AllFreeNovel
Share Us
She was only supposed to be an escape.
And now she’s a woman that I want to make my home.
Just like everything else in my life, I’ve screwed this up, and I’m not sure what I can do to fix it.
Ezra continues staring at me, so I turn my face because when it comes to all of them, he’s the one who can read me the best.
But then, that’s the problem when it comes to being twins.
“Let me guess,” Ezra says, his eyes trapping mine when I look over at him. “Ames found out about Emily and lost her shit.”
Shrugging at that, I nod my head, but I know Blue was upset about more than that.
“Emily told me about the conversation the girls had at lunch,” Ezra explains.
“Maybe Tanner is right,” Gabe offers. “We really need to keep them all apart. Letting them talk to each other is seriously becoming a problem.”
“It’s better you all than me,” Taylor says, his fingers still tapping at the armrest.
Priest laughs and leans down to knock knuckles with Taylor.
“That’s what I’ve been telling these assholes since the first chick they abducted. Speaking of which,” Priest looks at me. “What crimes did you commit against your lady? Or did you actually do the normal thing for once?”
Ezra answers for me. “He forced her to take part in Shane snatching Brinley from the side of the road.”
“For fuck’s sake.” Tossing the greasy rag down on the desk, Priest eyes me again. “And how the fuck did you manage that?”
“I gave her ten grand as part of a deal, then demanded she fuck over her best friend so Shane could grab her.”
Shaking his head, Priest leans against a metal file cabinet that is so old, it can barely take his weight.
“You all have some interesting ideas of how to get women to like you. Haven’t you all considered the normal approach of asking them out on a date? Might save you some headaches down the road.”
We all grow quiet.
Gabe crosses his ankle over his knee and relaxes back against the couch.
“If you ask me, Damon, it sounds like you need to do what all of us did when we found ourselves in your situation.”
I cock a brow in question. “Oh yeah, and what’s that?”
Ezra snorts. “You need to grovel.”
Gabe’s laughter fills the room, but he nods his head in agreement. “That’s the honest truth of it. You need to crawl over to wherever she is, and apologize for being such a jackass.”
I get what they’re saying, but with Blue, it’s different. She’s forgiven me for what I demanded as a favor. And the anger I saw in her today started long before the girls’ conversation at lunch. If anything, Blue pointing out my past with Emily was an excuse to cover up something else entirely.
It all started when she walked into her mother’s kitchen then flinched when her mother tried to hug her.
Scratching at my jaw, I think I finally understand why Blue wanted me to leave her alone. And it has nothing to do with my past and everything to do with her own.
Ezra taps my shoulder with his fingers and then nudges his chin at the office door. “Come out into the shop where I can talk to you for a second.”
I’d rather stay in here with the rest of the guys. Facing them is easier than facing the one person in the world who knows everything about me. The one person who is part of the secrets I’ve always tried to hide.
It makes me think for a second that I’m just as bad as Blue. Instead of facing my problems, I’ve been running just as fast as her.
Conceding to what Ezra wants, I follow him out into the shop.
