Holden's Resurrection (Gemini Group #6) - Riley Edwards Page 0,114
kid deserves that. Jonny’s doing his best and feels like shit this has been going on for as long as it has and he didn’t see the pattern.”
“It’s not Jonny’s fault.”
“No, it’s not. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t feel like it is. After everything that happened with his brother, Doug, and his dad dying, Jonny’s been in a bad way. He feels guilt over what his niece Rory saw and what Caleb endured. But mostly, he’s feeling like he’s useless. And that’s the worst thing a man like Jonny can feel.”
“Macy told me what happened. I knew a little bit of the story because Kennedy told me but I didn’t know Rory was kidnapped and witnessed her dad kill her grandfather, or that she was in the room when her dad died, until after Faith was taken. Macy told me everything and gave me the name of the counselor Rory’s been seeing.”
Alec had come apart the day he found Caleb hiding in the woods after the boy had narrowly escaped Doug. Only to find that Doug had gotten his hands on Rory. From there, the events of the day went downhill. Jonny was left bleeding on his parents’ living room floor, his dad was dead, he killed his brother. Jonny’s emotional scars were so deep, Holden was worried he’d never recover. Rory had been traumatized, too. But the difference was, the little girl was surrounded by love. And Alec and Macy had found someone for her to talk to. Jonny had refused counseling.
“I’m afraid if we don’t find this guy before he hurts another girl, Jonny will do something stupid.”
“Like what?”
That was something he wasn’t talking about with Charleigh. He and the guys had had a long talk after Jonny had taken off and they’d come up with three likely scenarios. The first was that Jonny would quit the force. There was a place at Gemini Group for Jonny if he left the sheriff’s department. Option two was Jonny would find the guy on his own and mete out justice. That justice would not be going through the proper legal channels, which would land Jonny’s ass in jail. And the third was something Holden didn’t want to think about. That outcome was unacceptable and all the men would go to great lengths to ensure it didn’t happen.
Knowing he needed to answer, Holden went with the least of the three and told her.
“Like quit the department. Jonny’s a good cop. He cares about the citizens of Kent County. It’d be a shame if he quit.”
“I agree. I don’t know him well, but I like him. And Rory adores her uncle Jonny. She talks about him all the time.”
Rory adored everyone. The girl came by it honestly—Macy was the same way.
Silence fell and Holden figured he’d give her a minute to digest everything he’d told her, process it, and file it away before he moved their night along. He didn’t want to rush her but there was only so much a man could take, between her soft tits pressing against his side and her bare ass under his palm, which meant her bare pussy was a mere slide of his hand away.
Charleigh’s hand did a slow glide down Holden’s stomach while simultaneously pressing her lips to his chest.
“Are we done talking?”
“Oh, yeah.”
“Good,” she mumbled and engaged her tongue, swirling it around his nipple.
Holden shifted and curled his hand around Charleigh’s thigh, but before he could maneuver her where he wanted, she slanted her leg across his, opening herself to Holden. Without delay, he accepted her invitation and slid his hand around and down and found her pussy already wet. He pushed two fingers in and he felt her moan vibrate across his chest.
“Mouth, baby,” Holden demanded.
She gave him one last swipe around his nipple and tipped her head back. Holden tucked his chin and captured her mouth at the same time her hand wrapped around his cock. He’d meant to start slow and work her up but when Charleigh’s fist started stroking him hard and fast, he deepened the kiss and pumped his fingers until she was rocking her hips, chasing an orgasm he wasn’t going to let her have.
He slowed his hand but slanted his head and took more of her mouth. The kiss went straight to out-of-control—deep, wet, and wild. Charleigh’s hips bucked, still on the verge of coming but Holden keeping her on the edge.