Corbin could do that.
“Sure thing, Rodney. I’ll call you personally when it’s all sorted out. I promise.”
The man nodded.
“Thank you,” he said.
Then, he headed back out of the stairwell, leaving the two men to stand there.
“So, not worried about people knowing that you’re gay?” Will asked.
Corbin laughed.
“Well, when we get married, I’m pretty sure they won’t think I’m just joking around and sowing my wild oats on a whim,” he stated. “We’ll have to come out at some point in life to people. Is that going to be a problem?”
Will grinned.
“Nope. I’m marrying you, taking your name, and calling my parents to tell them right after. They won’t come to ourwedding since I know they won’t approve, but that will be my goodbye call to them.”
That broke Corbin’s heart.
“I’m sorry they don’t love you like you deserve. I will, and God knows that Alice will be all over you once I marry you. She’s dying for another child to stalk, harass, annoy, and embarrass. Tag. You’re it.”
That made the man laugh.
“Well, if you mean call to tell me she loves me, and sending over food to the house, I understand how you’re so annoyed. How dare she?” he joked.
Corbin snorted.
Yeah, well, it was all fun and games until you woke up and she was staring at you in your own bedroom.
As they descended the stairs to the morgue, Will kept his voice low.
“Enough about us, Corby. It’s weird they are all connected, right? I’m not an investigator, but that makes me want to ask questions.”
He was aware.
Him too.
Gene was going to run roughshod over all of this.
“You tend to be an investigator,” he said to his man. “You just do a different kind of investigation. You get the information, and use it to get answers from someone on the stand. I do the same, but I do it in the streets. I also get shot at more. That’s better because you getting hurt will make me twitchy. Now I know how Gene feels when Ethan gets his ass in trouble.”
That amused the man.
So much so, that Will slipped his hand into Corbin’s, and the man squeezed it.
“I love being here with you,” Will admitted. “I never get to see how the cops do their jobs. It’s eye-opening, and it gives mesome insight into how you do your job. I’m a little jealous. You get some fun interviews. I can tell.”
Corbin knew it wasn’t nearly as fun as people believed. It was being inundated with so much information that you had to sort through it.
It was mind-numbing at times.
“Well, I don’t mind you being my partner, Counselor. It’s been so much fun,” he said. “Feel free to jump in and ask questions if something pops into your mind. I welcome the feedback and assistance.”
When Will stopped, Corbin turned to see why, and he was caught off guard when his man kissed him.
It wasn’t wild, or crazy.
