A Diamond in the Dark by Sassie Lewis

Author:Sassie Lewis [Lewis, Sassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Beachwalk Press, Inc
Published: 2015-06-10T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Ax had hated leaving Tia that morning. He was starting to get tired of all the sneaking around. He wanted the whole world to know that Tia was his. He wanted her in his house, and bed. He just needed to grow a set and tell his brother the truth.

Shaking off his thoughts, he went about tidying his room. He changed the sheets on his bed and picked up his dirty clothes. If he planned on having Tia over tonight, he thought it would be best that she didn’t think him an absolute pig.

They’d had a great week mucking around like teenagers. Well, for him anyway. Tia hadn’t done any of that shit when she was a teenager. Apart from the craving he fell asleep with each night—the need to have her in his home, and bed—the only downer had been a argument he’d had with Jack. His brother just didn’t know when to leave well enough alone.

He’d ducked into the kitchen in the hopes of catching a minute with Tia. No such luck. Jack had walked in just as Ax was about to head upstairs. Trying to come up with a reason he’d been going up there, he’d said he was looking for Ethan.

“You going blind in your old age, Ax? You walked straight past him on your way into the house.”

Shit. “Nah. Just not paying attention.”

“I was fixin’ to make coffee. Come have a cup with me.” Jack walked away.

Having nothing better to do, Ax figured why not. A few minutes of distraction were needed.

“So what have you been up to lately?” Jack asked as he sat down at the kitchen table.

“Same shit, different day.” Ax laughed a little at the memories of some of the not-so-shitty things he and Tia had gotten up to.

“Well, whatever, or should I say whoever she is, keep it up. I reckon it’s been some time since I seen ya this happy.”

Coffee going down the wrong pipe hurt like a son-of-a-bitch. Ax pounded himself on the chest to dislodge the scolding liquid. How the fuck does Jack know? Nah, he couldn’t. He’d be shittin’ burs if he knew.

“Hah. There is someone. You gonna tell me about her?”

“Not right now, Jack.”

“She that good a lay that ya don’t—”

“Shut the fuck up, Jack,” Ax snapped in defense of Tia being spoken about like that. He knew where that sentence was going. They’d jazzed each other over women before, all in good fun, but Axton’s inner beast rose up to protect Tia before he could stop it.

“Watch who ya speaking to, boy.” The force of Jack getting up from the table sent his chair toppling over, crashing to the wooden floor behind him. Ax copied the movement, their faces coming close together.

“No, you watch who the fuck you’re talking to. You forget, Jack, I’m not one of your fucking kids. So, brother, when I tell you to back the fuck off, ya back the fuck off!”

Things had been pretty tense between him and Jack since then.

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