Surrender to Me by Shayla Black

Author:Shayla Black [Black, Shayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Romance, Adult, Erotica, Fiction, Fiction / Romance, General, Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
ISBN: 9780425236550
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2011-03-01T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

SINCE sneaking out of Tyler’s apartment, Kata had experienced the worst twenty-four hours of her life. She paced her mother’s hospital room as dusk turned to dark, raking a hand through her heavy hair. She needed a shower and a meal—and some way to stop herself from strangling Gordon.

“Control yourself, Katalina,” her stepfather snapped. “You look like an elephant stomping from one side of the room to the other. You have your mother’s grace, which is absolutely none, and I—”

“Shut up!” she whirled on him, fists clenched, menace boiling inside her. “How could you fucking leave her alone with no way to help herself when you knew she was sick? She could have died!”

From her chair in the corner, Marisol gave an imperceptible shake of her head. Kata knew what her sister was saying. This would only make Gordon more angry and defensive, something he’d take out on Mamá. Mari was definitely of the don’t-get-mad-get-even school of thought. But Kata couldn’t keep pressing her anger down. She wanted this asshole to pay.

Gordon rolled his pale eyes in his pale face. “You’re being dramatic. Of course the doctor will say she’s at death’s door. He makes more money that way. But this cold isn’t as serious as you imagine.”

“Cold? It’s full-blown pneumonia. If we’d waited much longer, Mamá’s situation could have been life-threatening. Doctors don’t make this shit up.”

“Katalina, no man wants a woman who yells and curses at him, questions his sanity, or corrects him. Coupled with your weight, it’s no wonder you’re still single.”

She was mad enough to chew nails—and spit them in his face. Then tell him that she was no longer single. But now wasn’t the time to start more family drama. She needed to focus on Mamá.

“Well.” Mari rose between them on long legs to her lean, elegant height. “It’s nearly eight. The cafeteria will stop serving dinner soon. Did you eat, Gordon?”

He shook his head and glanced at her mother. “I’m going home. I’ll eat there.”

“After visiting for ten minutes?” Kata’s jaw dropped.

“CSI is on. Carlotta knows I never miss it.”

Even when his wife lay sick in the hospital? She supposed if he could work late tonight to prep for a meeting that wasn’t until next week, he could leave early to watch some stupid-ass TV show. That was so like Gordon. Self-centered to the core.

Kata swallowed back her fury. “Fine. There’s the door.”

“I don’t like your attitude, Katalina.” He gathered up his suit coat and jangled his car keys in his pocket.

Yeah? She didn’t like him, period. But what good would telling him again do? He already knew exactly how she felt.

“Get the hell out of here.”

He harrumphed, then marched for the door like he was the freaking king of England. Loser. The only thing exalted about Gordon was his opinion of himself.

“Good night, Mari.” He speared Kata with a narrow-eyed glare, then left.

If he thought for one minute that she cared about his snub, he couldn’t be more mistaken.

“God, I hate him,” Kata said to her sister once he was down the hall and out of sight.

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