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“Why me? Why do you like me?”

“You’re smart, beautiful. You have a good heart and a feisty little mouth I’d like to fuck.” I giggle as I snuggle into him.

“Will you tell me about her?” I feel him tense up a little before letting out a breath. He had to know I was going to ask at some point.

“She was a good girl, like you. I met her at a party one night. Long hair, sparklin’ eyes. She was beautiful. Her name was Genie. We hooked up over time, and then one night, she came to me and said she was movin’ with her family. I couldn’t let that happen. I didn’t want to let her go, so I asked her to marry me. She said yes,” he sighs and gets himself together before he says more.

“We moved into a small apartment and started our lives together. She came to me one night after work and told me she was pregnant. I was the happiest I’d ever been. A baby? Me?I couldn’t believe it. She wasn’t as happy as I was. You gotta remember I wasn’t making much money. We didn’t live in a fancy ass house. We lived in shit, but it was our place, yeah? Anyway, she wasn’t happy. She didn’t want kids and didn’t want to raise one like that. The next day, while I was at work, she had an abortion. Didn’t bother to talk to me about it and didn’t say shit until I got home. I lost it.”

“Oh my god,” I whisper.

“She did it. She killed my baby, and I lost control. I hit her. Fuck, I know I shouldn’t have touched her, but I did. I was so pissed off and couldn’t see straight. She took somethin’ that was mine and just discarded it like it was nothin’.”

“I’m so sorry.” I roll in his arms to face him now.

“I had to get out of there, yeah? So I left. I needed time. I needed space. I needed a chance to breathe, yet I couldn’t stay away. I came back that night and found her in the bathroom. She’d hung herself. Fuck, I forced her into that shit. I left her alone. It was my fault.”

“Don’t say that,” I tell him, but he just shakes his head.

“Don’t try to fix this, fix me, Kiki. I can’t be fixed. I’m no good for anyone.”

“She made her own choices, Locke. You didn’t force her to do anything. She did this.”

“Maybe you’re right, maybe not. Now, we’ll never know.” I see the tears in his eyes that he won’t let fall, and my heart breaks for him. Instead of trying to talk more, I pull him closer to me and hold him until his breathing evens out and he falls asleep.

Chapter 12

Locke

I wake up to sunshine spilling in through the window. I try to shift but can’t move, and when I look down, Kiki is laying with her head on my chest. Her long hair is a mess, and I reach up and run my hand through it. I could get used to this no matter how fucked up I am. I could get used to her being here with me.

“Why’d you stop?” she asks groggily. I thought she was asleep. I just smile even though she can’t see me.

“Thought you were asleep.”

“I was, but I love it when someone rubs my hair.” I go back to doing it, and she sighs, snuggling in closer.

We lie in silence, just enjoying each other’s company, or maybe she knew I needed a few minutes to get myself together. Either way, I love that she’s here in my arms.

Before long, the door flies open, and Hodge stalks in, looking between the two of us. Kiki pulls the shit up a little higher as Hodge looks back at me. He doesn’t look happy, but he doesn’t look pissed either. I’m not sure what I expected.

“Gunner wants a meetin’. Now,” he says, nodding toward his sister. I nod my head and watch as he walks back out of the room, closing the door behind him.

“Well, that was an awkward way to wake up,” Kiki says as she stretches her body. I can’t help but look at her naked body stretched out in my bed. Fuck, this girl is going to make me crazy.

I smirk before climbing out of bed and stretching myself.

“You slept naked? What if Hodge had seen you?”

“Don’t give a shit, and I didn’t hear you complainin’ about my naked body last night.”

“I have no complaints about your body, Locke. None at all.”

“Good,” I tell her as I grab her ankles and pull her toward the edge of the bed. She squeals and laughs as I drop to my knees.

“What are you doing?”

“Havin’ breakfast before my meetin’.” Then I’m licking and sucking at her until she can’t stand it. I shove my tongue into her pussy and finger her clit until her legs shake, and she comes for me. Not once, but twice. And I could use more. I could take more but I don’t. Instead, I leave her lying there breathless as I head into the bathroom to clean up. I don’t know what this meeting is about. I don’t know if Gunner knows about me and Kiki. Not that I care. I don’t plan on letting her go anytime soon.

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