His baby sister.
I didn’t know why I felt the need to tell myself that but it scraped at my skin like a rough tag on the back of a shirt.
I headed for Ky, crossing the room like a man on a mission.
“Congratulations, brother,” I said as my sweaty hand clapped him on the shoulder. “To both of you.” I turned my attention to Chris.
“Thanks, Mouse,” Chris replied with a happy smile as he bumped my fist.
“Heading out?” Ky asked in a tone that made it sound like it was more of a strong suggestion.
“Yeah,” I said with a chin jerk. “See you later.”
Then I made my way past them and out the front door without so much as a look back.
I rode back to the compound thankful that the night air was cool but not cold. I was used to the cold and winter here didn’t even get that cold to me but I couldn’t wait for summer to get here. It was humid and sticky on the coast but for some reason, I loved it.
Once I got back to the compound, I headed straight for my room. As I went to toss my phone on the nightstand, I thought about the text from Amber. My fingers hesitated to release the thing for just a second before it plopped onto the hard wood.
I moved to my dresser across the room, pulling off my cut as I went. As I folded my cut and placed it on top of the dresser I stared down at the top drawer. My hands were pulling it open before I even realized what I was doing. Blindly my fingers searched for the letters that were hidden away. A heavy sigh forced itself from my lungs as I pulled them out and walked over to my desk.
Why was I doing this?
I couldn’t even begin to answer that.
Certain lines jumped out at me as I reread over the words. One by one, I went through them all.
Even as I read the last words on the final letter I didn’t have any sense of clarity.
So I got up and angrily put the letters back where they belonged then pounded pavement over to my fridge. I pulled out a beer and my eyes darted around to count how many I had in there. It didn’t matter that the smarter part of my brain screamed at me that this wasn’t the answer. I didn’t give a fuck right now and just wanted to escape enough so that I could sleep.
