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Authors: Faleena Hopkins
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I was being crazy. Sean was there. He wouldn’t have let Jack do what I was thinking. It was impossible. Then why couldn’t I stop seeing green? It was brutal, and like nothing I’d ever felt.
And just now? When I had her alone and she was looking up at me asking me to touch her?
I wanted to take her against that wall in front of the whole world.
I wanted to punch Sean for stopping me.
I wanted to feast on her, and run from her, at the same time.
“What?”
I look up, with Joey staring at me from across the bar, his hands on the counter. “Hey Joey.”
“You just said something about feasting…”
I cut him off before he can finish. “Working out a new lyric. Get me a beer, would ya?”
“Ah.” He nods, like it makes sense, my lie. “You got it.”
I can’t believe I said that out loud.
Fuck. I’m in trouble.
He returns and hands me an iPhone and a bottle of Stella Artois. “Hey, Sean left this on the bar. This in the wrong hands…”
“Yeah, right? Okay. Thanks.” I tuck it into my pocket and turn to face the club, my elbows on the bar as I lean into it, fingers around the bottle comfortably. Suddenly, I get an idea and pull his phone back out, sliding it open. “No password? Sean. Sean. Sean.” I flick through the contacts list until I find her. Phone number. Address. My cock pulls, getting hard again and I swig my beer, warning myself not to do what I’m thinking of doing.
Fuck it.
I slam the beer on the bar, toss a twenty with it, nod goodbye to Joey and take off.
Chapter Eighteen
Rue
“ T hanks for walking me up . I guess they must have gone home.”
Even so, Sean glances behind a bush and makes a funny face to make light of reporters stalking us. Us. Wow. I’m an ‘ us’ now…
“You’re all good.”
I laugh and glance behind him to the car waiting on the street with my less kind brother in it. “Not with him gunning for me, I’m not.”
A cloud passes over Sean’s blue eyes and he says, quietly. “He needs some time. Let me work on it.”
“Why are you being so nice to me? You have every reason to hate me.” I search him for an answer, truly astonished. He’s got the kind of trustworthy quality that can’t be denied.
“It’s not your fault you were born, Rue. We all come with a cross to bear, but this whole thing, you didn’t know. It’s not like you made my dad… our dad…write that will, or keep that secret, or…”
“Have an affair with my mom,” I finish for him. His lips tighten and we stand in my doorway, silent for a moment. “Yeah, I guess you’re right. But still. I appreciate it very much. Thank you.”
His long eyelashes fall to the ground as he thinks of how to take the gratitude. Looking at him now, sweet and without his brother next to him, he looks almost feminine. Before I have time to look any closer, he raises his head and abruptly knocks on the door. “Well, if you need anything. Just call. We’re going out again, but we’ll be in Hollywood, so it’s not that far.”
“You’re going back out now?” Mashing my mouth together, I consider asking to come with them. But they dropped me off for a reason. “Oh wow. Yeah, I’m pretty tired.”
“I figured,” he says, politely.
Are they trying to get rid of me? Suddenly, I’m feeling very, very left out. “Yeah, long day.”
“Yeah. We’ll catch up with you later.” He smiles slightly and turns to go.
“Sean?”
He turns around, a couple steps down the cement path. “Yeah?”
Biting down my feelings, I mutter, “Nothing. Goodnight.”
He gives a short low wave then flips around, stuffing his hands in his pockets. “G’night.”
Inside, I stand with my forehead pressed against my front door, wondering if I was too much trouble for them, what with the crying and the Alec thing. I guess they wanted to be rid of me so they could go have fun. Shit, why couldn’t I have been easier to get along with? Did I ruin things already?
“Please don’t let me have lost
And just now? When I had her alone and she was looking up at me asking me to touch her?
I wanted to take her against that wall in front of the whole world.
I wanted to punch Sean for stopping me.
I wanted to feast on her, and run from her, at the same time.
“What?”
I look up, with Joey staring at me from across the bar, his hands on the counter. “Hey Joey.”
“You just said something about feasting…”
I cut him off before he can finish. “Working out a new lyric. Get me a beer, would ya?”
“Ah.” He nods, like it makes sense, my lie. “You got it.”
I can’t believe I said that out loud.
Fuck. I’m in trouble.
He returns and hands me an iPhone and a bottle of Stella Artois. “Hey, Sean left this on the bar. This in the wrong hands…”
“Yeah, right? Okay. Thanks.” I tuck it into my pocket and turn to face the club, my elbows on the bar as I lean into it, fingers around the bottle comfortably. Suddenly, I get an idea and pull his phone back out, sliding it open. “No password? Sean. Sean. Sean.” I flick through the contacts list until I find her. Phone number. Address. My cock pulls, getting hard again and I swig my beer, warning myself not to do what I’m thinking of doing.
Fuck it.
I slam the beer on the bar, toss a twenty with it, nod goodbye to Joey and take off.
Chapter Eighteen
Rue
“ T hanks for walking me up . I guess they must have gone home.”
Even so, Sean glances behind a bush and makes a funny face to make light of reporters stalking us. Us. Wow. I’m an ‘ us’ now…
“You’re all good.”
I laugh and glance behind him to the car waiting on the street with my less kind brother in it. “Not with him gunning for me, I’m not.”
A cloud passes over Sean’s blue eyes and he says, quietly. “He needs some time. Let me work on it.”
“Why are you being so nice to me? You have every reason to hate me.” I search him for an answer, truly astonished. He’s got the kind of trustworthy quality that can’t be denied.
“It’s not your fault you were born, Rue. We all come with a cross to bear, but this whole thing, you didn’t know. It’s not like you made my dad… our dad…write that will, or keep that secret, or…”
“Have an affair with my mom,” I finish for him. His lips tighten and we stand in my doorway, silent for a moment. “Yeah, I guess you’re right. But still. I appreciate it very much. Thank you.”
His long eyelashes fall to the ground as he thinks of how to take the gratitude. Looking at him now, sweet and without his brother next to him, he looks almost feminine. Before I have time to look any closer, he raises his head and abruptly knocks on the door. “Well, if you need anything. Just call. We’re going out again, but we’ll be in Hollywood, so it’s not that far.”
“You’re going back out now?” Mashing my mouth together, I consider asking to come with them. But they dropped me off for a reason. “Oh wow. Yeah, I’m pretty tired.”
“I figured,” he says, politely.
Are they trying to get rid of me? Suddenly, I’m feeling very, very left out. “Yeah, long day.”
“Yeah. We’ll catch up with you later.” He smiles slightly and turns to go.
“Sean?”
He turns around, a couple steps down the cement path. “Yeah?”
Biting down my feelings, I mutter, “Nothing. Goodnight.”
He gives a short low wave then flips around, stuffing his hands in his pockets. “G’night.”
Inside, I stand with my forehead pressed against my front door, wondering if I was too much trouble for them, what with the crying and the Alec thing. I guess they wanted to be rid of me so they could go have fun. Shit, why couldn’t I have been easier to get along with? Did I ruin things already?
“Please don’t let me have lost
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