sure yet. That’s another thing that’s kept her busy, Sal . They’ve been busy looking for a new place, too. But all we do is text, so she can’t write it all down. ” Since it was already out , he may as just tell him. Vince didn’t know a whole lot anyway then it hit him , and he grinned. “If I see her tonight, I’ll finally get to talk to her. I can get the whole scoop for you.” Vince felt kind of crummy about giving Sal any info rmation on Grace when Rose had specifically asked him not to , but he really wanted to see her. At this point he’d say anything.
“Sure you can go see Rose, Vin.” Sal suddenly smiled.
Yes! Vince had never felt so smug in his life. The smug feeling didn’t last very long because Sal quickly turned it around on him.
He proceeded to tell him under what conditions he could use the car. First off , he reminded Vince that Rose was only fifteen and warned him that if he did anything disrespectful or got her in any kind of trouble , his ass was gone. There were n o second chances.
Romero got up in the middle of Sal’s warning speech and said he was out but not before adding one more jab. “Listen to your cousin, Vin. A girl like that can be trouble.”
That did it. “A girl like what?” Vince took a step away from Sal and one toward Romero. “You don’t know shit—”
“Al l right, al l right!” Sal put his hand on Vince’s shoulder with a chuckle.
Sal assured him that Romero was just messing with him as Romero continued to walk away laughing.
“ She’s a very nice girl. ” Sal continued to smirk.
Maybe they were just messing with him. He’d had his balls busted plenty of times by his friends , but already things felt different when it came to Rose.
Strangely , this only made him want to see her even more now. He’d give in to any and all of Sal’s conditions. By the end of his conversation with Sal , Vince felt like he’d made a deal with the devil himself because behaving and keeping Rose out of trouble weren’t Sal’s only conditions. Sal wanted him to get him as much information on Grace as he could.
Vince finally agreed and it was on. If Grace said yes, Vinc e would be seeing Rose tonight.
CHAPTER SIX
Rose
Her phone beeped and she read the text .
I’m here.
Those two little words had her insides spinning. This was the first time she’d be seeing Vincent since the shower. Rose had finally convinced Grace , who’d been seriously warned by Sal , that Vincent shouldn’t be trusted to let her hang out with him. Of course these were warnings that had come when her sister and Sal were still together , but her sister had taken them very seriously.
Since Grace was so leery about allowing it and thought Rose was still too young to have a boyfriend , Grace made her promise this was nothing more than a friendship. Up until now that was all she and Vincent called it, so she had no problem agreeing to that.
Rose understood why Grace was so apprehensive about Vincent. Some of the things he’d done or gotten in trouble for in the past were pretty bad , but Rose could feel it in her heart that he was a good guy. He’d made some mistakes : m istakes he’d learned from and that he was really trying to make up for. Her heart fluttered remembering how he’d said he was doing everything he could to stay out of trouble . H is incentive was that i f he did stay out of trouble , he’d get to spend the summer in La Jolla . T he possibility of hanging out with her was all he needed.
She texted back that she’d be right down then kissed Grace ’ s forehead . She was now sound asleep in the bed they shared. Grace wasn’t feeling well lately. She said she was under the weather , but Rose knew better. Her break up with Sal had affected Grace in such a way that she’d made herself ill. Their trip to Laughlin had been , in part , to try and get her mind off him. Grace was trying to play it off that she was better , but Rose didn’t buy it.
“Sure you can go see Rose, Vin.” Sal suddenly smiled.
Yes! Vince had never felt so smug in his life. The smug feeling didn’t last very long because Sal quickly turned it around on him.
He proceeded to tell him under what conditions he could use the car. First off , he reminded Vince that Rose was only fifteen and warned him that if he did anything disrespectful or got her in any kind of trouble , his ass was gone. There were n o second chances.
Romero got up in the middle of Sal’s warning speech and said he was out but not before adding one more jab. “Listen to your cousin, Vin. A girl like that can be trouble.”
That did it. “A girl like what?” Vince took a step away from Sal and one toward Romero. “You don’t know shit—”
“Al l right, al l right!” Sal put his hand on Vince’s shoulder with a chuckle.
Sal assured him that Romero was just messing with him as Romero continued to walk away laughing.
“ She’s a very nice girl. ” Sal continued to smirk.
Maybe they were just messing with him. He’d had his balls busted plenty of times by his friends , but already things felt different when it came to Rose.
Strangely , this only made him want to see her even more now. He’d give in to any and all of Sal’s conditions. By the end of his conversation with Sal , Vince felt like he’d made a deal with the devil himself because behaving and keeping Rose out of trouble weren’t Sal’s only conditions. Sal wanted him to get him as much information on Grace as he could.
Vince finally agreed and it was on. If Grace said yes, Vinc e would be seeing Rose tonight.
CHAPTER SIX
Rose
Her phone beeped and she read the text .
I’m here.
Those two little words had her insides spinning. This was the first time she’d be seeing Vincent since the shower. Rose had finally convinced Grace , who’d been seriously warned by Sal , that Vincent shouldn’t be trusted to let her hang out with him. Of course these were warnings that had come when her sister and Sal were still together , but her sister had taken them very seriously.
Since Grace was so leery about allowing it and thought Rose was still too young to have a boyfriend , Grace made her promise this was nothing more than a friendship. Up until now that was all she and Vincent called it, so she had no problem agreeing to that.
Rose understood why Grace was so apprehensive about Vincent. Some of the things he’d done or gotten in trouble for in the past were pretty bad , but Rose could feel it in her heart that he was a good guy. He’d made some mistakes : m istakes he’d learned from and that he was really trying to make up for. Her heart fluttered remembering how he’d said he was doing everything he could to stay out of trouble . H is incentive was that i f he did stay out of trouble , he’d get to spend the summer in La Jolla . T he possibility of hanging out with her was all he needed.
She texted back that she’d be right down then kissed Grace ’ s forehead . She was now sound asleep in the bed they shared. Grace wasn’t feeling well lately. She said she was under the weather , but Rose knew better. Her break up with Sal had affected Grace in such a way that she’d made herself ill. Their trip to Laughlin had been , in part , to try and get her mind off him. Grace was trying to play it off that she was better , but Rose didn’t buy it.
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