Kate Sherwood - Dark Horse 02 - Out of the Darkness by Kate Sherwood

Author:Kate Sherwood [Sherwood, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

JEFF is still busy at the gallery and then getting his mom on her plane back to Seattle, but the rest of the gang is ready for food. Evan heads up to the house to get Tat, and Robyn wanders downstairs and gets invited, and they all go into town for an early dinner. The sun is still warm when they arrive, so they sit on the patio at Zio’s, and it’s relaxed and friendly and good. Chris agrees that the panini is a gift from the gods, and Tat uses her sore shoulder as a way to get Evan to cut her meal up for her and then tries to convince him to feed her, too, making little baby bird squawks whenever she wants a bite. Evan retaliates by putting more and more food on each forkful until she starts laughing midbite and almost chokes. Robyn grills Chris for information about people back in Kentucky, and he tells his stories with such charisma that the whole table is drawn in, even though the Kaminskis have never met any of the characters and Dan isn’t sure he has, either. All in all, it’s a good way to get back on an even keel.

Robyn hitches a ride back to the farm with the Kaminskis, and Chris is going home with Dan, so there’s not a lot of privacy for a dramatic goodbye between Dan and Evan, and Dan thinks it’s just as well. Evan was right when he said that the physical part was easy between them, that it just worked, but Dan’s starting to think that maybe it’s a little too easy, and that they need to stop using it as a way to gloss over things that they really should talk about. Or maybe they shouldn’t talk about them, because there’s really nothing to say, and they should just enjoy each others’ bodies… but if that’s all they’re doing, then Dan still needs a bit of time away so he can keep his emotions under control, keep from getting too attached. He used to be good at sex without attachment—maybe he needs to redevelop the skill.

Dan and Chris walk back to the apartment together, neither one saying much. It’s not late when they arrive, but Chris has an early flight the next morning, and neither one is feeling too energetic. Dan pours them each a bourbon, more for the ritual than the alcohol, and he stands in the bedroom door and watches Chris as he puts the sheets on the sofa. When Chris is done, he turns and sits and looks at Dan.

“Did you and Evan have a fight? Earlier?” “A fight? No, not really.” Dan takes a sip of his drink and leans against the doorjamb. “It was just—” He breaks off. Maybe he doesn’t need to drag Chris into this. “I never cheated on Justin. Not even after the accident. You knew that, right?”

Chris nods. “Yeah. I knew that.” He waits for Dan to continue, but Dan drains his glass instead, and Chris sits back and clinks the ice cubes in his drink.

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