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an asshole. He’s just a kid having a good time. Just because you’ve been this serious guy all your life doesn’t mean everyone else has to be. Give him a chance. Just a few minutes more.”
Leaning down so my face was no more than an inch away from his, I fixed my gaze on him. “I’m not interested in finding out any more about this guy.”
He looked over at Sebastian lying back on the couch, his face still bloody. “At least let’s clean him up a little. He’s a mess. Give me a minute and then we can leave.”
I watched as Stefan got a wet paper towel from the kitchen and handed him it. “You’re bleeding, man. You know, from when you fell on the stairs. Use this on your face.”
Confused, Sebastian asked, “I fell on the stairs? When?”
“Just take it and clean your nose. You might have broken it. At least it’s stopped bleeding, though,” Stefan said in his most helpful voice.
A knock at the door tore me away from the odd scene playing out in front of me, but before I opened it, I asked, “Any idea who this could be?”
I wasn’t in the mood for any more bullshit tonight.
“It could be Dani or maybe Tawny. I guess it could be anybody,” Sebastian said like he’d given up thinking about the correct answer after two names.
If this guy was our brother, the three of us had a responsibility as his big brothers to get rid of that idiotic way he had about him. And straighten his ass out with the drinking.
As long as it wasn’t some guy on the other side of the door who wanted to finish what the stairs had started, I’d be happy. Whoever it was could come in and deal with him and Stefan and I could leave.
I liked that plan.
Turning the knob, I opened the door and stared out into the night to see not Dani or Tawny or anyone else I should see on Sebastian’s porch.
Before I had the chance to say a word, the person who’d knocked glared up at me. I’d seen that look before, but I certainly hadn’t expected to see it at that moment.
What the hell was Abbi doing at Sebastian’s apartment?
Chapter Seven
Abbi
M y heart sunk as I stared up at Kane standing there in the doorway to that house. Who lived there? Did the woman I’d suspected he’d been cheating on me with live there and he was spending time with her instead of at the restaurant fixing that electrical problem like he’d claimed hours earlier?
“Abbi, what are you doing here? Who’s watching the kids?” he asked in a voice that teetered between angry and confused.
I tried to look around him, but he blocked my view. “Who’s in there, Kane? Who is she? I can’t believe you’d do this to us!”
He closed the door and began to guide me down the front steps toward the car. “Angel, you have this all wrong. Go home and I’ll be back in less than an hour.”
“I will not go home!” I angrily answered, pushing against him to get away so I could see who this woman was who he felt he should throw his life away for. The life we’d made together.
I flung the door open just as Kane caught my arm and saw Stefan sitting on the couch with another man. Looking around for the woman, I saw no one but them. Unsure what was going on, I pointed at Stefan and demanded, “Tell me where she is right now. I know she’s here.”
He said something about me being mistaken, but as he spoke I noticed the man sitting next to him was Sebastian, the man I’d had coffee with a few weeks ago after Alexandria had told me about her husband fathering another son the three brothers hadn’t met yet.
“Sebastian? What are you doing here with them? And what happened to your face?”
I turned to look at Kane as he glared at him. “Did you hit him?”
“Abbi, right?” Sebastian said with a chuckle. “The girl from the coffee shop. I have no idea why all you people are in my apartment, but you’re a nice addition.”
Stefan looked back and forth between Kane and me and Sebastian with a thoroughly confused expression before finally saying,
Leaning down so my face was no more than an inch away from his, I fixed my gaze on him. “I’m not interested in finding out any more about this guy.”
He looked over at Sebastian lying back on the couch, his face still bloody. “At least let’s clean him up a little. He’s a mess. Give me a minute and then we can leave.”
I watched as Stefan got a wet paper towel from the kitchen and handed him it. “You’re bleeding, man. You know, from when you fell on the stairs. Use this on your face.”
Confused, Sebastian asked, “I fell on the stairs? When?”
“Just take it and clean your nose. You might have broken it. At least it’s stopped bleeding, though,” Stefan said in his most helpful voice.
A knock at the door tore me away from the odd scene playing out in front of me, but before I opened it, I asked, “Any idea who this could be?”
I wasn’t in the mood for any more bullshit tonight.
“It could be Dani or maybe Tawny. I guess it could be anybody,” Sebastian said like he’d given up thinking about the correct answer after two names.
If this guy was our brother, the three of us had a responsibility as his big brothers to get rid of that idiotic way he had about him. And straighten his ass out with the drinking.
As long as it wasn’t some guy on the other side of the door who wanted to finish what the stairs had started, I’d be happy. Whoever it was could come in and deal with him and Stefan and I could leave.
I liked that plan.
Turning the knob, I opened the door and stared out into the night to see not Dani or Tawny or anyone else I should see on Sebastian’s porch.
Before I had the chance to say a word, the person who’d knocked glared up at me. I’d seen that look before, but I certainly hadn’t expected to see it at that moment.
What the hell was Abbi doing at Sebastian’s apartment?
Chapter Seven
Abbi
M y heart sunk as I stared up at Kane standing there in the doorway to that house. Who lived there? Did the woman I’d suspected he’d been cheating on me with live there and he was spending time with her instead of at the restaurant fixing that electrical problem like he’d claimed hours earlier?
“Abbi, what are you doing here? Who’s watching the kids?” he asked in a voice that teetered between angry and confused.
I tried to look around him, but he blocked my view. “Who’s in there, Kane? Who is she? I can’t believe you’d do this to us!”
He closed the door and began to guide me down the front steps toward the car. “Angel, you have this all wrong. Go home and I’ll be back in less than an hour.”
“I will not go home!” I angrily answered, pushing against him to get away so I could see who this woman was who he felt he should throw his life away for. The life we’d made together.
I flung the door open just as Kane caught my arm and saw Stefan sitting on the couch with another man. Looking around for the woman, I saw no one but them. Unsure what was going on, I pointed at Stefan and demanded, “Tell me where she is right now. I know she’s here.”
He said something about me being mistaken, but as he spoke I noticed the man sitting next to him was Sebastian, the man I’d had coffee with a few weeks ago after Alexandria had told me about her husband fathering another son the three brothers hadn’t met yet.
“Sebastian? What are you doing here with them? And what happened to your face?”
I turned to look at Kane as he glared at him. “Did you hit him?”
“Abbi, right?” Sebastian said with a chuckle. “The girl from the coffee shop. I have no idea why all you people are in my apartment, but you’re a nice addition.”
Stefan looked back and forth between Kane and me and Sebastian with a thoroughly confused expression before finally saying,
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