de Santis (complete)

chapter twenty eight

ace de santis
dinner

"you've been quiet"i say "i don't feel very good"my son mumbles

"did you start feeling sick in new york?"i ask he nods

"are you sick or is it something else?"i ask

noah puts his head on the table

i get up and pick my son up

i take noah to his room putting him into his bed

i sit by noah's bed until he falls asleep and then go to my room

the next morning

"i'm sorry i fell asleep, jordan and i have been going to bed early"noah mumbles

"what's going on bud?"i ask noah shrugs "i just miss muna"he says

"how about you skip school today"i say "no, i wanna see jordan"noah says i nod

jordan asked me if he could take noah to san diego, so they could take a break from everything

noah doesn't know yet

noah de santis

i get into jordans car he smiles and kisses me

"i went to starbucks and got you the drink you like"he says "mango dragonfruit lemonade with strawberry puree and classic syrup"he says "thank you"i say as i buckled

"let's skip school and have a picnic on the beach"jordan says i nod he smiles "good because i snuck in this morning and grabbed tiny"jordan says

jordan cruz

"don't we need to go to the store for snacks and stuff?"noah asks "nope i went this morning"i say noah nods

"where are we going?"noah asks "to my san diego house, were gonna spend a few days there"i say "j"noah says "i already asked your dad and my dad knows"i say tiny climbs into my lap

noah holds my hand and kisses it "thank you"he mumbles i smile softly

i think noah and i both need a break from paparazzi and just some space from school since muna's making it really clear that she doesn't want us as friends

"there's a blanket in the back"i say noah nods and grabs a blanket i packed

noah fell asleep

tiny meows at me i put him in noah's lap

ace de santis

"so the boys are in san diego for a week"santiago says as he unlocks my alcohol cabinet "yep"i say

"you trust them?"santiago asks "yeah, they don't drink, they don't have sex and they don't have friends to throw a party with"i say "true"santiago says

"jordan vapes but he isn't addicted and noah only smokes a few times a month"i say santiago nods and pours me some whiskey

jordan cruz