“How’d it go?”
“I couldn’t get an erection.”
“Fuck, what’s the problem?”
“Pepper. I let her go too soon.”
“Well, you blew your chance.”
“I’m paying her a visit tomorrow.”
“You can’t pop up and expect her to open her arms in welcome.”
“That’s exactly my expectations.”
I’m back in the picture, and that’s final. Pepper has no choice but to accept it.
Jensen rubs his nape. “Do you love her?”
I shrug and sip my beer.
“What are your intentions?”
“To keep her around until I’m tired of her.”
“Pepper could be seeing someone.”
“She isn’t.”
The GPS tracker is still installed in her cell phone. I monitor her movements often in addition to occasionally tailing her. Pepper hasn’t deviated from her routine. It wouldn’t have ended well if I saw her with another man.
“She’s on a date right now.”
“What the fuck did you say?” I see red, and instant rage eats away at me.
“Dom, you’re too late.”
“How do you know where she is?” I ask calmly, though I’m boiling inside. Shouting will scare Hunter.
“Leave it be.”
“Jensen, you have ten seconds to talk before all hell breaks loose.”
He releases a deep sigh and comes clean.
I kiss Hunter on the forehead and hand him to Jensen. “See you later, champ.”
Jensen grasps my forearm. “Don’t do anything stupid.”
“I’m claiming what’s mine, and fuck the consequences.”
“Moron! Why did you go outside?” I yell at the television, throwing my hands up in frustration. “Now you’ll die horribly, and you deserve it too.”
Finn laughs at my outburst. We sit on the couch watching a group of Londoners fight for survival, a bowl of popcorn separates us. We’re alone in the apartment. Drew and Mia are off somewhere getting busy most likely. Last night, they left the club together, and I haven’t seen or heard from them since.
“Sorry.” I smile sheepishly. “Evidently, I’m taking this movie way too seriously.”
The guy left the safety of the house to investigate a strangenoise. Everyone knows that’s a big no-no in life-or-death situations, especially in a freaking zombie apocalypse. They’re everywhere, and not the slow kind either. Sure enough, the man is devoured by four reanimated corpses.Imbecile.
