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“Yes. Of course.” She walked over and put her arms around his waist. “Onyx is awake. What could be better?”
—:—
Monk had every intention of doing exactly as Onyx told him last night and keep Saylor in bed all day long. They’d gotten up to eat and so he could call Doc and let him know the good news. Their plan had always been to get right back under the sheets and continue ravaging each other’s bodies. Something was wrong though, and whatever it was, Saylor was unwilling to share it with him.
He hated secrets, but maybe for now, it was best to hold back whatever it is she didn’t want to talk about.
“AS MUCH AS I hate to say this, I need to leave tomorrow,” she said three days later.
Monk had been expecting it. The girls would have to get back for school, and the rest of the crew that was based on the West Coast needed to return to their lives. He wished he could go with them, but he was committed to staying here to help Onyx with his recovery and rehabilitation.
“You don’t have to do this, son,” Onyx had said to him the night before when he and Saylor were leaving for the night.
“It isn’t up for discussion,” Monk had told him in such a way that Onyx understood arguing about it was pointless.
“I don’t know when I’ll be able to leave,” he told her.
“I’m not asking, Monk. It isn’t that I don’t want you to come back to Yachats with me tomorrow, but I respect your commitment to helping Onyx.”
“Thank you for coming, Saylor. I mean that sincerely.”
She smiled like she always did. God, this woman. She made his heart do somersaults. They hadn’t said, “I love you,” since the first night, but they showed each other with their bodies.
“I’ll take you back to Annapolis in the morning.”
“That’s okay. Razor said they’d pick me up on the way to the airfield.”
“I’m going to miss you.”
“I’ll miss you too, Monk.”
Their lovemaking that night felt more like goodbye forever than it did “see you soon.” As much as Monk tried to shake off that feeling, it only intensified.
27
“Nervous?” her brother asked when they arrived on the tarmac.
“To a certain extent. Knowing there’s one pilot in the cockpit with me and another in the cabin in case I really fuck up helps.”
Razor laughed and rubbed her shoulders. “You’re gonna do great, like you do with everything.”
“You have to say that, you’re my little brother. And I’m not great with everything. There are things I supremely suck at—like relationships.”
Saylor looked over at her two girls. Being their mother was the most important part of her life. Did having a man in her life really matter in the long run? Her mother hadn’t looked at another man twice since Saylor’s father died.
“Didn’t you just spend a few days with Monk? Is there something I’m missing?”
“Our lives are so different. I’m not sure we have any chance of succeeding in the long term.”
“What happened? Last I saw, you were all lovey-dovey. Do I need to go hurt him?”
Saylor looked around her to make sure no one appeared to be eavesdropping. “He doesn’t know anything about me getting my pilot’s license.”
Razor raised a brow. “Why not?”
She shrugged. “I can’t explain it. At first, I wasn’t ready to tell anyone, I guess in case I failed. Now I’d have to explain why I’ve gotten this far without telling him.”
“This isn’t like you, Sis.”
