Fascinating Danger novel Chapter 6

Giulia seemed very stiff mannered and cautious around me. I don't think she liked me. And when I mentioned my dad owned an auto shop she looked something close to horrified.

As I stepped outside I saw Marco facing away from me speaking into his phone. I looked away before he noticed me and continued down the street.

Marco De Luca POV

I ended the call with Brandon Collier, one of the many clients I have to please 24/7. Ugh. He's nothing but a spoilt brat. He's just so hard to relate to. I don't understand him at all. I shoved my phone into my pocket and walked back inside.

I heard Fabian crying and looked up to see my mother trying to hush him. Addison was nowhere to be seen. "Mother, where's Addison?" I asked taking Fabian from her arms.

He immediately started to quiet down, and was now just hiccupping. I bounced him up and down, trying to cheer him up. "She left. I think I upset her" she replied.

"What did you do?" I asked. My mother does have a way with words, and it seems to get her into a lot of trouble wherever she goes. "I just said that she would be a good mother" she shrugged her shoulders, not looking at me.

"What happened, mother?" I seethed; she was making me more frustrated than Brandon Collier had.

"Well, the waitress came out and saw Addison holding Fabian and she thought Addison was his mother. So then Addison asked me why she thought that after she had left, and I said that she does look like his mother. Because she did the way she was acting like it was her own child. And then she looked uncomfortable and put Fabian back in the pram and left" she said throwing her hands up.

"Mama, cosa stavi pensando? (What were you thinking?)" I asked. She shook her head, "Come facevo a sapere che stava per essere sconvolto da questo? (How was I supposed to know she was going to be upset by that?)" She asked.

I sighed, "Just go, I've already paid for the food; I'll see you at dinner tonight. I have to get this one back home" I said. She got up, kissed my cheek and then kissed Fabians head.

"Alright then, vediamo stasera (see you tonight)" Then she was gone. To be honest, I was upset with Addison's disappearing act, but I know how my mother can be.

She says things without thinking about them and then she wonders why people scurry away from her. It's ridiculous. Fabian had stopped crying now but was sniffling.

His cheeks had gone red and puffy, and he had tear stains. I placed him back in the pram and packed up his biscuits. "Come on, buddy. You can have some apple juice when we get home, that'll cheer you up" I said, pushing the pram out of the cafe and towards my car.

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