Page 27 of Landon (In Safe Hands)
“Areyou still seeing Mr. Nice and Proper?”
“Who?”
Heshakes his head at my confusion. “The guy you were kissing a few weeks ago.”
Whydoes he give a shit who I kiss? “Not that it’s any of your concern, but no. Arewe done discussing shit that has nothing to do with my employment?”
“Youmean stuff friends discuss,” he retorts, and I want to slap the cocky smilefrom his face.
“Well,I’m done talking about it.”
“Fine,Ms. Difficult. I’ll leave you to it. I’ll be out of your way in a couple ofhours.”
Finally,he leaves me alone with my roiling thoughts. I could’ve handled that better.
ChapterSix
Landon
Shewas jealous! Part of me is happier than a dog with three balls. It’s good toknow I’m not the only one struggling to avoid feeling anything. It doesn’tchange our situation, though, and I really don’t want to spend the night athome with her glaring at me. As soon as it’s dark, I head over to Dare’s to seewhat he’s up to.
“Raisin!Come on in. I need someone else to witness this or no one will ever believeme,” Dare exclaims, before I can even get through the door. It’s Friday night,so Justus is probably working his stripper job, but maybe I can get Dare orJeremy to go out and get trashed.
“Witnesswhat?”
Heleads me to his empty bedroom and puts a finger to his lips. “Just shut up andlisten.” Through the wall, I can hear a faint buzzing noise. “Neighbor chick isgetting it on with her vibrator.”
Jesus,this guy. “It’s probably an electric razor, you fucking pervert.”
“Justkeep listening.” A small cry is barely audible, but there’s no doubt it’serotic. “See, couple of times a week I hear her, usually when I’m trying tosleep.”
“So,you’re ear stalking your neighbor? Do you even know what she looks like?” Hefollows me back to the living room and we flop onto his couch.
“Onlyfrom a distance. Smokin’ body with an ass I want to bite. She’s a homebody,though. Hardly ever see her out.”
“Youfuck her and you’ll be sorry. Won’t be able to get away from her.”
Laughing,he shakes his head. “Wasn’t planning on it. Got some ass on its way over now.”
Damn,so much for getting him out of the house. “Lucky bastard. Guess I’ll head to Chaosand see what I can pull. Any word on the guy at the farm?”
“Doesn’tlook like anyone’s looking for him. Family pretty much disowned him when hewent to prison. His P.O. will probably think he bailed.”
“Good.All right, I’m out. See you, man.” Rain pelts me as I make a mad dash for mycar. I’m torn between just calling it a night and trying to smooth things overwith Zoe, or drinking my problems away. Drinking wins. It usually does.
There’snot much action at Chaos tonight, probably because of the rainy weather.Sipping my drink, I try to forget the disgusted look on Zoe’s face when I left.Why should she care if I fuck a different woman every week? And why the hell doI care that she finds me disgusting?
Shedoesn’t know me or my situation. With my restrictions, I can’t have a normalrelationship, so what am I supposed to do? Never get laid? Friends. That’s whatwe agreed. My sex life is none of her concern.
Right.So I need to stop obsessing over what Ms. Difficult thinks, and the blondesmiling at me from the dance floor should do the trick. My phone buzzes with acall from Jeremy, and I step outside to answer. “Landon, where are you?”
“Justgot to Chaos. You coming out tonight?”
“Nah,I’m seeing Frannie. You watching the weather?”
“Atthe club?” I snort. “No, why?”
“It’sgetting ready to storm like a bitch. There’s already been one tornado touchdown in Beech Grove, and they’re predicting more. Shit…sirens are going offnow.”
