Page 84 of Up in a Blaze
“Wait for my men. They will not be long. But my advice, in case these people are bigger fools than they have been, take Sawyer and his brother away from there while I get this sorted.”
“Done,” I said, and the call ended. “Adrick’s sending his men.”
Loyal chuckled. “You really should start shittin’ yourself.” His gaze landed on me. “You go in and sit with them. I’ll watch these fuckers and knock when it’s clear.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah, brother.”
With a nod, I released the soon-to-be dead man and went for the door to the apartment. “Thanks, brother,” I said. Fuck me, that sounded weird coming from my mouth, but I couldn’t deny the connection Henri and I had to the club. And since I’d started working for them, that link had grown, and they’d become important in our lives.
We were a damn family.
But Henri would always come first, and since I knew my French firecracker, our smaller household had just grown to add Sawyer and Arlo.
We were gonna need a bigger house.
I knocked once before I opened the door and entered straight into the living room where they were all seated drinking tea.
“Miss Cora, this is my other half, Blaze.”
“Well, slap me silly and call me Mary, he’s a giant.”
Jesus.
“Miss Cora,” Sawyer muttered.
“Arlo said he was big, but I didn’t realize how big he’d be.”
Arlo jumped up and ran over, taking my hand. “Come and sit down. Have some tea.” He tugged me over.
“Mon amour, do we have time?”
I nodded as I sat in a chair, and Arlo took his seat next to Henri on the couch. Sawyer sat on Henri’s other side while Miss Cora was in her own chair at the other end of the coffee table to me.
“I missed seeing you in the hallway, and now I wished I’d seen you in action against those pimple-dick assholes.”
Sawyer sighed. “Miss Cora.”
“What? You think Arlo hasn’t heard swear words at school? I bet he has. The boy knows he can’t use them until he’s old enough or I’ll wash his mouth out with soap. But I’m an adult. I can swear all I like in my own home.”
“Okay, Miss Cora.”
“I won’t swear. I promise,” Arlo added as he poured me a mug of tea and handed it to me.
I didn’t drink tea, but the kid was looking at me expectantly.
“Arlo made that tea himself. He’s been practicing,” Miss Cora said.
Shit. Now all the attention was on me, and I was gonna have to try it.
Henri smirked over at me while I glowered back. “Yes, try the tea, mon amour.”
His ass was gonna get an extra spank for that.
I lifted the cup to my lips and took a small sip.
Straight face. Straight fuckin’ face.
