is Front Street Bank calling for Francesca Carlisi," said the stoic male voice on the other end of the line.

"I'm sorry, but she passed away. Is there something I can help you with? I'm her daughter."

"She's behind on her mortgage payments, Miss," he said, his voice sounding sympathetic.

"What mortgage? The house has been paid off for years."

It slowly dawned on me how bad things had gotten with Terry. The man who was my brother now was capable of horrible things without thinking about the consequence to others.

"She refinanced the house six months ago and missed her last three payments," he said quietly.

I didn't know what to say. My mind reeled. How much did Terry get from her? There wasn't much money in Momma's bank account, and most of it went to pay for the funeral.

"Can you please call another time? I need to talk to my brothers and sisters about this."

"Of course, Miss. I'm sorry for your loss."

Hanging up, I waited for the dial tone and called my oldest brother, Carlo.

"Carlo, it's Gia," I said.

"I can tell from your voice that something's going on. Let me guess, it's Terry."

"Yes! He must have tricked Momma into refinancing the house. And he says he's in trouble, and now he's gone! I need your help," I said, blurting everything out.

"Gia, I'm sorry, but you've been away for quite a while now. We all have our own problems, and each of us has been burnt by Terry before. I can't help you and I'm pretty sure if you called anyone else, they won't help, either. Not as long as it has to do with Terry."

Staring at the phone, I couldn't believe what Carlo said. He was just going to let me deal with everything because he had enough of Terry.

"Carlo, I don't know what to do. I don't even have a job and the mortgage is three months behind already."

"Then find a job and move out. Let the bank take the house. It's not your problem."

"But it's our house. It's where we grew up," I said.

"It's time for you to grow up, Gia. It's just a house.

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