Insatiable (Steel Brothers Saga 12)

I needed to talk to Joe.

Alone.

But right now I had my beautiful woman in my bed, and I’d take advantage of that. She’d helped me immensely. She’d let me fuck her hard and fast when I needed it to cleanse my soul of the blackness that sliver of envy had colored it.

In the end, though, her words, rather than her body, had helped most of all.

I woke to the sound of the shower.

I moved my arm to the other side of the bed. Still warm. Marj hadn’t been up for long.

I sat up and stretched, yawning. I could join her in the shower. Yeah, that sounded good.

When I got to the bathroom, though, she was stepping out and reaching for a towel.

I smiled. “Guess I’m too late.”

“For what?”

“To make love to you in the shower.”

She laughed. “Just this time. Jade and I are driving into the city this morning to see Mel and the baby.”

“What about Joe?” I asked.

“We didn’t invite him.” She laughed again. “He might be there. He spends about every other night with Melanie at the hotel.”

“Do you have time for breakfast?”

She nodded. “Just let me get dressed. I’ll make something. I want to talk to you anyway.”

“About what?”

“It can wait for coffee. I started a pot. It’ll be ready now. Go pour yourself a cup, and I’ll be out in a minute.”

Hmm. She wanted to talk. And she didn’t want to talk in the bathroom while she was wet and naked.

That didn’t sound too good.

I pulled on a pair of jeans and headed to the kitchen, texting Joe on the way. Marj might need to talk to me, but I needed to talk to Joe. I’d promised Brad discretion, but Joe and I were in this together. He had to know what his father had done, and together, we had to find Cade Booker and discover the truth, once and for all. I quickly texted Joe and got an almost instant response.

I’m heading to the north

quadrant. You can meet me

there. I only have an hour or

so before I leave for the city.

That didn’t give me a lot of time. I poured coffee into a travel mug and scribbled a quick note to Marj, apologizing and saying I’d see her later.

“He’s trying to incriminate Dominic, Alex, and Colin,” I said, after explaining how we’d inferred that the polished rock Dale had found probably belonged to Alex.

“Did she ID it?” Joe asked.

“No. Ruby has it. She’s going to take care of that. Alex was just released from the hospital.”

Joe nodded. “Why them? Why not us?”