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“No. I’ve been hanging around, waiting for the other shoe to drop. It’s not… It’s not me, Conor.”
“You asked her what she wants?”
“No. She doesn’t want to talk.” Unless it was to doubt that I fucking loved her.
Jesus, how could she think that?
Every fucking day, I made decisionsbecause of her. Because of Jake. For them both. For our future.
I rubbed my temple some more.
“I’m no expert—”
“Yeah, I agree. You’re no expert on marriage,” I snapped.
“But women ain’t like us, are they?” Conor chimed in, ignoring my snap of temper.
“Figured that out, did you? What gave it away?”
“No tits, pussy, or bubble butt,” Conor grumbled. “But you know what I mean. Maybe she wants you to be there. Maybe distance is the last thing you need between you.”
“Hanging around the apartment is like waiting for a bomb to go off.”
“I bet,” he consoled. “But maybe you sticking around is proof that you’ll always stick around.”
Staring down at my feet, I rumbled, “You think I should go back?”
“I do. Whatever work you got on your plate can be handled there, can’t it?”
“Yeah. I need some files.”
“Take them with you.”
I scowled at my feet. “Am I really taking advice from my chronically single brother?”
Conor argued, “Single by choice.”
“Aren’t we all?”
“Nah. I was waiting on the one. I’m a man of discerning tastes.”
Somehow hearing shit like that was perfectly acceptable from Kid. If Declan or Bren had said it, then I’d have ribbed them. But Kid said weirder shit over pancakes than most men did when they were pissed out of their skulls.
I scratched the stubble on my chin as I pondered his words, but the only thing I could think to say to any of that was, “I’d best get back home.”
“Yeah, you’d best.”
“Thanks, bro.”
“I’m glad you’re my blood, Finn. Always felt sure you were, but it’s nice knowing it all the same.”
“When did you find out?”
He hummed. “When you were seventeen. Same time as I found out O’Grady abused you.”
My throat closed. “You knew before I did. About being Senior’s son, I mean.”
He didn’t make it awkward. “Think about what you just said there, Finn, and wonder why you’re surprised.”
