Light from the Dark by Mercy Celeste

Author:Mercy Celeste [Celeste, Mercy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: MJC Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

How do you know when a mute is giving you the silent treatment? Micah endured another sound thrashing in the art of combat on the big fucking screen and tried to sort out the evening so far. Kit sat across from him. His hair pulled back tight in a torturous ponytail bun thing that looked like something out of feudal Japan. Kit was very unchatty, which—considering he was mute—was incredibly out of character for him. If anything Kit liked to talk. A lot. About anything not personal.

After the ballroom showdown he’d gotten quiet. Okay, during the sex. He’d gotten really quiet. Never once saying a word about any of it.

Micah sat on the floor in front of the window with Kit sprawled on him listening to him breathe for about an hour. They’d touched and even kissed a time or two but there didn’t seem to be a need for words then. Now, though, hours later, Kit still wasn’t talking except to say please or thank you or to ask if Micah would like to play again.

Micah had made a couple of food runs to the kitchen. Kit had dealt with drinks and getting dishes. They were being polite at each other. Micah didn’t like not knowing where he stood with the man. Not after the things they’d done to each other.

That was sex. No getting around that. Maybe nobody’s dick breached anybody’s asshole sex…but still, emotionally, they’d had damned good sex. Micah didn’t want to analyze it. Damn. He wanted to make sure Kit was okay about it.

The silent treatment seemed to indicate he wasn’t okay about it.

“Tell me about that day?”

The electronic voice in the now quiet room startled Micah into dropping his game control. He’d zoned out, and Kit had zoned back in. He sat on one of the low rocker chairs. A second ago, he’d been facing the television. Now the game was on pause, and Kit had twisted the chair to face Micah.

“What?” Yeah, no, he was fucking clueless right now. “What day?”

“That day. The day your partner died. The story is redacted so much that I can’t find anything for myself. Only that a car accident took a US Marshal’s life and the child he was protecting. If it was just a car accident and you weren’t driving, why did you lose your job? Seems like none of it was your fault.”

“And I said I died that day?” Fuck, he’d put the kernel of curiosity in Kit’s head himself. He really should learn to keep his mouth shut. He set the game controller on the table between them and took the now warm beer and drained it.

“You did. And you didn’t.” Kit didn’t move. He sat perfectly still, his head cocked to the side. His gaze trained on Micah. He didn’t blink. “What really happened? Why didn’t you go back?”

“Lost my nerve.” Micah had never said that to anyone. Not even his shrink. “I killed that kid’s mother right in front of her. I couldn’t…I can’t bring myself to go back.

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