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“You didn’t do anything we didn’t use to do.” This was why I hadn’t told him what had happened to me. Yes, I didn’t want Keg. Yes, he forced me to stay with him. I had compartmentalized my situation out of survival. I thought I’d been strong.
No, I was strong.
“But that was before—”
“No, Jonah. Don’t treat me like I’m broken. It’s different with you.”
He took my face in his hands. “I need to know more, but I gotta go get your dad.”
“I know. Go. I’ll be here when you get back.”
“I’m sorry for everything.” He kissed me softly.
“Me too.”
19
Buff
Crisis averted. Reign and I would be okay.
I could breathe again.
We needed time alone so she could tell me everything she’d been through. Knowing her, she’d try to get out of it. But how was I to be everything she needed if I didn’t know what kind of hell she’d been in?
I pulled into the parking lot of the Eastside Village and searched for the SUV. I spotted Bone and Easton on the far end. Parking next to them, I felt like an idiot for the smile on my face. Bone would notice and say something stupid.
Whatever. I could take anything he dished out.
I rolled my window down when he approached. “What up?”
“Not much. The lighting around here sucks.”
“Several of the poles are burned out.”
“I see that.”
“And I see you smiling like a fool, even though you’re trying to hide it. You and the misses make up?”
“Yeah.” Or at least I thought so. We kissed and hugged. That was enough for me to feel good about Reign and me.
“D’aww, now you won’t be a pain in my ass.”
“No, I live to bug the shit out of you.”
“Because I’m your favorite brother, no less.” Bone checked the time on his cell phone. “Seven o’clock. About damn time. I’m starving.”
“Why didn’t you grab a burger or something on the way?” I would have if I had more than an hour to spare.
“Because Lady M made pot roast.” He smacked his lips. Dammit. Now that he mentioned the roast, I should’ve eaten while I was at the farm. Bone could eat the whole goddamn thing if left to his own devices. “You think Lady M’s pot roast is in heaven?”
I snorted. “No, stupid. Heaven doesn’t have food.”
“My heaven has all of Lady M’s cooking.”
The first employees started exiting the building. Time to get ready for Bill-fucking-Rochester, the orneriest, most judgmental man to walk the planet.
“Let me do all the talking when he gets to his car.”
