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“Ugh.” Caden threw himself onto the couch cushion next to him. “Too much serious stuff.”
“One last thing,” Sam told him.
“Okay.” Caden waved a hand. “Hit me with it.”
“I don’t think my father has any access to the money my grandmother left me, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was paying someone to keep an eye on it.”
“You used some of your trust to buy the shop,” Adam finished for him.
“Yeah.”
“You think he might come here?” Adam questioned.
“It’s a concern,” Sam admitted.
“Let him come,” Caden said fiercely. “My Daddy will run him out of town!”
Lincoln laughed but agreed.
Carson had pretty much promised the same thing, but Sam didn’t share that with the others. His relationship, or non-relationship as it was, would currently stay between him and the lieutenant.
Sam didn’t know what was going to happen, but he felt good about the future. It wouldn’t be easy going from managing the coffee shop to owning it, but Susie promised to help. He had his friends by his side and a gorgeous older man that had caught his attention. Even if his family did find him, Sam had something worth fighting for and he wouldn’t let anyone in his tight circle be hurt.
“Snacks!” Caden shouted as he popped up off the couch. “We should celebrate with snacks.”
“Maybe we need fancier snacks now,” Adam teased. “We have Mr. Moneybags here now.”
“He’s still the same guy!” Caden argued. “And we got him Goldfish too!”
“Yeah, I’m still the same guy.” Sam pinched Adam’s side. Sam climbed off Adam’s lap and dropped onto the carpet. There was a bowl of Goldfish and Sam needed him some cheesy goodness.
“Juice, Daddy!” Caden called.
“Boy! He is getting bossy,” Adam said before he slid off the couch to sit on the floor next to Sam, pulling Caden down with him.
“Don’t worry. I’ll make him pay for it later,” Lincoln said as he rose. He smirked at Caden while passing but Caden merely smiled in return.
“It’s okay,” Caden whispered. “Lincoln doesn’t get mad at me. He might put me in the corner but that’s it.”
Sam patted Caden’s back. Caden was coming into his own as a little and it was wonderful to see. Sam was a bit of a brat, Adam was stubborn, but Caden was a sweet boy that deserved the best Daddy in the world. What worked for one of them wouldn’t for the others and that was okay. They all found their own ways to be little and that was what was so great about the lifestyle. Which of course made Sam wonder about his own non-relationship. Ever since the morning that Sam had woken up lying on Carson’s chest, Carson had been keeping his distance.
If he hadn’t been so caught up in everything that was happening with Susie and the coffee shop, Sam would have shown up on Carson’s doorstep. Or maybe not. He didn’t actually know where the lieutenant lived but he did know where he worked. Maybe it was time that Sam worked on getting the man he wanted along with the future he deserved.
Chapter Three
Carson
As hard as he tried not to, Lieutenant Carson Cirillo could not help but keep glancing at his cell phone. He knew that Sam would be okay with his friends but ever since that night four weeks ago, Carson worried constantly about the younger man.
He’d thought he’d put his instincts and that obsessive need behind him when he’d moved to Rocky Lake Arizona from Las Vegas. Carson had intended to move on and never look back at the past he was running from. That was not what he was getting. It appeared no matter how far he’d run, Carson found himself facing his biggest mistake and heartbreak.
Rasing to his feet, Carson slipped his phone into his pocket and made his way toward the window. He’d really been lucky to find a house on the lake, overlooking the water but away from the docks. His place was quiet and peaceful just as Carson had wanted at the time. Just because it was often too quiet didn’t mean Carson had made a mistake. He just needed to get used to a slower pace of life. Staring out the window onto the calm lake, Carson wondered what Billy would think of the house. No, he knew what Billy would have thought. Billy would have hated it there. If there was one thing Billy couldn’t stand, it was being away from the action.
His boy, his first and only, the man he’d thought he’d always love, had been Carson’s complete opposite. For the first two years of their relationship, Carson had thought he could save Billy. There had been so much that his boy had needed from him. The final year, yeah, that had been bad. Instead of leaning on Carson, Billy had ended up hating him. Hating him so much that the decisions Billy made led to ruining them both.
In front of the window was a tall slender table with one drawer. There was only one thing in that drawer. One frame. One picture. His fingers shook as he brushed them against the cool metal handle.
His phone vibrated in his pocket and Carson jerked his hand back from the drawer. He hadn’t opened the drawer since he’d moved into the house, but he’d been close tonight. Instead, Carson pulled his phone out.
