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“I’m sorry, okay? It was just a kiss. I can’t be what you want. I just can’t.”
“Yes, you can. You don’t want to try because you are afraid. You’ve bottled up Ellie’s death and use it to shield yourself from the world. I’ve seen how you interact with everyone. You push everyone away from you, refusing to get close. I’m sorry Ellie died, Chase, but I’m alive. I’m a living, breathing person who has feelings, who deserves to find love and to be loved. If you don’t want to be that person, then that’s your choice, but I will no longer take any more of your shit. Now take me home.”
Saying nothing more, I did just that.
Chapter Fourteen
Pyro
The second I pulled to a stop in front of the clubhouse, Skylar Rose bolted, jumping from my bike, never looking back. Following her, I heard King call her name as she raced up the stairs.
A moment later, a door slammed.
“What the hell happened now?” King asked, looking at me.
“Nothing. I’m going to bed.”
Ignoring all the looks, I headed upstairs, locking myself in my room. I just wanted to sleep and forget this night had ever happened.
Too bad I didn’t get that wish.
I moaned, rolling over as the sounds of notes floated up from the rec room. Rubbing my eyes, I got out of bed, wondering who was fucking around this damn early in the morning.
Leaving my room, I saw King’s door open.
“Is that the piano?” he muttered sleepily.
“Yeah.”
“Who the fuck is playing that thing at this hour?”
I had a feeling, and prayed I was wrong.
Shrugging, I walked past him, heading for the stairs. Walking down them, I realized that not only was King behind me, but so was everyone else, even Cameron.
“Why aren’t you asleep, kid?” I asked.
Cameron looked up at me and smiled as if something had dawned on him as he gasped. “Sissy.”
“What about her?” I asked as the piano keys got louder, sending the musical notes floating throughout the clubhouse as a voice floated gently through the air.
“That’s sissy!” Cameron gasped, running towards the rec room.
Before I could stop him, Cameron bolted like lightning.
The little shit was fucking fast.
Following him, I stopped dead in my tracks as my eyes landed on Skylar sitting at the piano, her back to us as her fingers moved across the white keys. Large headphones covered her ears as she played the piano. Sighing, I shook my head and was about to tell her to keep it down when King placed his hand on my shoulder, stopping me. “Don’t.”
“I’m tired. I’ve got to get up in a few hours.”
“Chase, stop being a dick for five fucking minutes and listen to what she is singing,” King scolded as Bailey walked around him, wrapping her arms around him.
Brothers moved quietly past, not wanting to interrupt Skylar’s impromptu performance at the ass crack of dawn.
Grumbling, I leaned against the far wall, huffing as I listened to Skylar play the piano and sing as every nerve ending in my body stood up and took noticed.
If I lay here.
