I leaned back so I could meet his eyes. “You should be. I thought I’d lost you.”
“Why would you lose me?”
“Because I was going to murder you. Not a hair nor a fiber.”
He nodded. “Yeah, that makes more sense.”
“Are your parents still around?”
“Dad fucked off when we were little.” He sighed. “Mom’s a train wreck most days. Losing your kid does that to you.”
I nodded. “How old were you when he left?”
“Six.”
“Oh. My. God,” I whispered. “I’m so sorry.”
“Don’t, Letti. I don’t want sympathy. I don’t fuckin’ deserve sympathy.”
I took a deep breath and nodded, even though, all I wanted to do was hold the six-year-old little boy who lost his dad and the young man who lost his sister. But I’d give him this. Just this once.
“What happened to Harmon?” I asked.
Aero scowled. “Don’t fuckin’ give a shit.”
I cupped his face. “But he lived?”
“Yeah. Fucker.”
I couldn’t imagine living with the guilt of killing someone you cared about, even if it wasn’t your fault, but I kept that opinion to myself. I didn’t know Harmon, so maybe he was a fucker. Or maybe he was a man who’d fallen for a girl who died on the back of his bike because he knew he shouldn’t be riding in the rain. I couldn’t even fathom what he might be going through.
“Is that really why you came here?” I asked.
“Partly,” he admitted. “I was havin’ a hard time back home.”
“Memories,” I guessed.
“Yeah.”
I fisted my hand in his shirt. “Thank you for telling me.”
He smiled. “You’re welcome.”
“Next time, I’d prefer you tell me in the moment. I’ve been going nuts for hours.”
“You have?”
“Yes. I have been trying to figure out how to hide your gigantic body. Your dick alone will need a separate hole.”
He wrapped his arms around my waist and lifted me, carrying me to the sofa. “I’ll show you exactly which hole I’m gonna put my dick in, Letti.”
I giggled, looping my arms around his neck. “Mmm, yes, please.”
Before we could get to anything fun, however, he knifed off me just as I heard a key in the lock. The door opened and Raquel and Orion walked through the door, laughing at something.
Raquel stopped moving so suddenly, Orion walked into her back. “Razz,” he complained wrapping his arms around her.
“Hi Aero,” Raquel said, and Orion finally looked up.
