Page 36 of Possession

“Stop it!” Mason yelled, surprising himself and Vinnie, though Tomas didn’t so much as blink, simply moved so he was next to them again, like he felt the need to play referee in their spat but was willing to let them figure it out on their own as long as things stayed civil.

“That isn’t what I meant. I know you care about me, and you know I care about you. I wanted to see if you would be jealous that I’d slept with him and you hadn’t.”

Vinnie stared at him, jaw clenched. He knew they were both acutely aware of Tomas standing there listening. “You wanted to though, didn’t you?” Vinnie asked softly.

Mason nodded, not even pretending, unwilling to mess up their reunion further.

“Would you have said no if he offered?”

He pulled his lips over his teeth. He didn’t know. That night they’d shared tamales, if Tomas hadn’t cooled things off between them, had instead kissed him, maybe asked for more, he couldn’t say for sure if he would’ve agreed or not.

Vinnie read it in his face, nodding, and before Mason could figure out what to say, someone knocked twice on the door but didn’t wait before coming in. It was Six, but luckily, Ollie wasn’t with him, but Mason was sure he wanted to be, the nosy brat.

Six eyed the three of them, how close they were standing to each other, but he didn’t comment on it. Instead, he made eye contact with Tomas and jerked his head toward the desk.

“Sit.”

Tomas sighed but went over to the large chair behind his desk and sank onto it. He didn’t put up a fight as Six meticulously cleaned the blood from his face and the small cuts in his brow and lip and then his bloody knuckles. He and Vinnie didn’t say anything, the four of them living in a tense, awkward silence until Six finished putting away the items from his first aid kit and said, “Kenneth will be here after he finishes his shift. I’m going to have him take a look at your face, see if he thinks anything’s fractured.”

Tomas opened his mouth, but Six snapped the top of his first aid kit closed and picked it up, turning to leave.

“That wasn’t a request.”

He left the room just as quickly as he had entered, not even bothering to spare a glance at him and Vinnie. Once the door shut behind him, Tomas let out a slow breath and leaned back in his chair.

“I think the three of us need to have a conversation.”

SUB CLUB INTERLUDE

CJ

You guys will never guess what happened!

Ollie

Ooooh, is it something Tank did?

Was it that thing with the dildo I sent you the video about?

Penny

What the hell?

CJ

Ollie!

Also—don’t send me porn clips without warning!

I opened that at the shop in front of a client!

Luckily she was a regular of Viper’s so she was totally cool about it but Viper was pissed

Kenneth

Did someone finally choose that piece of flash you drew last month?

Cj

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