Cross My Heart by L.H. Cosway

Author:L.H. Cosway
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: L.H. Cosway
Published: 2022-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

Six

Rebel Rebel

I was still sleeping on the floor.

It had been a week and I still couldn’t get used to the bed, found it hard to sleep in a clean, normal environment. There had to be something wrong with me. Maybe I was institutionalised by too many nights on the streets. Maybe I’d always feel ill at ease with comfort.

But no, I didn’t believe that. Couldn’t. And anyway, it wasn’t like I hadn’t become fast friends with the shower. I could spend hours in there just soaking under the water, feeling clean for the first time in years.

Liam and I had gone back to watching each other.

I wasn’t holding what he did against him, because I knew his heart was in the right place, but the whole conversation had created an awkwardness between us. I really wanted to talk to him. I felt like I was going to burst with it. I wanted to go back to that moment on the couch, where we couldn’t tear our eyes off one another.

I was carrying the rubbish out the back of the restaurant at the end of my shift when I caught sight of a familiar coat of ginger fur.

“Mr Hector! I thought you’d abandoned me.”

He let out a loud, cranky meow and I threw the bag in the bin before going over to pet him. “Hey, you. Long time no see.” He meowed again, like he was complaining about my disloyalty, but he didn’t look like he’d been going hungry. In fact, he looked a little too well fed. I was willing to bet he’d made friends with the bloke who ran the butcher shop down the street. Opportunistic scamp was probably eating sausages every day.

“You really are pretty, aren’t you?” I said, running my hand along his silky fur.

“Who are you talking to?” came a familiar voice.

I glanced up and saw Liam standing by the gate. There was a police car parked outside and he was in uniform.

“My cat,” I answered and lifted the ginger fluff ball. He twisted in my hold. He didn’t like being held, always had to be the one to initiate contact. “His name is Mr Hector.”

Liam eyed me with a funny expression. “Are you sure you didn’t steal him? He looks like he hates you. Also, he is a she.”

I gaped at him. “What?”

He grinned now. “Your cat is a girl, Iris. Haven’t you checked out her . . . bits?”

I shot him an appalled look. “I’m not in the habit at looking at cat genitals, if you must know.”

Liam laughed, his eyes dancing with mirth. “Oh, man. You’re something else.”

I glanced at the cat in my arms. “Are you really a girl, Mr Hector?” I shit you not, he/she shot me a look that was all, I’ve been trying to tell you for months!

“He’s, I mean, she’s just so big. She really looks like a Tom.”

“You’re too fucking cute,” said Liam as he came forward to pet Mr Hector on the head. I wasn’t changing her name.

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