Nothing Even Matters (D'Amato Brothers Book 6)
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Ur so fucking selfish. I can’t believe I ever thought about getting back with u. Where’s ur heart at? Do u even care about the mother of ur children? No, u don’t. Instead, u let me suffer as u laugh in my face. U stomp on my pity like it’s some kind of rodent, and I have feelings, too, ELI!! I HAVE FEELINGS, TOO! Do u even care about me at all? Are u enjoying my pain as I wallow and suffer? What about our children? What about them? No, it’s always about u, Eli. It’s always about u. Why bother being in a relationship with someone who’s so damn selfish? I love u so much, Eli, but I can’t allow u to hurt me like this. I’m so done with u. DONE!
Joey read the text his former sister-in-law sent his brother and wondered what in the hell happened between them now. “What did you do?” He asked.
Eli chuckled. “I beat her at dominoes.”
“I thought you always let her win?”
“When we were together, I always did,” Eli laughed, “we’re not together anymore so I don’t care.”
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After he finished up at the shop, Eli went over to Faith’s home. A few days ago, she gave him keys to the home and he let himself inside. It occurred to Eli Faith never changed the locks neither. She really was waiting for them to reconcile.
He entered the foyer and was surprised by the number of wrapped gifts before him. “Faye?” He called her out. A slow smile appeared on his face and Eli knew it was the game they liked to play. He loved to search for her as she loved him to find her. “Faye? Faye?” He found her in the kitchen, stirring soup.
He snaked his arms around her waist and kissed her neck. “What’s for dinner?”
“Broccoli cheddar soup with bread and salad,” she leaned against his body. “And then some ice cream for dessert.”
“Sounds great,” he kissed her temple. “What’s with all of the boxes in the living room?”
“Your Christmas gifts,” she stopped stirring and set down the spoon. She grabbed Eli’s hand and led him back into the living room. “I know it’s a few days late but I wanted to get you a little something.”
Eli silently counted ten boxes. “A little something?”
“Yes!” Faith defended her spending. “Now go open them!”
One by one, Eli opened his boxes. He could tell Faith went through his closet at his apartment because all of the boxes contained new clothing he needed. “This is so incredible, Faye. Thank you so much, baby girl.”
“You’re welcome,” she smiled.
“Well, I got you a little something, too.” Eli pulled out a small box and handed it to his ex. “Merry Christmas.”
Faith stared down at the small box in her hand. It was about the size of a DVD container and seemed very light. “Wait a minute!” Faith yelled. “I spent all of this damn money on your gifts. You see all of these boxes around here! These are yours!” She pointed. “And you’re going to give me this little rinky-dink box and that’s it?”
Eli sighed. “Will you open the box?”
“Hell, no, I’m not going to open the box!” Faith threw it on the sofa and Eli cut his eyes at her. “No, don’t look at me like that! Don’t you dare look at me like that!”
“How am I looking at you, Faye?” Eli calmly asked.
“Oh no, you’re not doing that shit, either!” She checked his look and he smiled. “You know what you did! You gave me one rinky-dink gift and think that’ll be sufficient despite all this shit I just bought for you! You needed new jeans and you know how much they cost?”
Eli sighed and looked up to the heavens. He was waiting for God to intervene. “No, but you’re about to tell me, aren’t you?”
“They cost two hundred dollars each, Eli!” Faith blinked. “And you have several!”
“I did need new jeans,” he replied.
“You will not patronize me, Eli!” She clapped her hands with each syllable.
“Then I’ll take my rinky-dink gift right the fuck back,” he replied, “you don’t like it, no skin off my back.”
“No! I’m going to keep it!” Faith picked up the gift again and began to open it. “I wonder what kind of bullshit gift you gave me. And you know what else I gave you?”
“New Polo shirts?” He asked.
“Exactly!” Faith yelled. “Fucking brand new seventy dollar Polos! But noooooooo, I only got one rinky-dink…” She opened the box and pulled up a set of Mercedes car keys. “…what’s this?”
“Your new whip parked outside.” Eli replied. “There’s more in that rinky-dink box.”
Faith searched underneath the paper and found lingerie along with airline tickets. “St. Lucia?” Her voice became small like a child’s.
“Yes, St. Lucia.” Eli grinned. “You always wanted to go and figured we can do it now while the shop is a little quiet for a few days. I hired a nanny from Kieran’s child care and she’ll be coming over in a few hours to watch the kids while we have some alone adult time.”
Faith blinked her eyes and smiled. “I love you, Zaddy.”
“I love you, too.” Eli kissed her and slapped her ass. “Now let’s go eat because we have a plane to catch.”
To read the beginning of Faith’s and Eli’s story, check out Where I Wanna Be.
To read the sequel, check out Love.
War will be out in 2017.
To read Kieran and Tiana’s story, check out The Nanny
To read Nick and Zerrin’s story, check out To Love and Obey
To read Joey and Zoe’s story, check out All I’ve Ever Wanted.
Tony and Krista’s story will be out in 2017.
Transgendered couple Blake and Adrienne were featured in Feeling Some Type of Way.