Range of Emotion by Lissa Kasey

Author:Lissa Kasey [Kasey, Lissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lissa Kasey

Chapter 15

The next day Nate hid in his room. He didn’t even venture out for food. He heard Jamie moving around, but had darted into the bathroom and closed the door each time he heard Jamie’s footsteps in the hallway outside his room. The cats kept him company.

He was horribly embarrassed. Jamie probably thought him a total idiot. He had no idea if the noises he’d heard were even real, or just something conjured up from a nightmare. Nate had been sleeping well, but that didn’t mean he didn’t still have the occasional toxic nap filled with nightmares.

He started the day off with a bath, soaking in the magnesium water Troy had told him was supposed to help his nerves. AJ hung out, sprawled on the rug beside the tub. Leo stopped in to visit him, putting his little paw up on the side like he wanted to rescue Nate. But when Nate didn’t get out of the tub Leo wandered off. The twin terrors had darted in to see what was going on and left too. Tuck had come to the door to let out a low merow, then disappeared back into the bedroom. Riley sat on the counter, tail swishing in an angry whip, watching the door. Nate wasn’t sure who he thought was a danger, but Riley had always been overprotective of what was his.

When Nate finished his bath, he just put on another pair of pajamas and crawled back into bed to read. He heard footsteps again and was tempted to hide, but he’d already done it twice. He would have to face Jamie eventually. Only the twin terrors had left the room so far. Everyone else had returned to the bed with him.

Nate looked up as Jamie stuck his head around the partially open door. “Hey,” Nate said casually, as if he hadn’t made a fool of himself last night and ruined the camping trip Jamie had planned.

“Afternoon,” Jamie said. “You okay?”

“Sure.” Total lie. “Sorry about last night,” Nate said lamely, not sure how to apologize for something he couldn’t control no matter how hard he tried.

“Nothing to be sorry about.” Jamie stepped into the room. “Looks like the kitty’s have proclaimed you their property today. Everyone’s okay?”

Nate petted AJ’s head. She purred at him. “Yeah, I think everyone is okay.”

“Harry has been at the backdoor all morning. I tried to get him to go for a walk, but I think he wants you, not me.”

“I’m not sure I have a walk in me right now,” Nate said honestly. He didn’t know if he could face anyone. What if he ran into people he knew on the walk? Like Charlie or Angel? Would they all know? He closed his eyes to fight back tears again. God, he hated crying. What a pointless function. How many times had he been told in his life that boys don’t cry? Men don’t show emotions? It was bullshit. Always had been. Men were taught to hide emotion, they still felt it just as strongly as a woman did, in Nate’s opinion.

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