The Gallos: The Beginning (Men of Inked #0.5) by Chelle Bliss

Author:Chelle Bliss [Bliss, Chelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chelle Bliss
Published: 2014-12-27T00:00:00+00:00

Sal made love to me, taking his time and touching me the way he did the first time so many years ago. I relished it, soaking in every moment and locking it away to look back on with the fondness with which I remembered our first night together. After we both collapsed, exhausted and realizing we weren’t as young as were in NYC, we drifted back to sleep with our limbs tangled together.

An annoying ringing sound woke me. Taking a minute to realize what the noise was, I reached for the phone, checking the caller ID. Inked. One of the kids had interrupted a peaceful slumber.

“Who is it?” Sal asked as he rolled away from me with the sheets tangled around his waist.

“The kids,” I replied, tapping ON to answer the call.

“Who else?” he muttered, throwing his arm over his face as he tried to block out the sunlight that streamed into the room.

“Hello.” I tried to make my voice sound chipper, not like I’d just woken up.

“Ma?” Mike asked, his voice laced with concern.

“Yeah.” I moved the phone, muffling my yawn with my hand against the receiver.

“Were you sleeping?”

“No, Michael.”

“Are you sick?”

“No.” Fuck, the kids knew our pattern. Typically when they called this late in the day, I was already buzzing from my multiple cups of coffee.

“You sound weird.”

“I’m fine, baby. What’s up?” I asked, trying to change the subject.

“Um, okay. We were wondering if you could stop by the shop today. I finished decorating the piercing room, and Izzy wants your opinion.”

“Sure, Michael. I’ll be there in a couple hours.” I turned, looking at the clock and staring at it as it showed one in the afternoon.

“She’ll be here in a couple hours!” Mike yelled before speaking to me again. “Okay, Ma. Bring Pop if you want to.” Static filled my ear, and I could hear muffled voices. “Izzy wants to know what time?”

“Tell her I’ll be there around three, and I’ll see if your father wants to come too.” I moved the phone above my head, yawning and trying to hide it.

“I don’t know, Izzy. She said three. You fucking talk to her,” Mike barked, his voice sounding distant.

“Ma, are you okay?” Izzy asked.

“I’m fine, Izzy. I’ll be there at three.” I closed my eyes, knowing she was going to start asking questions.

“Are you still in bed? You sound like you were sleeping.”

“Baby girl, your father and I fell back to sleep. Everything is fine. I’ll be there in two hours.”

“You were sleeping? What the hell, Ma? It’s afternoon.”

“We were exhausted and fell back to sleep. It happens sometimes.”

“I think they’re sick, Mike. Maybe you should go check on them,” Izzy said to Mike as the muffled voices in the shop were barely audible.

“No!” I yelled, sitting up in bed. “Izzy, do not come here. Jesus.”

“I’m worried about you two.”

“We had sex and fell back to sleep.”

“Fuck, Ma. I didn’t need to know that. Oh my God. My ears,” she hissed, a loud clank causing me to jerk the phone away from my ear.

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