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“You like nerds?”
“I like this one.”
I nod. “Then, I’m your nerd baby. Tattoos and a sketchy past, but a nerd down in my core.”
“I’ve got a better idea though,” she says, massaging me still, like she’s forgotten she’s doing it. I haven’t. “If that reaction is us, then you get the Potassium Permanganate tattoo, and I’ll get the Glycerin.”
“Are you sure? A tattoo is a commitment.”
“So are we.” She grins up at me, then turns to the tattooist shop. “Let’s do it.”
So we do.
Rod, the tattooist in question, knows me well. He’s only ever seen me in civvies, and if he’s aware that I’m a priest he’s never mentioned it. He doesn’t even take a second look as we walk in together, just greets Kitty like they’re old friends and starts telling me about his latest boyfriend, picking up a conversation we started the last time I was in here over a month ago.
I tell him what we’re thinking for the tattoos, and he grins, nodding, asking where on our bodies we want them, and we both in unison say‘Over our hearts’ so I guess that’s settled. But before he starts, I pull him to one side and whisper an extra instruction, just between us.
Lucky for me, Rod isn’t averse to an underhanded deal or two, especially if I’m offering more money.
I sit with Kitty while she has hers done, holding her hand tight since it’s her first time. But if I have any doubts about her ability to take pain, they don’t last. Suddenly, all I can think about is what I can do to test those limits next time we play.
And then it’s my turn, and I chat with them both while Rod works on my chest, inking the shape of the molecule into my skin, a permanent reminder of how much Kitty means to me.
“Hey, what’s this?” she asks as we head out of the shop, pointing at the letters within her own tattoo, small but obvious, and upside down so she can read them by looking down at her own chest.
Shit, I don’t need any excuse.
“My initials, baby.” I point at my own chest. “And yours right here where they belong. Now we’ll always have a little piece of each other to carry around.”
She grins, turning to look back at the shop as we walk. “I didn’t ask for these.”
“I did. And I paid Rod extra to do it for me. You’re mine, Kitty. And I’m yours.”
“Are we really doing this? I mean, you’re still a priest and—your vows. All that you said…”
I catch her up into my arms, pulling her in, putting my lips on hers as my hands slide to her ass and her legs wrap around my middle. Yes, I’m still a priest. For now. But we’ll work it all out.
Because me and her? We’re forever.
CHAPTER 14
Kitty
My first impression of this church was that it would make a fantastic hotel. But now I’m not so sure.
For some reason, I’m thinking family home.
I mean, hear me out for a second. Right now, sure, it’s cold and austere, and gives me a bit of an Addams Family vibe. But with the right decorator’s touch, renovations to all the rooms, maybe knock through a couple of the school rooms here and there… You could definitely raise a family here. Abigfamily.
As we head up in the Mustang, past the church buildings and on up a barely visible path to an overlook that belongs to the church, I’m getting visions of picnics with children.Mychildren. Children I don’t have yet but maybe…
Maybe…
“Pretty secluded,” I point out. “You could do anything to me and nobody would know.” He stares at me and I grin. “What? I’m just saying. In a way, youownthis land, right? So, I know, the vows and all but.... No jail time if we got caught.”
I want to ask the big question but my heart would break into a million tiny pieces if I didn’t get the answer I want.
Are you going to forgo your vows? Are we going to really be together?
