He chuckled at that.
“You know, Evan talked to me about you reaching out to E.”
I tensed in his hold.
“For Ellis, baby. To-To reach out to Cole.”
“I don’t know what to do about that. I want to talk to Ethan,” I admitted. “I-I miss him. It’s been years, but I hope he’s OK. Dante says he is, but I don’t know what type of OK he is.”
“I-I’m OK with you reaching out,” Anson murmured. “Evan is. Klaus…he’s, well, Klaus, but I know he’d understand. Evan and I talked to him. He said Levin told him that E is doing well for himself. He didn’t get much information, just that he graduated with a degree in chemistry and that he does a lot of work at Mayfair. He has been doing a lot of work on research there, and he was offered a job as a professor.”
“Really?” I blinked at that information.
“That’s what Levin said. Klaus didn’t push it, but that’s the information he got. I don’t think he took the job, but he’s definitely consulting there.”
I said nothing, absorbing the information. Hopefully, it meant he was doing great.
“I have to say that I’m impressed with Jamie,” Anson continued. “She’s never told our secrets.”
“She never will,” I said. “That’s why she visits us alone.”
“I feel bad not telling Colten, but then again, we’re not close. He just helped us a lot after… everything.”
“He’d tell Cole. They’re too close for him to keep this sort of thing from him,” I said, my stomach twisting into knots again.
“I know, but we have to consider that we can’t keep doing this forever.” His voice came out thick.
“Evan… I don’t want him to suffer with the guys. I-I don’t want you to deal with things. Or even Klaus. It’s really so complicated. Cole would lose his mind if he knew about Ellis. It honestly terrifies me, but I know it needs to happen.”
“It does need to happen. It’s unavoidable,” he murmured. “One day at a time, baby. OK? We can do that.”
I nodded and relaxed against him.
One day at a time. I’d been doing it for the last few years. At least it wasn’t something new.
“Incredible show!”someone shouted as I came off stage, my band with me.
“My balls are stuck to my thigh,” Cas grunted. “Hey, Cherry, you want to peel them off for me?”
“Cas, I swear,” I said, shaking my head as Bane snickered. “You might not have any left if you let me anywhere near them.”
“Oh, Cherry baby,” he said, waggling his brows at me. “Don’t tease me with a good time.”
“Of course you’d think that’s a good time,” I said with a sigh.
I caught sight of Anson talking to someone from the venue. He looked like it was a deep conversation because he was frowning.
“He looks annoyed,” Vic muttered. “Let’s avoid him. You can find someone to blow me in the bathroom.”
“Dibs,” Cas shouted, rushing after Vic as he headed to the bathroom.
“Double dibs.” Bane took off after them, leaving me with Hex.
I raised my brows at him.
“I’m not into toilet shenanigans,” he said.
“Are they…?” I asked. I had no idea what they did. I’d never seen them do anything with one another, but they talked about it a lot.
