Page 332 of Sticks and Stones
Will was curious.
“Can I stay here with him?” he asked. “If no, that’s okay. I can be here each morning.”
Ethan stopped him.
“You may have to sleep on the couch. He might not want you in bed with him yet. He reacts differently each time he falls asleep. Like now, he’s alone and hiding to regroup.”
Will reassured them.
“I’ll sleep on the floor in a corner on rocks that were just on fire for him. I can sleep anywhere as long as I get to be with him.”
Then, that was what they needed to hear.
“Our casa is your casa,” Gene said, gathering up his things. “Oh, and if he gets bitchy and asks how you got here, don’t tell him us. He’s spicy when he’s in a mood,” he joked. “You broke in,” he added. “In fact, you scaled the building, or used your superpowers to fly in.”
Will winked at him.
“Don’t worry. I’m a master burglar. I broke in.”
They knew he wouldn’t believe that, but it would be funny to hear Will tell him that.
Since it was time to get ready, Gene pulled on his jacket, tucked his gun and badge onto his hip, and put one of the Glocks on the table. It was the unregistered gun that they’d been given last night. Since they didn’t use them, they didn’t have to lose them.
Yet.
Who knew when they’d come in handy?
“Do you know how to use a gun?” he asked.
Will nodded.
“I do. I’m not a good shot, but I can hit something coming at me.”
That’s all they needed. While Corbin should be safe, since the bikers were contained, they didn’t have a clue who was behind this.
“Keep the door locked, and if Alice and John show up,DO NOTlet them in. Corbin doesn’t want to be clucked over by his mother hen. That will make himREALLYbitchy.”
He got it.
Pills.
Food.
Babysitting.
Check, check, and check.
“I got it,” he said.
When the two men headed out. Will sat down on the couch, and waited while he drank his coffee.
There was a‘come to Jesus talk’on the schedule, and it was going to be one where Corbin realized the biggest lesson of his life.
Will was never leaving him alone.
Again.
Oh, and that they should start planning a wedding sooner, rather than later.
