Page 28 of I Promise You
“I helped move all your stuff in, remember?”
I had already forgotten. Everything has been a fog since I lost my baby.
God, I’m losing it.
“Right…”
“Ari. We made a promise. All the guys did. Paul’s team and Grim’s. Rooker, Danny, and I. We all promised Paul we would watch over you if he died. Didn’t Danny tell you that?”
This is the first time I’ve heard this. Danny told me he made a promise but never said what or to whom.
Danny hasn’t told me a lot of things.
I shake my head, leaning on my hip and dropping the ball.
“A promise?”
He nods.
“Damn it, Paul.”
“Hey, he was just trying to be a protective older brother. You can’t fault him for that,” Kane defends him.
I shake my head, lost in thought. It definitely sounds like something Paul would do.
“So then, where’s Rooker? He’s not going to show up at my house in the middle of the night, too, is he?”
He chuckles. It’s deep and—
Crap, I can’t be thinking these things.
“Nope. At least, I don’t think so.”
“So, then what? What kind of guy shows up at my house in the middle of the night if not a stalker?” I sit in the grass, getting comfortable, crossing my legs.
He walks closer and then sits next to me.
“Someone who cares about you deeply.” He gives me another delightful smile. His shoulder brushes against me, and I have to force myself to look away from him. The way he’s looking at me…it’s the way Danny looks at me. And darn it. I miss when Danny looks at me like this because it means seconds later, he would end up deep inside of me, and we’d devastatingly devour each other…for hours.
“Look, I know I shouldn’t be here, but I don’t get much out of Danny. The man keeps shit inside. He won’t tell me how you guys arereallydoing. So, I thought I’d check up on you. The middle of the night isn’t the best time, so please forgive me, but I needed to see with my own eyes that you’re okay.”
I scoff, rolling my eyes. I’m bitter, but I don’t care.
“Well, I’m not. I’m not okay, but maybe I will be with time.”
Kane licks his lips, nodding his head, and looks away from me. We both grow silent, and I’m at a loss for words. My hands grow cold since I’m no longer moving around. He shouldn’t be here. This is wrong. If Danny finds out he’s here, I’m pretty damn sure he wouldn’t like it.
“Why aren’t you at work…with Danny?”
His dark blue gaze pierces me, then flicks to my lips. I suck in a breath when I watch himwatch me. Finally, he grabs the ball from my hands and stands.
“Admiral Ravenmore only wanted Grim to come in tonight. When you’re the most distinguished lethal man with the most kill count in the entire United States military, and I’m talking all branches combined, the work just never stops. There’s always going to be work that needs to get done. Work that not just anybody can do.”
I raise my eyebrows. I mean, I knew Danny had impacted the military community, but damn. This explains a lot. It gives me an insight into everything he’s been through. But I know this is just one reason for all of his darkness.
Constant deployments?
Constant missions?
