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“This would be the part where I tell you that you have plausible deniability and would recommend that you are better off not knowing the details. All you need to know is he won’t be getting out, nothing leads back to us and we’re all in the clear to carry on living our lives.” I see Beckett in a whole new light. We may not know everything about him or his past but he’s proven time and time again that he’s got all our backs. I nod before turning back to Corvin. I know the truth but I just need to hear him say it.
“He wasn’t dead when you got back there, was he?” Corv cuts a glance to Saint and Crue before looking back to me.
“It makes no difference. Leah’s safe and we have nothing to worry about, like Beck said. We never mention it again or ever speak about it. We leave it in the past and move on.”
CHAPTER25
Leah
Three weeks later…
It’s the last day of school before Christmas break. I’m so ready to get the hell out of here and spend the next two weeks at the cabin with myboyfriend–I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of saying that word. Corv and the others are coming too, even Nathan and my girls. I managed to convince Val and Dawson to come along as well. We met up the day I started back to school and stopped doing online classes. She is fucking awesome and so is her son. Dawson is the sweetest little boy you will ever meet. When I went over to their apartment that’s off campus, my heart broke. It’s a tiny one-bedroom apartment, not in the best area but she wasn’t granted a twin suite in the dorm and couldn’t afford to pay to live on campus whilst being a mom and student. I girl tutors and cleans just to make enough money to cover their living expenses. When I found out they would be alone for Christmas, I practically forced her to come with us. Her and Dawson are riding up with me, Cody and Katie.
“Ready, bitches?” Cody shouts as I finish packing the last of my stuff. I zip up my duffle and shoot her a toothy grin as I nod.
“Let’s go!” I squeal as I make my way out of mine and Darius’s room. Yeah, so, he got his way and I moved in here with him. The girls moved back into our old dorm room. Corvin had paid for my dorm for the year, so Katie jumped at the chance to share with Cody instead of going back to her old room. Honestly, I’m happy for them because I love coming home every day and getting to cuddle up with myboyfriend. Fuck, it’s only been like six hours and I miss him already.
“Come on, bitches,” Katie shouts the moment we come out the front door. I lock it before running over to Cody’s car. I dump my bag in the trunk before calling shotgun and slipping in next to Cody, forcing Katie to sit in the back. I rattle off the directions to Val’s place and Cody plugs it into her GPS. Fifteen minutes later we pull up out the front of Val’s place. She’s standing on the sidewalk with Dawson beside her. Cody parks and I jump out to help load her bags as she straps Dawson’s car seat into the car. She makes it look easy as hell putting that thing in. She buckles Dawson into his seat, then she rounds the car and hops in the middle seat.
“Let’s roll!” I shout excitedly, it’s an eight hour drive to the cabin so we won’t get there until late tonight but none of us care, we all just want to get the hell out of here. My phone rings, the girls groan knowing who it is since he decided to change his ringtone tooursong. I pull it out of my pocket and hit answer.
“Hey, you.” I ignore Cody fake gagging beside me.
“Hey, baby, have you left yet?” God just the sound of his voice has me practically panting.
“Yeah, we’re just hitting the interstate now.” The guys left last night to get everything set up and to do the food shopping for us. The girls and I couldn’t leave until today because the three of us and even Val had papers due and we couldn’t miss it.
“Thank fuck, we are never fighting again.” I frown.
“Uh, we’re not fighting,” I tell him.
“Well if we do fight, we are never sleeping apart again. I fucking hated rolling over and not having you next to me.” My heart fucking bursts inside my chest.
“Agreed. I hated not waking up next to you,” I whine like a petulant toddler.
“I make ew better, Lee,” Dawson calls out from the back. I peer around my seat and shoot the little guy a wink.
“Shit, I forgot about the kid. No screaming for you then,” Darius quips. I laugh, unable to keep it in.
“There will be none of that!” I hear Corvin shouting in the background.
“I better go before he starts getting big mad,” I tease.
“Okay, baby, drive safe and I’ll see you tonight, beautiful.”
“Love you.”
“Love you too, Goldie.” I’ll never tire of hearing him say those words to me. I end the call smiling, while excitement thrums through me. I never thought Darius and I would ever find our way back to each other. We have gone through some tough shit but I believe it has made us stronger. He continues to tell me daily how much he loves me and promises to never hurt me again. I believe him and tell him that, except each night he says he has to show my body he means it. If this is what I get for the rest of my life, I won’t be mad about it. I’ll drop to my knees and thank G.O.D himself.
“You two are so cute it makes me sick,” Cody mocks.
“And seeing you and my brother together doesn’t make me ill?” I jibe, causing her to shake her head and shrug.
“We’re just… hanging out.” The longing in her voice has me feeling sorry for her. Corvin won’t commit to her and I have no idea why. Cody is amazing and I can tell she really does care about my brother, but she is constantly getting hurt by him. She won’t tell me what he does to make her cry, but the girl also can’t seem to stay away from him.
“Are you sure everyone doesn’t mind spending the holidays with a random girl and her kid?” Val asks shyly.
“Of course not,” Katie reprimands.
