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“Yeah, it does.”
Her lips pulled down.
“It makes us stronger.” He kissed her softly and then pushed her down on her back, hovering over her. “You and me, Riss.”
Chapter Eighteen
Caden had spent the better part of the day working. Marissa had left early for Ghosttown to spend the day with Bailey. In the last three weeks since they had met, Marissa had gotten together with her half a dozen times. He could see the small changes happening with her, and he credited Bailey with some of them.
The last three weeks since they’d gotten back from Ghosttown, Marissa had seemed lighter, less on edge. The burden of all her secrets lifted from her shoulders. It was good, all of it. He saw her every day, spent a few nights a week at the apartment, and her ass was at his kitchen table every night for dinner with his dad and Trevor. But for Caden, it wasn’t enough.
He made his way back to his house, fully prepared to have a sit down with his dad and Trevor. Some might say it was too fast, but he’d waited for her long enough. His entire life. He couldn’t wait any longer. Marissa needed to be in his life fully.
He emerged from the back door to find Trevor at the kitchen table with his dad, heating up food in the microwave. He couldn’t have asked for better timing.
“Hey,” he said.
Trevor glanced up. “Hey, Dad.”
His father glanced over his shoulder but didn’t give an acknowledgement and continued watching his food until the timer went off. Caden settled into the kitchen, unpacking his lunch dishes into the dishwasher. He needed perfect timing.
“Where’s Riss?”
Here it is. Caden smiled and turned around, leaning against the counter.
“She’s in town having lunch with Bailey.”
Trevor nodded, accepting his answer, and turned toward his homework.
Caden cleared his throat. “Wanted to talk to you both about her. Thinking about asking her to move out of the unit and in here. With us.”
“Really?” Trevor smiled.
“Who?” his dad said, eyeing Caden.
Oh, fuck me. He rolled his eyes. “Colleen,” he muttered.
His dad grinned. “She’s a good one, Cade.”
Trevor chuckled, and Caden glowered. At least they both seemed onboard with her moving in.
“So, ya got no problem with it if she moves in? It means she’ll be here all the time.”
His dad scoffed. “If she was my woman, I woulda had her in here weeks ago.”
Trevor laughed, and Caden met his stare. “You good with it?”
“Yeah, Dad. We moving her in tonight?” He shifted in his chair to get up, but Caden shook his head.
“We’ll do it tomorrow.” He sighed and grasped his neck. If Marissa was coming into his family, something he wanted, he had to put it all out there, for all of them. “Got some other shit I need to tell ya.” He eyed his dad and son, who glanced up, waiting expectantly.
“Not gonna make a big deal out of it, but just want you to know. Before she came here, she’d been on the road for a couple years.”
Jack furrowed his brows. “On the road?”
Caden nodded. “Yeah, had something happen, left her home, and took to the road.”
Trevor sat up and leaned his elbows on the table. “What happened?”
