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Banks studied me for a long time before he declared, “I don’t think you should look for a new place.”
“I have no choice. Henry can’t go to my new apartment.”
“But he’s welcome to be here,” Banks offered.
“I’ve been away from him for a long time, Banks. I really appreciate your offer, but I think I’d like to live with him again,” I reasoned.
“Who said you wouldn’t be?” he countered.
“What?”
Banks shrugged. “Look, I know this is the utter definition of fast, but it works. I love having you here, and Rhys adores you. Why wouldn’t we want you to be here with us? Our lives have been so much better ever since we met you, and I dread the thought of you leaving. You and I are happy together, and I know there’s not going to be anotherwoman out there for me. Why don’t you just move in with us?”
I blinked my eyes rapidly, either trying to cope with the shock or being unsure if any of this was really happening. “You want me to move in with you permanently?”
Banks didn’t waver. “I do.”
Studying him, it felt like a million thoughts ran through my mind. Was this too fast? Would I be making a mistake? What if things didn’t work out?
“What’s going through your mind?” he asked me.
“I… I don’t know,” I confessed. “I just don’t want to do the wrong thing. I love you. I love Rhys. There’s nothing I’d want more than for us to be together like that, but I’m scared.”
“Me, too.”
“You are?”
“Darling, I’m scared shitless, but I’m mostly terrified of not having you in my life in the ways that I want you. The last thing I’d ever want to do is waste time, because I know just how precious it is.”
It felt good to know he was experiencing some of the same fears I was. For that reason alone, it eased some of my concerns. But mostly, it was the words he’d said that hit me the hardest.
Time was precious. There wasn’t nearly enough of it, especially not with the people we loved. Nothing had made me as happy in months as Banks and Rhys had. If I could gobble up more time with the both of them, especially after all that I’d been through, I should take it.
And Banks deserved to have the same.
So, I smiled at him, nodded, and said, “Okay, Banks. I’ll move in with you.”
“Yeah?”
“It’s crazy, but I think we’re worth it.”
He let out a laugh, pulled me in close for another hug, and promised, “We are.”
Following a few moments of silence, I said, “I don’t have any food for Henry. Or a bed.”
“After Rhys wakes up, we’ll go out and get whatever Henry needs.”
That’s when it hit me. “What do you think Rhys is going to do when he sees Henry?”
“Considering Henry’s now part of the family, let’s hope Rhys likes him.”
Family.
Banks believed Henry and I were part of his family.
It was at those words, I burst into tears.
TWENTY-FIVE
