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“Do I need to spank it out of you?” He was only joking. The panic on her face told him she didn’t know that. “Tiff. I was joking. Please. Tell me,” he said gently.
“I can’t.”
“Why?”
“You’ll be mad.”
“No, I won’t.”
“Yes. You will,” she said.
“Okay, well, I promise to try not to get mad.”
“Not good enough. Do you promise not to get hurt, either?”
“Do I look like a pussy? I don’t get my feelings hurt.” He didn’t like her snorting laugh.
“Right.”
“For Christ’s sake, woman. Spit it out.”
She whispered, “My mom called me today.”
“Okay. Is something wrong with your parents?”
“No.”
He was done. “God damn it, speak. What’s wrong?”
“I need to go home next weekend. I hope you have Jake behind bars by then or I know you’re gonna want to send CJ with me.”
“Why the hell would I send CJ with…” It hit him. She had been right. He was hurt. “You’re not planning on me going with you, are you?”
Now she was ready to talk. “Lukus, I’m just not ready for that yet. Please, don’t be upset, but I haven’t told them about dating you yet, and I want to keep it that way for a while longer. They aren’t going to understand.”
“Honestly, I don’t give a fuck if they understand. It’s none of their damn business. I told you I love you, Tiff. Those aren’t just words to me. You’re important to me.”
“I know, honey, and I’m so happy. I really am.”
“So, you’re happy, and yet you’re ashamed of me.”
“Please. I’m not ashamed of you. This is about me and my parents,” she said.
“Like hell it is. If I were straight-laced Jason, you’d take me home to meet the folks in a heartbeat. This is about me and who I am.”
He could see his words struck home. Her tears were back. He didn’t give a fuck. Her parents should have been thrilled someone loved their daughter as much as he did.
Fuck that. Doesn’t she have a clue how much I’ve turned my life upside down to be with her? And for what? So I can turn into an emotional pussy?
“Lukus, please. Next weekend is my brother and his fiancée’s bridal shower. All of the women are going to it, so it’s not really something you’d go to anyway. The wedding is in six weeks. Let me start getting them used to the idea of me dating someone, then maybe you can come home with me for the wedding.”
“That’s not good enough. You go, I go,” he said.
He saw the panic through her tears. He felt a bit like an ass, but not enough to change his mind. He held firm.
“But—”
“You go, I go. It’s that simple.”
