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I pull a chair over on the other end of his bed. “So, tell me, what are your intentions with my sister?” I ask.
It’s his turn to shrug his shoulders. “What can I say? I’m in love.”
Of course, he fucking is. My line of sight meets Noah. We both silently sayOh fuck!
* * *
“Hey, wait up, Ash,”he calls when I hit the buttons on the elevator.
“I wanted to give you some more time with your brother, baby. When will you be home?”
He scrapes his fingers through his hair. “I don’t think I’m coming home. I’m staying at my brother’s place for now, but I’ll be by tomorrow, to spend time with the kids.”
“Noah, we make our own rules, baby. You don’t have to do this. Please come home.”
He reaches toward my fingers, then quickly pulls away.
“I need time. I have to process it all, and honestly, I’m a little concerned you don’t.”
I push him with my body up against the nearest wall. “I don’t need time. You’re mine, and I’m not letting you go, asshole. We’re too good together. But, don’t forget you have kids. Apparently, everything that is important to you, you seem to have forgotten. I’ll give you the house for the day, but don’t fucking forget you have a family who loves you.”
Now I’m fucking pissed.
45
Noah
“You can continueto stay with me, big brother, but you can’t ignore this clusterfuck.” Liam has no idea what a clusterfuck this truly is. It’s been a week, and he’s still in the hospital.
“I’m ignoring your advice. You have no idea what we’re going through, and anyway, you get discharged tomorrow, and need help getting upstairs, asshole, so maybe you should say thank you.”
“Yeah, about that,” Liam clears his voice. “I’m staying with Tia. Her apartment has an elevator. Her and I have some decisions to make moving forward.”
“Fuck,” I swear under my breath.
“Hey, by the way, Mom and Dad want to come over tomorrow. They were quite insistent on it. Do you know what it’s about?”
Thank fuck. Someone is taking care of this. I can’t be a part of their talk. As much as Liam will need me, and I’ll be there for him, I’m unable to have the expression of his face be something I remember forever.
“Not a clue,” I lie through my fucking teeth.
“So, what are you going to do to get your husband back? This shit is infuriating. And Tia told me last night that Lainey cried herself to sleep, thinking she’s the reason.”
The blood drains from my fingertips, and the hair on the back of my neck stands up on end. “What?” I ask, pushing from my seat.
“Okay, calm the fuck down. You know those kids have been through hell. What would you expect?”
My phone rings, and I’d typically welcome a phone call from the person whose name is on my screen. But something tells me I shouldn’t.
“Hold on a second, Liam,” I say to him, answering my phone.
“Hey bud. What’s up?”
“Dad?” His voice is so low. And he started calling us dad right before he left for San Diego. “I’m home. I’m standing next to my other father. Lainey is in tears, and Collin is in his bedroom, withdrawn, and won’t come out.”
“Wait, Dev, you are home?” I ask.
“Yeah, when my sister is crying and my brother won’t leave his room, and I can’t get answers, you bet your ass I’m hopping on a plane and coming home to figure this shit out.”
