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“Cade, get the baby out of the house. Across the hall! And turn off the alarm-307175!”
His friend didn’t hesitate and disappeared into Emma’s room.
“Dane?” Jax called as he reached Dane’s side and plucked him from the shards of glass. He was grateful to see that Dane at least had shoes on but blood was forming in small pools beneath his jeans from where Dane had been kneeling in the glass. He got them both clear of the debris and settled Dane against his body.
The blaring of the alarm went silent and seconds later Dane’s phone rang. Knowing it was the security service, Jax fished the phone out of Dane’s pocket and answered it. He rattled off the password and told the operator that a broken glass had triggered the alarm before throwing the phone aside.
“Dane, baby, talk to me,” he said as he rocked Dane back and forth.
“Make it stop, Jax,” he whispered against Jax’s chest. “Please make it stop.”
“I will, baby. I promise,” he said as he wrapped his arms around Dane.
* * *
Dane crawled out of his bed and made it to the bathroom just in time to empty the contents of his stomach into the toilet. A cool washcloth was pressed against his forehead as a warm hand settled on his back but he pushed them both away and climbed to his feet. He rinsed out his mouth, ignoring Jax’s worried look. He was careful to avoid the mirror above the sink and quickly dried off his face and left the bathroom.
“Where is she?” he asked.
“Callan, Finn and Rhys agreed to watch her tonight.”
“Good,” he said quietly as he came to a stop in Emma’s doorway. At least he hadn’t done anything in front of his daughter.
Dane went down the stairs and into the kitchen, his eyes searching every countertop. He came to a stop when he saw a dark haired man sitting at the kitchen table, a cup of coffee in front of him. A second cup sat in front of the chair opposite him. Jax’s cup, likely. Sure, because every discussion about one’s crazy lover went better if you had a good cup of coffee in your hand.
“Dane, this is Cade. He’s the friend I was telling you about from Seattle.”
Perfect. Fucking perfect.
“How you feeling?” Cade asked, his sharp eyes quickly sizing him up. Dane knew exactly what the stunning man saw and he ignored the outstretched hand as he went to search the desk against the wall.
“What are you looking for?” Jax asked
“My phone.”
“It’s here,” Jax said as he held up Dane’s cell phone.
“Give it to me,” he snapped.
“Cade, give us a minute?” Jax said, his eyes never leaving Dane’s.
Cade shuffled past them and disappeared outside and Dane finally realized it was nearly dark. He’d been out all day.
“Give me the phone,” he said again and held out his hand.
“Who are you calling?” Jax asked.
“None of your business.”
He wasn’t surprised when Jax grabbed his arm so hard it nearly hurt. “None of my business? You dare say that to me after what happened today?” Jax hurled his phone across the room and it hit the wall with a resounding thud. “What the fuck is so important that you can’t take five minutes to explain to me what the hell happened to you this morning?”
Dane felt nothing as he raised his eyes and simply said, “I need to call Emma’s grandmother to come get her.”
* * *
“I thought you weren’t in touch with your parents,” Jax said, his fingers biting mercilessly into Dane’s arm. Of all the ways he’d thought his conversation with Dane would go, this hadn’t even been on his radar.
“Isaac’s mother.”
