Filthy Marcellos: Legacy: A Legacy Prequel by Bethany-Kris

Author:Bethany-Kris [Bethany-Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bethany-Kris
Published: 2015-12-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

ANDINO

“Evening, Ma,” Andino greeted, bending down to kiss his mother’s cheek.

Kim gave her son a warm smile and a pat on his arm. “Your father is tinkering in the garage.”

“I didn’t come to see Dad,” Andino half-lied.

He had come to talk to Giovanni, but he always made time for his mother, too. Being an only child had allowed Andino all of his parents’ love and attention as he grew up under their watchful eyes. His father had been easygoing and fun, as had his mother.

They made for interesting parents, if nothing else. Andino had been allowed to experiment with life without expectations or demands weighing him down. He’d always had a confidant in his father, should he need to talk. He’d always had a supporter in his mother, no matter his decisions. Judgement held no place in his parents’ home and lives, and certainly not toward Andino or his choices.

Andino didn’t even remember having rules.

“Was that a new Lexus I saw out in the driveway?” his mother asked.

Andino moved to sit beside her on the couch, grinning wickedly. He had a taste for expensive things, cars most importantly. “Yeah.”

“You spoil yourself, Andino. Everybody always said we would be the ones to spoil you because you were an only child. I think they were wrong. You certainly didn’t pick up your love of expensive things from your father and me, as far as that goes.”

Chuckling, he rested back into the couch and let the familiarity of his parents’ home soak into him. “I have to spend all the money I make in some way, Ma.”

“How about on a girl?” Kim asked, smiling slyly.

“A girl?”

“Find one, marry her, and then you’ll have lots of more things to spend your money on, Andi. Things other than yourself. I think you’ll find spending your money on someone else instead of yourself is rewarding.”

“Ma—”

Kim clicked her tongue, stopping Andino before he could rebut her. “I want grandbabies someday, Andino. You’re twenty-eight, it’s time to settle down. Find someone to do that.”

“I don’t think you get it, Ma,” Andino said quietly.

“Oh?”

“No. I haven’t found anyone who makes me want to settle down. I won’t force it simply because you want grandchildren to spoil rotten.”

Kim smiled, but even the sight was sad. “I know.”

Sighing, Andino asked, “Do you regret not having more children after me? Maybe if you had, you would have some bambinos running around or something.”

“Not for a second.”

Kim hadn’t even hesitated before answering him. Her words came out frank and honest. Andino believed his mother. She had never even mentioned having more kids as he grew up. Neither had his father.

“Besides, your father would have lived his life in a constant state of panic had I birthed him any girls,” Kim added, laughing softly. “When you came along, Gio might as well have skipped off to the doctor’s office to make sure we wouldn’t have any more.”

Andino grinned, knowing that was probably true. “You’re terrible, Ma.”

“I only speak the truth.”

Kim tossed the magazine she was reading to the coffee table and gave all of her attention to her son.

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