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“Yes,” I said, and watched Damon agree with a nod. “Finish the season, but please, be careful. If anything happened to you, Joel…”
“I know. Y’all love me, right?”
“Yes,” we both said at once.
“Well, shit! Just keep me occupied, and I won’t miss it a tick,” he hinted with one of his exaggerated winks before he dug back into his food.
Eli had been right. Just like that, Joel gave up one dream to continue living another one. It made me sad, though, but not Damon. Damon was on cloud nine. He made plans for a room for us at a decent motel near the rodeo arena and danced around the kitchen with Joel while our boy was helping clean after dinner.
Joel was giggling like mad and managed to ask, “Y’all ain’t ever two-stepped?”
Damon grunted, “I did as a kid, but I promptly forgot how. On purpose.”
He spun Joel and then dipped him, getting more laughter from him. “Crazy!”
“Crazy for you, my darling boy.”
Millie was barking her approval and I couldn’t stop laughing either. “Joel, I think you broke Damon.”
“I did! All’s I had ta do is quit ridin’ bulls? Well hells bells.”
“You still have two bulls to riiiiide ,” Damon sang, badly, to him.
My phone rang and I saw it was Memphis and I knew I wouldn’t quiet the two down before answering, so I took the phone to our bedroom. “Hello, Memphis.”
“How are ya, Burke?”
“I’m actually really great tonight. What’s up?”
“Xen’s a buggin’ me ‘bout headin’ up there after his new line is done for Ferris and Isaac. Ya want him?”
“Perfect timing, actually. We’re heading to New Mexico for two or three days this week, then coming home and my contractor told me the club will be near finished by the time we get back.”
“Already? They work fast!”
“They’ve been great. He’s got a good crew.”
“Well, great! I’ll let him know. Have Joel text him with the details, make his day. Thanks, Burke. And Burke?”
“Yeah?”
“Take care of my boy. We…aren’t apart often, but I can’t leave our place that long.”
“He’ll be safe, and Joel will be thrilled to have him, so will we.”
I took Joel from Damon and danced him around a little too, telling him the news. Joel kissed me hard on the lips. “Can’t wait!”
“He’ll be here for as long as it takes to paint the mural, so…we will be off sex. I think you and he should camp out upstairs in the attic. Start cleaning it up and get it ready. We’ll take a couple mattresses up there for now.”
“Right now! Thanks!”
He took off and Damon growled at me. “I wanted to tie him to the bed and use his mouth again.”
“Later.”
Later came and he sucked us, taking turns, for almost an hour, draining the two of us into drooling, babbling messes. Quite proud of himself, he tucked us into bed and crawled up over my arm, kissing my chin. “Night, Sir.”
“Goodnight, my sweet boy.”
