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When I open it, there stands Cam, my best friend, and I launch myself at her. She wraps me in a hug, and I let go of everything I’ve been holding onto. She doesn’t say a word, just holds me until I’m spent.
When I finally release her, she smiles. “Feel better now?” she asks, and I laugh because I do. And I know she gets it.
“Where’s Seb? Has he gone?” I ask quickly, hoping I haven’t missed him.
“I think he’s—” I hear the front door closing, and I race down the stairs, throwing open the door just as Seb is getting in his car.
“Seb,” I shout, and he turns to look back at me. For a second, I just stand there, but then my feet are moving, running towards him. He catches me as I leap at him, smashing my lips on his and pouring everything into it. My words would never be enough to express how much what he just did means to me.
“I’m sorry for shutting you out. Please don’t go.” Oh wow. Who is this woman begging a man not to go? Normally, I can’t get them out the house fast enough.
“Hey,” he says, grasping my chin and pulling my head up to look at him. “I’m not leaving you. I’ll be back in a little while, but there’s something I need to go do.” I give him a nod that I understand. “Did you really think you could get rid of me that easily, Firefly? Not a fucking chance.” He kisses me, slow, tasting me, savouring me. When the kiss ends, he says, “Now go talk to Cam, and I’ll see you soon.”
It’s only as Seb lowers me to the ground that I realise Jay is standing the other side of the car. He’s wearing a shit-eating grin from ear to ear, with a cheeky glint in his eye.
I give him the finger as I walk back up to the house, where Cam is waiting by the door, wearing the same damn grin on her face.
“Don’t say a bloody word, Camryn,” I tell her as I step inside. “Where’s that beautiful baby boy of yours? Please tell me you’ve finally given him a name.” I ask as I begin making tea. Yes, I’m deflecting, but it won’t last because she’ll pry it out of me.
“I left him with Ryder, and yes, we do finally have a name.”
“Well, come on then, don’t keep me waiting any longer.”
“Jamison Kyle Hawkins. Jamison for my father, James, and also this feisty redhead I know, and Kyle for Ryder’s brother.”
I feel tears prick at my eyes, but they are happy ones this time. “Cam, that’s beautiful. I don’t know what to say.”
“How about saying yes to being Jamison’s godmother,” she says, like she’s commenting on the damn weather and didn’t just ask me to be a massively important person in Jamison’s life, and I almost drop the cups I’m carrying.
Placing the cups down, I turn to Cam. “Are you trying to give me an emotional break down this morning? ‘Cause it’s fucking working.”
Cam just laughs. “Is that a no, then?”
“Fuck no, it’s not a no.” I pull her into a hug and say, “It’s a yes, Cam. I would protect Jamison with my life, godmother or not. Thank you.”
We take our drinks into the lounge, and I fill her in on what’s been going on with my dad and the discovery of his half-brother. I guess now would be a good opportunity to tell Cam it was my dad who sent those articles to her, but I want to speak to him first. Looks like Dad and I need to have a serious fucking conversation and soon because I don’t like keeping things from her, never mind the fact we need answers about what he knows about his brother.
We talk about Alex, and it’s fucking hard talking about him and how his parents reacted to me. I don’t know when his funeral will be, and I really hope his parents let me go because I need to say goodbye to my friend. I need to thank him for saving my life.
“So, Seb told me a little bit about Jasper, Noah and Tempest.”
I’m surprised because I know they aren’t meant to share details of their jobs, and Cam knows that only too well.
“Yeah, it’s fucked up that’s for sure. But I’m okay, honestly.” She looks at me as if she’s waiting for my nose to start fucking growing. “Okay, fine. I wasn’t but I am now.”
“And is that because of me or Seb,” she asks with a twinkle in her eye.
“Both, I guess. He confuses the fuck out of me, and he’s nothing like I thought he was. And yes, bad me for judging him the way I did, but you can’t blame a girl when it’s obvious what he wants people to think of him.”
“We all have a mask we wear when we need to protect ourselves or even those we love, Jamie.” I pull a face when she says love. “Okay, what the hell was that?”
“I don’t—”
“Don’t give me that. You pulled a face like someone wafted dog shit under your nose when I mentioned love.”
“Ugggh! I might have accidentally told Seb that I love him a little bit last night. But in my defence, it was after some hot sex.”
Cam puts hers fingers in her ears. “Blah, blah, blah. Enough, I do not need details.” We both burst into laughter. And when the laughter dies, I tell Cam that I feigned sleep after I said it for fear he would freak out or perhaps I would if I had to repeat it to his face.
