No Such Thing As a Free Ride
““Tongue?” Janine asked.
“Janine! Please. I’m trying to eat, here,” John grumbled.
I gave a silent nod to Janine and smiled, remembering.
We were crammed into a booth at DiVinci’s Pizza; Carla, Janine, Johnny and me, AKA “The Party Planning Committee.” Mrs. DiAngelo couldn’t make it. She was having a gnocchi crisis. Janine said her mother, famous for her Italian dumplings and the undisputed neighborhood champ, was recently usurped by Eddie’s mother, who, according to a reliable source, had been ...perfecting a new recipe for months in an effort to capture the coveted title.
Carla, her foot-high beehive shrinking in the heat, cast me a big-sisterly look, mixed with a slight tinge of envy. “Be careful, hon. I know that man has charm. And he gets points for being honest with you. But knowing the score and following your heart don’t always take you to the same place.”
Carla was right, of course. Only, when it came to Santiago I was willing to risk a train wreck. I’d been touched by his willingness to open up to me about his past, however small the revelations.MoreLess
“Janine! Please. I’m trying to eat, here,” John grumbled.
I gave a silent nod to Janine and smiled, remembering.
We were crammed into a booth at DiVinci’s Pizza; Carla, Janine, Johnny and me, AKA “The Party Planning Committee.” Mrs. DiAngelo couldn’t make it. She was having a gnocchi crisis. Janine said her mother, famous for her Italian dumplings and the undisputed neighborhood champ, was recently usurped by Eddie’s mother, who, according to a reliable source, had been ...perfecting a new recipe for months in an effort to capture the coveted title.
Carla, her foot-high beehive shrinking in the heat, cast me a big-sisterly look, mixed with a slight tinge of envy. “Be careful, hon. I know that man has charm. And he gets points for being honest with you. But knowing the score and following your heart don’t always take you to the same place.”
Carla was right, of course. Only, when it came to Santiago I was willing to risk a train wreck. I’d been touched by his willingness to open up to me about his past, however small the revelations.MoreLess
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