Truth and Consequences by Sarah Madison

Author:Sarah Madison [Madison, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63476-628-9
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2015-10-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

JOHN WAS predictably quiet as we went downstairs. The cats sidled up to me as soon as I stepped off the landing. I went into the bathroom and fed them, despite having fed them late that morning. Trust me, if you’ve never had a cat, you won’t understand, but sometimes it’s just easier to give in than to listen to their persistent begging. What starts out as charming head-rubbing behavior usually progresses at some point to outright yowling and kneading your leg with unsheathed claws. Which is why it works, I guess. I’m convinced cats are the only creatures that domesticated themselves. The First Cat, having figured out that granaries attract mice, walked up to some Egyptian and said, “Dude, you’re feeding me now.”

When the poor schmuck in sandals nodded in agreement, the cat said, “Oh, and by the way, you’re worshipping me now too.”

Trufax, as they say.

After I’d rinsed the empty cans, I found John standing in the middle of the room, doing his best imitation of a statue. He had a faraway look on his face, like someone listening to radio waves playing on their dental work, not something anyone else could hear. Right. I got it. He’d sort of come out to his mother, and she hadn’t freaked out. I could see where that might result in some reactionary freaking out on his part. The truth is, it pissed me off a bit.

My mother certainly hadn’t handled the news well. Although it could have been because she caught me with one of the Rivers boys. She’d have rained hellfire and brimstone on my head if she’d caught me with a girl, but because it was Eddie, she crucified me. And now she was dead. I felt as though I deserved a teensy bit of consideration. I shivered.

“You okay?” John asked.

I rubbed my shoulder above my cast. “Chilly down here.”

“I can go back upstairs and ask Mom to turn up the thermostat.”

“No, that’s okay. I’ll be fine.” I sat down on the couch and pulled one of my blankets around me.

John took one look at me huddled on the sofa like a homeless person, went to an air vent, and stretched up to close it with one hand. “At the very least, I can shut these.”

I could admire the glimpse of skin at his waist as he did so, even though the last thing on my mind was making love. Touching him, that was another story. Caressing all that warm, golden skin, and being comforted by the familiarity of his scent and the closeness of his body—that was something I wanted and needed right then. I watched in silence as he closed off the second vent and joined me on the couch. He lifted the corner of the blanket and slid in underneath, his hand a pleasant source of heat as he tucked it between my thighs. I let myself lean toward him and placed my head on his shoulder. He pressed his cheek against the top of my skull.

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