“Yeah, Dad, we fixed up the room next to Aunt Blue’s really nice,” Bolton replies.
“We got a lot of your things out of storage from your old place. I hope that’s okay?” Blue asks.
“It’s perfect. Anything you did will beat my last room,” I answer with a wink.
Bolton laughs, and Blue gives me a tiny smile.
“Well, I don’t want to keep you. I’m sure you’re going to celebrate, so we can get out of your hair whenever,” Blue says.
“The two people I want to party with are right here.” I catch her gaze.
She gasps slightly, and I squeeze her waist.
“W-we could s-stay a little bit longer,” she stammers.
“Good. Now catch me up to speed on you, Bolt.”
I listen as he rattles on about his classes and about what he thinks he wants to do out of school. I’m like a dehydrated sponge, soaking up the knowledge like water. The visits were never enough to make me feel fully involved with his life. I missed some important years, but I would make it up to him. Because he was my top priority. With no crazy-ass-baby-mama to fight, I could do things the way I wanted. It’s all about damage control at this point. I don’t want him to turn into one of the angry brothers who take too many risks and turn cold.
I glance over at Freeze. The brother had ice in his veins. It was good for taking care of business when we needed it, but it made many people uneasy. Probably why he’s a nomad. I don’t know if Bolton plans on taking after the family position as an enforcer, but I want to prepare him for life inside KOC. It requires a certain perspective to flourish. “You still got the dirt bike I left you?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Tomorrow you and I are going to take a ride.”
His face lights up, and my heart squeezes. You don’t understand the true depths of love until you become a parent. It’d make the hardest motherfucker soften.
“That’d be awesome, Dad.”
I rub the back of his head, relieved that he’s made it through three years without me, relatively unscathed. We shoot the shit for a while longer, and the party starts to pick up. I see club girls begin to integrate with the crowd. “What do you say we call it a night, kid, and I’ll catch up with you tomorrow?” I ask.
Bolt nods his head.
Blue attempts to step away from me, and I tighten my hold. “Not you. We’ve got some conversations to be had.”
“Now?” she asks. Her eyes are wide, and her lips are parted just so.
I want to lick them, thrust my tongue inside of her mouth, and discover her flavor.
“It’s your night, Shadow. You don’t need me here cock blocking.”
I laugh. If you only knew the only place my cock wants to be buried…is inside of you. “You won’t. You good to drive home, kid? I’ll bring your aunt when I come.”
“What? And leave him in the house solo?” she protests, weakly.
“Kid’s old enough. Aren’t you?”
“Yeah, I got this,” he assures her.
“There you go,” I say.
She opens her mouth to protest.
“It’s my first day back. This is what I want to do. You really going to deny me, darling?”
She clamps her mouth shut and shakes her head no.
“Good. You need anything from me, kid?”