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I knew this, but I nodded, understanding that she needed to say it sometimes to reassure herself.
“It was so nice of Rory’s parents to represent me. They really didn’t have to. I could have handled the police on my own.”
I belched. “You’re giving me indigestion with all that talk.” I scolded her. “You aren’t talking to the cops about murder and perverts without proper representation. If Rory’s lawyer duo parents hadn’t flown in from Chicago, I’d have hired someone myself.”
“Which is exactly why I took them up on their pro-bono offer,” she murmured around a sip of wine.
She didn’t like when I spent money on her. I understood why, but I wasn’t going to stop. If she needed something, I was going to make sure she had it. It was the reason I played the stocks so much. The reason I owned property. The reason… “I rented us a townhouse.”
The wine she was drinking sprayed from her lips.
“Damn, girl, that’s good drinks,” I said, yanking up the blanket to wipe her mouth.
“Benjamin Hayes Kruger!” she demanded as if she didn’t even notice the way I was patting her face. “You did what?”
“We aren’t living apart. You can keep sleeping in our dorm room, but I need some privacy with my wife. The townhouse beside Max and Win’s went up for rent, so I put down a deposit. We’re moving in next month.”
“But Matty,” she worried. “We can’t leave him alone at the dorm.”
“He’s moving with us.”
“He is?”
“It’s a three-bedroom.”
She didn’t say anything.
A hollow feeling whirled through my stomach. “You, ah, you cool with P moving in?”
She jolted and gasped, her wine sloshing over the lip of her glass.
“What are you, a human sprinkler?” I asked, taking it from her.
“Of course I don’t mind! I’m so relieved. We can’t leave him by himself!”
I half smiled. “I know, baby. That’s why he’s coming too.”
“How much is it?”
“Cheap.”
She glared, and I sighed. “I already paid it, okay? Through summer. Now you don’t have to stress about where you’re going to go and if you have to see your parents.”
Her eyes swelled with tears again, and she crawled into my lap. “I love you.”
I stroked her hair. “Me too.”
“I’m paying the utilities.”
My tongue slid over my teeth. “Fine.”
P said he was paying them too, so I’d let them hash it out.
“It’s right next to Max, Wes, Win, and Lars?” she asked.
“Yeah.” I agreed. “We’ll be neighbors. We can have movie night at our place.”
“I like that,” she whispered.
