Inked Expressions by Carrie Ann Ryan

Author:Carrie Ann Ryan [Ryan, Carrie Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Storm had a headache, and he’d slept for shit the night before, but that was his own fault for sleeping on Everly’s couch. The boys hadn’t wanted him to go after he’d helped tuck them in, and frankly, he hadn’t wanted to go either. Now, he was at his desk at work, chugging coffee and trying to get his brain to work.

“Did you get to look at the file I sent you?” Wes asked. “And why do you look like shit.”

Storm flipped his brother off. “We’re twins, you know. Maybe you should stop commenting on my looks.”

“We’re fraternal twins, so that doesn’t count. What’s wrong, Storm?” Wes’s voice went low at the end, and Storm felt like a heel. He needed to tell his brother what had been grating on him for years, and he would, but sitting at his desk right then wasn’t the place to do it. He’d been a coward for far too long, and now he just needed to figure out how to explain to Wes what had happened and why he hadn’t told him.

It was the latter that made him worry. He didn’t have a good reason for not telling Wes other than that he’d been ashamed. And in retrospect, that wasn’t a damn good reason at all.

“Storm?”

He shook himself out of his thoughts. “Sorry. I was at Everly’s all night and didn’t sleep well.”

Wes’s brows rose. “Does that mean what I think it does?”

As they were alone in the office for now, Storm didn’t mind explaining. He’d told Alex about his date with Everly since his other brother would be babysitting the kids, but he hadn’t told the others. And he should have, damn it. He’d spent so much of his life keeping things to himself, he kept forgetting to tell the people he loved the important stuff.

“Not exactly.” Storm blew out a breath. “I was over there with Randy last night because Nathan got sick and Ev needed help.”

Wes stiffened. “Asthma attack? Is he okay?”

Though Wes hadn’t known Storm had kept in contact with Everly and the boys as much as he had after Jackson’s death, once Alex and Tabby had started dating, the entire Montgomery family had brought Everly into their fold. The fact that Wes cared so much about the boys told Storm how great a man Wes was.

And damn it, Storm needed to rise up and be the kind of man his twin was—even if Wes was annoying as hell most days.

“Just a stomach bug that he seemed to get over this morning. But since James just had the surgery, we were worried that he’d get sick as well so we had to separate them. You remember us as kids, we hated being in different rooms most of the time, so my job was to distract James.”

“I’m glad they’re okay now.” Wes paused and seemed to collect his thoughts as he sank down into the chair in front of Storm’s desk. “So are you and Everly a thing now?”

Storm nodded.

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