Indigo
Iset my phone on the table and let my emotions take over, crying as I pulled my quilt up over my body again. I was so consumed by my sobbing, in fact, I didn’t hear Jekyll come back in, so when he wrapped his arms around me gently, I nearly jumped out of my seat.
“Shh, baby, I got you.”
“But I don’t want you to have me,” I sniffed out, even as I buried my face in his neck.
“Let’s put this all aside for a minute,” he said, stroking my hair. “I’m gonna just hold you for a bit, yeah?”
I nodded, sobbing into his shoulder, and letting him comfort me for a little while. I worked hard to pull myself together so that I could gain some distance, pushing him away and wiping the tears from my face. “I’m good now. You can go.”
“No way in hell.” He sat back on the coffee table, sliding his feet to the bottom of my chair, anchoring me in place. “We’re gonna hash this out.”
“You invaded my privacy, then lied to me about it,” I ground out.
“Never lied, baby. And the intention was to do a check on you at the level you did a check on me.”
“But...”
“But there were some flags,” he said.
“You could have just left it alone.”
He raised an eyebrow. “Wouldyouhave left it alone?”
“I don’t have a secret agent man at my disposal who can find out more.”
“Ah, yeah, you do, baby.”
I wrinkled my nose. “Well, I didn’t know that at the time, did I?”
He sighed, lifting my hand to his mouth, and kissing the palm. “I had every intention of telling you, GoGo, but your dad asked me not to.Hewanted to be the one to tell you.”
“But he didn’t.”
“Yeah. He didn’t.”
I sniffed. “I’m sorry he was a lily-livered coward.”
“That varmint,” Jekyll retorted, and we both smiled. “You forgive me?”
“Yes, butthead, I forgive you.”
“Good, because I love you, GoGo and I am not letting you go.”
I gasped. “You love me?”
“Hell, yes, I love you.” He squeezed my hand. “I came up rough. Surrounded by the ugliness of life. So when I find something beautiful in this world, I don’t take it for granted.”
I bit back tears. “You’ve never talked about your past. How bad was it?”
“You really want to hear about it?”
“I love you, too, so yeah, I want to hear it.”
