Page 85 of Rainbow Kisses

“You sure there’s nothing else going on with you about this?”

“What do you mean?”

“Rain, you’re always the first person to jump into something new with both feet. Why is this any different?”

“Because it’s not just my life we could screw up if this goes wrong. We’re not starting from scratch here. And we wouldn’t just be screwing up our team, we could be screwing up the league. Dad and the other owners built this from the ground up.”

“I feel like I’ve fallen into one of those inspirational sports movies.”

I smacked him on his chest then kissed it better. “I don’t know why we can’t expand this league on our own. We don’t need to follow anyone else’s rules. We can make our own. Why are you smiling at me like that?”

“Because you’re cute when you’re channeling the plucky heroine of some cheesy movie.”

“Plucky? Seriously? What the hell kind of word is ‘plucky’?”

“The kind that perfectly describes the look on your face right now.”

Scrambling to my knees, I straddled his lap and mock-glared down at him. Even though his naked body made my mouth water, and my sex clenched at the position I was in and what I could be doing to him right now. His hands landed on my hips and his lips curved in a grin. And when I wrapped my hand around his hardening cock, I had the satisfaction of seeing his expression harden with lust.

“Do you want me to tell you what your face looks like right now?”

“If it’s not telling you how fucking sexy you are, you’re not reading me right.”

Then he showed me just how sexy he thought I was with his hands and his mouth.

TWENTY-ONE

Brian

Lin

I know you know I get out Thursday but I wanted to double check the time. 3 pm Please bring Maddy. I miss her. Miss you too Bri. But I can’t wait to see my Mads again

Brian

We’ll be there. Thought you weren’t allowed to use your phone?

Lin

I can with the therapist. Be happy to sleep in my own bed

Brian

I’m sure. See you soon

Lin

Love you Bri. Can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve done for us.

I satin the car down the street from Rain’s house Tuesday morning, probably long enough for a neighbor to call the cops on me. Lin’s text had come through right as I’d been parking. But I’d been dreading this conversation for the past week.

Neither of us had spoken about what happened when Lin got out of rehab. I’d purposely avoided the subject. But now it was happening. And I couldn’t put it off any longer.

I’d planned to stay and finish out the season. It’s what I’d told Rowdy. It’s what I’d let Rain think. But now that the time was here, I knew I couldn’t just take Lin and Maddy back to their apartment in Allentown, drop them off, and leave again. I couldn’t do that to them. Not until I knew they’d be okay.

And that meant going to back to Allentown And, since I’d given up my apartment, it meant sleeping on Lin’s couch for a while. I could handle that. What was tearing me up inside was the conversation I had to have now. With Rain.

Fuck.

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