knew he was single. His last serious relationship was over a
year ago and supposedly he ended it when he found out that while he was away
visiting family in Italy, she cheated on him. Dominique almost didn’t
believe what Molly had told her, it amazed her that someone as good looking and
seemingly kind hearted as Adam could be cheated on but Molly had told her that
his girlfriend had turned out to be a goldigger, so much so that it didn’t
matter how good looking Adam was, she was solely in it for the money.
Dominique felt sorry for Adam, she
knew that it was very rare to find someone who you could really connect with
and when that person doesn’t feel the same, it can be gut retching. It seemed that not only was he a kind man, he was the complete polar
opposite of his hideous brother. When Molly and Dominique returned back from
lunch, Dominique couldn’t help but notice that Mr. Caruso's door was closed,
she wondered if Adam was still inside.
“Dad, can I ask why you summoned me
then barely said a word to me this whole time?”
“Son I don’t want you to get
involved with the new girl.”
Adam let out a sarcastic chuckle,
he reminded his father of the many indiscretions that he was currently involved
in.
“Adam, that's none of your business
and besides, whoever I see, is no one that is employed here. I don’t want
you getting hurt Adam, I can already tell by the way that you look at her son,
that you're interested. I want you to put a stop to it before things get out of
hand son.”
“With all due respect dad, I’m a
grown man and it's really none of your business who I am or am not interested
in, I’m single dad and as long as it doesn’t interfere with my work or hers I
don’t see a problem. Now if there is nothing else, I’ll be going to lunch,
alone now thanks to you,” he said as he opened the door and slammed it behind
him. Jonathan Caruso knew that if he pressed the subject with his son, it would
drive him to defy him, and he already had a son who loved doing that, he did
not need another. Maybe it’s not such a bad idea after all. If Dominique gets
close to Adam and falls for him, becomes part of the family, she'll have a much
harder time punishing the brother of the man she loves if she ever found out
what he did to her family. “Yes, this could work out for us all,” he murmured
to himself.
Chapter Eight
After Brandon had collected his
advance from payroll, he was easily able to skip out of his new job and head
over to Mickey's bar and grille. The lunch time crowd had emptied, leaving only
the usual customers behind, included in that was Nick Kilarmo.
Nick Kilarmo still ran with the
DiNunzio crew, and even though he was forty pounds heavier and smoked like a
chimney, he still was the most sought after hit man used by DiNunzio. That’s
where his allegiance has always been. So it was no surprise to Brandon to find
his friend sitting at the bar. Nick turned to face his friend before he had a
chance to surprise him.
He could not help but frown at
Brandon who seemed far too relaxed. Two years or not, when you murder a child,
it definitely does something to you. And Brandon showed no signs of it ever
having any effect on him; the kids got no heart, thought Nick. Not like
him, oh sure he hurt people for a living, even killed some, but they had done
something to deserve it. That poor guy and his son didn't do a goddamn thing
and they still ended up dead. Nick was punished by nightmares every night while
Brandon got a round trip ticket to Italy.
“I thought I heard you were back in
town,” grumbled Nick.
“Hey buddy, well it’s nice to see
you too!” Brandon said sarcastically. “What crawled up your butt and died?”
Nick had to look at him again, he
had to make sure that it was Brandon and ask himself if the kid was as stupid
as he remembered.
“Do you really have to ask
Brandon?” Nick said who was now, more than annoyed at his nonchalant attitude.
Brandon shrugged his
year ago and supposedly he ended it when he found out that while he was away
visiting family in Italy, she cheated on him. Dominique almost didn’t
believe what Molly had told her, it amazed her that someone as good looking and
seemingly kind hearted as Adam could be cheated on but Molly had told her that
his girlfriend had turned out to be a goldigger, so much so that it didn’t
matter how good looking Adam was, she was solely in it for the money.
Dominique felt sorry for Adam, she
knew that it was very rare to find someone who you could really connect with
and when that person doesn’t feel the same, it can be gut retching. It seemed that not only was he a kind man, he was the complete polar
opposite of his hideous brother. When Molly and Dominique returned back from
lunch, Dominique couldn’t help but notice that Mr. Caruso's door was closed,
she wondered if Adam was still inside.
“Dad, can I ask why you summoned me
then barely said a word to me this whole time?”
“Son I don’t want you to get
involved with the new girl.”
Adam let out a sarcastic chuckle,
he reminded his father of the many indiscretions that he was currently involved
in.
“Adam, that's none of your business
and besides, whoever I see, is no one that is employed here. I don’t want
you getting hurt Adam, I can already tell by the way that you look at her son,
that you're interested. I want you to put a stop to it before things get out of
hand son.”
“With all due respect dad, I’m a
grown man and it's really none of your business who I am or am not interested
in, I’m single dad and as long as it doesn’t interfere with my work or hers I
don’t see a problem. Now if there is nothing else, I’ll be going to lunch,
alone now thanks to you,” he said as he opened the door and slammed it behind
him. Jonathan Caruso knew that if he pressed the subject with his son, it would
drive him to defy him, and he already had a son who loved doing that, he did
not need another. Maybe it’s not such a bad idea after all. If Dominique gets
close to Adam and falls for him, becomes part of the family, she'll have a much
harder time punishing the brother of the man she loves if she ever found out
what he did to her family. “Yes, this could work out for us all,” he murmured
to himself.
Chapter Eight
After Brandon had collected his
advance from payroll, he was easily able to skip out of his new job and head
over to Mickey's bar and grille. The lunch time crowd had emptied, leaving only
the usual customers behind, included in that was Nick Kilarmo.
Nick Kilarmo still ran with the
DiNunzio crew, and even though he was forty pounds heavier and smoked like a
chimney, he still was the most sought after hit man used by DiNunzio. That’s
where his allegiance has always been. So it was no surprise to Brandon to find
his friend sitting at the bar. Nick turned to face his friend before he had a
chance to surprise him.
He could not help but frown at
Brandon who seemed far too relaxed. Two years or not, when you murder a child,
it definitely does something to you. And Brandon showed no signs of it ever
having any effect on him; the kids got no heart, thought Nick. Not like
him, oh sure he hurt people for a living, even killed some, but they had done
something to deserve it. That poor guy and his son didn't do a goddamn thing
and they still ended up dead. Nick was punished by nightmares every night while
Brandon got a round trip ticket to Italy.
“I thought I heard you were back in
town,” grumbled Nick.
“Hey buddy, well it’s nice to see
you too!” Brandon said sarcastically. “What crawled up your butt and died?”
Nick had to look at him again, he
had to make sure that it was Brandon and ask himself if the kid was as stupid
as he remembered.
“Do you really have to ask
Brandon?” Nick said who was now, more than annoyed at his nonchalant attitude.
Brandon shrugged his
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