I grab my coffee and take a few steps into the living room. “What?”
“Is this even?”
She’s hanging a picture I had delivered to surprise Zane. “Yes, that’s perfect,” I say, smiling.
She gets off the ladder and stands next to me. “He’s gonna love that.”
“Yeah he is. I have a few smaller pictures I want to go down the right side of it,” I say.
I grab the framed pictures of his parents, him and I as kids, and one of us as adults. They are going to hang alongside the big print I had made of the Shattered Souls symbol. All the photos are in black and white with black frames. It all pops against the gray walls. After I get the throw rug and curtains delivered, it will all be done. I love how it came out. The kitchen was a bitch, but it looks amazing now. The white cabinets and dark gray counters look great next to the light gray hardwood floors that now go through the entire house. I didn’t get rid of anything of his, just moved it all around to make it look better.
“Now that it’s all done, I won’t be sitting around to look at it as much,” I say, laughing.
She laughs with me. “Yeah, but it looks so good. I’m jealous. My place is a shit hole.”
“Maybe you’ll be redoing Kace’s place,” I say, with a wink.
She rolls her eyes and ignores me. “What time do I need to bring you to the club?”
“Z said around noon, so we’ll leave soon,” I say.
“Is it about your dad?” Ivy asks.
I sip my coffee and lift my shoulder. “I have no idea. I don’t think they’d ask me to come for anything else though.”
She looks around again and plops down on the couch. “What the hell am I gonna do when I’m allowed to be alone again? I’m gonna miss being here with you,” she sighs.
“You can still come over,” I laugh.
“It won’t be the same. You’ll be living your best life with Z and I’ll be sitting in my shitty, run down rental.”
“Seriously? Nothing is going on with you and Kace?” I ask.
“We haven’t even kissed,” she groans, covering her face.
Damn, I’m surprised. Maybe I was wrong about it all. I really thought Kace was into her. Asshole.
I sit down next to her and wrap my arm around her shoulder. “You know too much, we’ll always keep you around,” I joke.
We are laughing when my phone rings. I grab it and see it’s Zane.
“Hey, baby.”
“Hey, are you guys on your way?” he asks.
“Not yet, why?”
“Can you stop and grab me some smokes on your way? I didn’t get a chance to stop earlier.”
“Of course, we’ll head out in a minute,” I say.
“Thanks, babe. Love you.”
“Love you, too.”
I hang up and Ivy is staring at me. “We need to stop for cigarettes. We should go now.”
We both fix our hair quickly before walking outside. I go into the closet and see a box sticking out from behind Zane’s clothes. I pull it out and the front of it is torn so it falls open. I turn it to get a look and my hand covers my mouth as a gasp leaves me.