Ross 02.5 Breathe Me In by Cherrie Lynn

Author:Cherrie Lynn [Lynn, Cherrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cherrie Lynn
Published: 2013-06-10T04:00:00+00:00

“Hello?”

Macy’s heart dropped for a moment when Ghost answered his phone. From the sleepy gruffness of his voice, it was obvious she’d woken him, though it was well after noon.

“Oh— Hey. I’m sorry. Thought you’d be up by now.”

She heard rustling on the other end of the line—as if he was turning over, or maybe throwing back the covers to get up. Macy cringed as her inquiring mind wanted to know if he slept naked. Of course, along with that speculation came a variety of possible images. “That’s okay,” he said. “I should be.”

“Working late again?” The parlor had only recently reopened.

“Yeah, but I usually stay up for a while after, too.”

“I can let you go.”

“Naw. I’m good. What’s up with you?”

She chewed her bottom lip. What was she doing? They’d settled into a texting pattern, but neither had actually called the other. There almost seemed to be an unspoken competition between them…who would break down and call the other first.

Obviously, she’d lost.

She’d dialed him on impulse—part from boredom and part from wondering if he could give her some advice and part from simply wanting to hear his voice again. “I don’t know. I have a dilemma.”

He chuckled. “Lay it on me.”

“What would you do if there was something you needed to tell someone, but to do so could…really mess some things up for you? And possibly for a lot of other people who consider you their friend?”

“Hmm. You’re throwing deep shit at me first thing in the…well, afternoon.”

Macy laughed. “Yeah, I guess. Sorry.”

“You sound down.”

“I am, a little.”

“So you call me.” She could practically hear him grinning, and it was impossible not to answer with one of her own.

“Yeah, why is that?”

“Why do you call me when you need cheering up? Because I’m fucking funny.”

“There is that. But you’re not the one to go to when I have a moral dilemma, I see.”

“You’re probably right about that. I don’t know, Macy. As far as your dilemma, I guess it would depend.”

“On what?”

“Who’s getting the shittier deal here?”

It was all pretty much equally shitty. A bad deal any way you looked at it, and she told him so.

“Well,” he said, “without knowing the details, if someone’s being wronged in some way then you—or I imagine I would need to come clean about it.”

He’d only affirmed what she already knew, of course. Jameson Andrews needed to pay for what he’d done. Bottom line. End of.

“I’m being…a real coward,” she admitted, cramming a knuckle into one eye in frustration.

For a beat, he didn’t seem to know how to respond to that. “Are you all right?”

“Yes.” All at once, she straightened, infusing herself with the needed determination to do what had to be done. “I should let you get your day started.”

“I don’t go to work until two. If you need someone to talk to, I’m here. Or maybe tell me what’s going on.”

He’d find out soon enough, once she “came clean.” And he’d hate her for holding out this long, too, wondering what the hell was wrong with her for not doing the right thing from the start.

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