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“Come here,” I murmur.
She moves into my embrace, and I kiss her forehead. Someday this will be how I treat her all the time. Today just can’t be it.
CHAPTER28
Brotherly Love
Jace
We’re taking a skate break,sitting at one of the tables with nachos and fries in front of us. I work my jaw and try not to draw Gio’s attention to what I’m looking at. Some guy has been trying to hit on Ny for the last thirty minutes. I want to smash his face in.
Ny catches my eye and smiles at me. I give a slight nod to let her know I’m watching and ready to knock this guy the fuck out. Gio is too busy laughing with his little brothers to notice and that’s the way it needs to remain.
If he sees this shit he’s going to blow. There will be no question as to who Nyla is to him. I dial back into the conversation as I take a deep breath.
“She was going to kiss me,” Dante says and pouts.
“In your dreams. This guy thinks he’s so cool,” Dario teases.
“Well, at least I’m not in love with my best friend and won’t do anything about it.”
“Fuck you.”
Dario frowns and folds his arms across his chest. I can’t help but smile. Dario is totally in love with Carleen. I’m surprised she didn’t tag along today. She’s a pretty girl. I can see why he’s crushing so hard.
“Are you two focusing on your books the way you are the girls?” Gio asks. They both groan and palm their foreheads. “Listen, I was all about the girls at your age too, but you’re destined to be a part of something. You guys need to be ready for that. Our legacy means something.”
Dario’s eyes light up and he leans in. “Are you talking about that thing? You know,la cosa nostra.”
“Che ne sai a riguardo?” Gio says, switching to Italian.
“I know what Papa Esposito told me.” Dario pokes his chest out.
“Yeah, well, be careful of the shit coming out of his mouth. This isn’t the place, but I’ll teach you what you need to know from here. You should learn from a Di Lorenzo.”
“I told you,” Dante grumbles as Dario’s smile falls and he looks down at the table.
Dante pops a fry into his mouth with a smug grin. It’s no secret Dante hates Riccardo. I was livid to find out he wanted to place Dante in a psych home.
“What about you, Dario? You’re not letting Carleen out study you, are you?” Gio changes the subject.
Dario blushes. “She’s going to be a surgeon. She has to study more.”
“Bullshit. You guys still hang out all the time?”
“Yeah.”
“Then I want you in the books with her. I bet she’s not here because she had to study.”
“But she doesn’t have a cool brother in town,” Dario mutters.
Gio reaches to mess his hair. “I’ll be around. We’ll spend plenty of time together. You just make sure you’re using that brain for good and not just thinking about tits and ass.”
“But there’s nothing wrong with tits and ass, right? Because I love a good pair and a nice ass,” Dante says with a goofy grin.
“Fuck outa here. You wouldn’t even know the first thing to do with either,” Gio taunts and chuckles.
His laughter stops as he turns his head right as that guy grabs Ny’s wrist. The way Gio stiffens and cracks his knuckles, I know there’s no stopping him. However, Nyla does what Ny does.
