Shameless Kisses by Addison Moore
Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.
Published: 2019-02-27T23:00:00+00:00
Eli
No sooner do Harley and I get back to Whitney Briggs, do I get her back to her dorm safe and sound, than I head out onto the field and call my aunt.
âWell, if it isnât the boy who comes to New York but doesnât spend a stitch of time with me,â she teases.
âThat would be me. Iâm sorry. Look, I think Iâm having a problemâwith him. I want his number. I want some way that I can contact him.â And verify that the number I swiped from Harleyâs phone is one in the same.
Iâm met with silence on the other end of the line. âYou sound hostile. Are you sure this is a good idea?â
A gruff laugh bounces through me. âYouâre kidding me, right? Youâve been the biggest cheerleader for the two of us to make amends, and now youâre exercising caution because of the inflection in my voice? Iâm fine, I promise. Iâm ready to do this.â Iâm lying. I am not ready to do this. Iâm not interested in doing this. âThis is something thatâs been a long time coming. Itâs been a half a decade since my family died. I think itâs time. Donât you?â
âYou almost have me fooled.â She chuckles in that way sheâs prone to do when sheâs apprehensive. âYou canât take this lightly, Eli. I want this to work out for youâfor the both of you. The last time you spoke, things ended badly.â
âPeople died.â
âAnd the fact you relate one event to the next is a problem for me. I donât want you blaming him. It wasnât his fault. It was nobodyâs fault.â Instinctually, I want to hang up on her. My thumb is itching to float over that little red button. I take a deep breath instead and nod to no one in particular. âOkay. Hell, Iâll do it your way. Iâm coming back to the city next weekend. Does that work?â
âHeâs not here. Heâs down there with you.â
Thatâs what she thinks. If Iâm right, and I am, heâs in both places.
âLetâs do thisââshe sighs into the phoneââhow about I feel him out? Iâll talk to him first, and then if heâs game, the ball is in your court. Iâll give you his number, the whole nine yards.â
Crap. Something tells me he will not be game because heâs already entrenched in one.
âYes. Thatâsâuh, perfect. Iâm free the rest of the day, but if thatâs too soon, Iâll make it work sometime this week. Where is he, anyway? Whatâs he up to?â If sheâs not willing to give me an all-access pass, maybe sheâll give up the information one sound bite at a time.
âThatâs for him to tell you. Itâll give you something to talk about during the reunion. Eli, Iâm just so happy I could cry.â
âDonât cry. I love you. I know you just want the best for me.â
âFor the both of you. I know this might sound crass, considering the circumstances, but you are my sons.â
âNice.â And one of her sons just so happens to be a very bad seed.
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