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“Get on the bed,” he says. I climb on and lie down as I watch him walk to the bathroom. He returns with a cloth before cleaning me up and tossing the rag. Then he’s in bed next to me, pulling my head to his chest.
“You’re gonna kill me one day,” he sighs.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, I can’t get enough of you,” he tells me, and my cheeks heat.
“Is everything okay with the other guys?”
“I don’t know yet. They wanted to hang out and kick back for the night. We’re gonna discuss shit tomorrow. I can’t say how that’s gonna go down,” he admits.
“I wish there was more I could do.”
“You’re doin’ enough, Pierson. You’ve already done so much by tellin’ us.”
“I know, but I wish there were more I could do.” He blows out a breath as I adjust myself and get comfortable. His hand tightens around my back, keeping me close to him. I love this. Feeling this. Safe. That’s not something I’ve felt in a long time.
“Do you think we’ll see them again?”
“Who?”
“My brother and Bethany?”
“I’d like to think so, but I do bad things, Pierson. I don’t know that you and I will be goin’ to the same afterlife,” he admits, breaking my heart.
“I think we will.”
“Even if we don’t, you deserve more. Always remember that,” he says.
“So do you, Tarek. You deserve more too.”
“I get what I deserve every day, darlin’.”
“You deserve me.” The words are a mere whisper, but I know he heard them.
“Thank you for bein’ here, Pierson.”
“Thanks for keeping me.” With that, I listen to his breathing even out. His chest slowly rises and falls as sleep pulls him under. I shift so I can look up at him. His lips are slightly parted as he sleeps. He looks content.
Chapter 15
Tarek
Isit back with my beer in hand and glance around the table. This is it. This is the time to tell the guys from Missouri what we know, and I’m not sure how they will take it. It was one of their own, a brother. I don’t know how I’d feel about that shit if it was one of my brothers.
“Let’s get to it. We have information on Dodger,” Cage announces as Mask sits up a little straighter in his seat.
“What information?” he asks, keeping his eyes trained on Cage.
“Tarek picked up a girl a while back. She tried to kill herself,” he says.
“What the hell does that have to do with Dodger?” he snaps.
“Let me finish. He picked up this girl and kept her here. She finally came around and started talkin’. Turns out she’s a Catoli.”
“As in James Catoli?” he asks, narrowing his eyes.
“The one and only. Seems Dodger wasn’t in a good place with you guys. Can you confirm that?” Cage asks.
