Thin Lives (Donati Bloodlines #3) by Bethany-Kris

Author:Bethany-Kris [Bethany-Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bethany-Kris
Published: 2016-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

Calisto

The first call had come in late in the night—well after three in the morning. Calisto had answered it with sleep thickening his voice and confusion muddling up his mind. He had barely heard the words of the caller on the other end, but he heard a few important ones.

Ones like Emma, baby, and hospital.

He remembered asking about Affonso, and if his uncle was there, or if he was asking for his family to come in for the birth and wait in the family rooms. He got a clear “no” for that.

Calisto, despite feeling like he should get his ass out of bed and go to the hospital anyway, had rolled back over, and tried to go back to sleep. He’d mostly just tossed and turned for a couple of hours, something prickling at the back of his mind like it usually did lately. It wouldn’t let up no matter what he tried.

Ever since that day in Emma’s walk-in closet, when he had that memory of them together in an unfamiliar bed, Calisto couldn’t stop thinking about the woman. More often than he knew he should, and in ways that were not at all innocent.

Sometimes, it disgusted him.

She was pregnant, and married. He shouldn’t be dwelling on a single memory of how soft her skin was, or how tartly sweet her arousal had tasted in his mouth. He certainly shouldn’t be dreaming about her—dreams he wasn’t sure if they were memories, or things his mind was simply making up.

Calisto was torn in several different directions. One part of him knew he was crossing a line, and that clearly, he had already crossed one or two where Emma was concerned. Another part made him want to keep looking for more, and see what else he could find. And then there was the slightly more rational part of his brain that knew what he had done was wrong, and what he was doing was possibly worse.

So he kept a distance.

It was the best he could do, even if the bigger part of his brain practically screamed for him to go to the one thing that felt right in his strange world, even if it was wrong to everyone else.

The second call had come in late in the morning, a little before eleven. Calisto had still been getting ready to leave his place and get a start on the day. He’d called Affonso for an update on Emma, but he got no answer. This time when Ray called with his update, Calisto demanded to know where Affonso was while Emma was laboring alone.

“Celebrating,” Ray had said.

That was it.

Even when Calisto asked for more information, he was shut down. It both pissed him off, and concerned him.

It was almost like Affonso didn’t trust him.

Truthfully, Calisto didn’t trust Affonso, either.

Calisto had just taken a bite of his dinner at his favorite restaurant when the third call came in. He’d spent the day handling business, and collecting payments that should have been Ray’s responsibility to pick up.

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