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At that, I moved all the way to him and put both hands on his chest.
“Although I commend you for the sinister waiting-in-the-dark move, I think you missed it, honey. I leveled up on maturity a few days ago. I’m all about communication and talking things out. Not acting like a brat.”
“I know when you can act like a brat,” he replied.
This was interesting.
“There’s a time I can act like a brat?”
“Yeah.”
“When?”
“Right now.”
Then he did the shoulder-in-the-belly move, I was up in another fireman’s hold, and not long after, I was bouncing on the bed.
I learned what acting like a brat meant through whispered encouragement from Cap.
And in the end, considering how hard we both came, we found, one try, and I had it downpat.
TWENTY-TWO
DRY ICE
Iwas on a stool at my bar with a mug o’ joe.
Cap, his hair wet from his shower, having already donned his jeans and tee for the day (alas) was in the kitchen, pouring his second one.
While he was showering, I emailed “We” about the situation last night, shared about our recruitment of Jess and Harlow, and went on to explain we felt it prudent to bow out at this juncture.
It was harder to do than I thought, after having a night sleeping next to Cap, and the distance it gave from Sergio Duzek’s threat, not to mention, I’d spent a year on this, it felt incomplete.
Obviously, I didn’t like that feeling.
But Cap was right.
I needed to dive deep and understand my own motivations in doing this kind of thing.
And they all stemmed from Macy.
Last night, I gave my friends just a taste of the bitter pill that had been forced down my throat when my sister was taken, and I found doing it extremely upsetting.
In other words, as much as it blew, this was the right choice.
Cap moved to the bar opposite me and leaned into his forearms, cradling his mug between his hands.
He wasn’t cooking breakfast because our plans for the day included brunch with Dad and Deb. After that, Deb and I were going to go shopping for Luna’s gift, and Dad was headed to the pool at the Hermosa Inn. Cap was going to do Cap things and meet me back at my place at seven to help me with the sangria before we went to Luna’s party.
The thing was, this brought to mind the fact that, since we met, we’d spent a lot of time together, and today, we were going to be separated for the first time for a reason that was not work.
Thus, I’d realized last night, he was learning a lot about me, my life, and the people in it, but I hadn’t learned that much about him.
The afternoon soiree at Stella (oh my God!) and Mace’s tomorrow would help with that.
But still.
“What are you gonna do after brunch today?” I asked.
