Chapter 5
Tony
My mom calls back as we pull into the doctor’s parking lot. I grin. She must’ve gotten Pepper’s text. “Hi, Ma. Tell me you’re coming.”
“Tony, is this really Pepper Heart with you?”
“Yep, it’s really her. I’m, ah, kinda managing her show at the Bellissimo.” I steal a glance at Pepper, who rolls her eyes.
“She looks very nice.” My mother lives in a very small world. It pretty much kills me. She lives in a small house in Oak Park with her lame-a*s husband, Tad, a boring, close-minded engineer. She won’t let me buy her a nicer house. She doesn’t leave her place because she doesn’t work and doesn’t know how to drive.
I flick my gaze at Pepper again, who is not even pretending not to eavesdrop. “She is very nice. Do you wanna meet her? Why don’t you come for a visit?”
I’ve
