Free Hush 2: Slow Burn by Blue Saffire Page B

head. His tongue flicks out to lick the skin on my neck and I am done for.
    “Oh shit,” I scream.
    “Fuck yes, Nellie,” Wyatt roars. He flops onto his back pulling me with him.
    I go to push up and go to our daughter, but Wyatt tugs me back into his hold, kissing the top of my head. “Get cleaned up, I’ll go get her. I need both my babies with me right now,” he sighs into my ponytail.
    I turn to kiss his cheek. “I love you.”
    “I love you, too. I won’t fail you again,” Wyatt says and climbs from the bed before I have time to protest.
    I sigh and slap the bed as I watch his back retreat from the room. He can be so stubborn, but I love him just as much for it. I’ll let him fix this. It is the only way to get him to see it was never his fault in the first place.
     
     

 
    chapter Nine
    So selfish
    Luca
    New York
    Shannon once told me she loves white roses. I also know that she loves the color purple. So as Pam and I rode to the hospital in silence, I ordered four dozen white and purple roses to have delivered to Shannon, ASAP. I have so much to make up for.
    “You were not all bad,” Pam says softly as she peaks over her son in his car seat. “I just want to tell you that. I loved you for who you showed me you were. Ultimately, the lies are what broke us.”
    “And I am sorry for that,” I say turning to look her in the eyes.
    “Don’t be. I have no regrets. I met my husband while crying over you. He healed me and now you are going to do the same for Shannon. It was meant to be this way,” Pam gives me that smile that has always taken my breath away, but this time, my cock doesn’t stir.
    I take it in as a friend. Pamela will always be a beautiful woman. Having three children looks good on her. I have just finally figured out that everyone was right from the beginning. I have had what I wanted and needed in front of me for a very long time now.
    I place a kiss to her cheek. “I hope someday we can, at least, be the friends we once were. Other than Uri, you are the only one that ever called me on my shit,” I laugh.
    “Oh, that will never stop. Besides, Shannon is a part of the family now so we will see plenty of each other. I’m not petty. I have no plans to hold a grudge. I am happy with my life. The ball is in your court. As long as you don’t pull any of the shit you used to pull in London then my husband won’t have to kick your ass,” Pam laughs.
    I snort. “Whatever, I will pray for your husband. He has you to deal with,” I tease.
    Pam’s mouth falls open. “Oh okay, Luca, you have jokes,” Pam rolls her eyes then releases her son from the car seat and hands him to me without warning. “He just dropped a load. You can change him just for that slick ass comment. You better hurry too. We’ll be pulling up to the hospital soon. Drop my son and Uri will hurt you. He loves his God son as much as the girls.”
    Pam shoves the diaper bag at me and I groan. I have changed a diaper maybe once in my life. This little guy smells like he just crapped out a sewer plant. Pam tries to stifle a laugh as I glare over at her.
    “What do you feed this kid? You know this is not a way to reconcile a friendship,” I gripe.
    Pam shrugs. “He loves Shannon. That’s a little gift for what you have put her through.”
    “She hates me, doesn’t she,” I sigh.
    “You may be in the dog house just a bit, but this is bigger than you. Uri didn’t get a chance to tell you everything, but it is bad,” Pam looks out the window. “I have enough time to give you the quick version. Get to changing that diaper.”
    I listen to the sorted tail of that bitch Angie, who I never liked, and what she has done over the years to the Caprisi family. Now I understand the glaring gaps I tried to fill, back in Italy with the Don and my father. I knew there were things they weren’t telling me that Uri already knew.
    I have to admit. I have always been a bit self-centered. If it hasn’t been spelled out before me,