Page 29 of Shelter for Morgan

"I don't spend my money on anything, and I can easily make the rent on my own. If she wants to find a place on her own, she's going to need to save her money for first and last months on an apartment or really save her pennies if she wants to buy a-"

"Rhett?"

He looked down at her hand on his arm and then back up to her face.

He nodded instead of answering her.

"What I'm asking is... could there be a reason for her to stay?"

Rhett didn't have an answer to her question.

Not one he wanted to say aloud.

Not one that he was willing to admit to anyone.

"Rhett, I-"

"Hey, baby."

Rhett took a step back and saw Peace move in closer and give his wife a kiss.

Peace turned back to look at Rhett. "I hope you don't mind if I steal this beautiful woman away. I need a few hugs..." Peace wrapped his arms around Kylie. "And some kisses..." He placed a few kisses on her cheeks and then her lips. "Before we get another call."

Rhett lifted his hands in surrender. "It's nice to see you again, Kylie."

She gestured at him with her index finger. "We'll organize something and let you know, okay?"

"Okay."

As Peace walked here away to the other side of the room, Rhett could see his questioning look.

He'd leave it up to Kylie to explain that the women were playing cupid.

Rhett sat down beside Morgan.

He wasn't planning to wake her up.

She looked exhausted and the way she was sleeping, she needed it.

So he just sat there, watching her.

It was a completely unguarded moment. A moment when she wasn't moving around his apartment as if she couldn't contain her energy.

A moment when he could look his fill and not worry that she might turn and see him.

Morgan murmured in her sleep and her hands moved restlessly.

Rhett wondered if she was worried about Gia.

Her right hand lifted from where it had been on her chest, and he took her hand in his.

It was instinct. That's how he excused the impetuous act.

But he didn't let her go.

He held her hand in his, adjusting so that it didn't twist her arm or bother her in her sleep.

Morgan moved and he held still, holding his breath.

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