is
renegade?”
Eddie
asked,
sounding
incredulous.
“Vince is on a mission and Vince is on his own.” I didn’t take this as good news.
“That’s too bad, I wanted Marcus tied to this,” Eddie said.
Eddie didn’t take it as good news either, but for a far scarier reason.
Darius laughed.
“You’l have to nail him some other way, Ed. Word is, Daisy likes Jet, and Marcus wants Daisy happy. You know how it is.”
No answer and a long moment of silence.
“She worth this?” Darius asked quietly.
“Jet?” Eddie asked in return.
“Yeah,” Darius said.
I opened the door and did it as loudly as I could, then walked to the bathroom.
I didn’t want to hear Eddie’s answer and I didn’t think I could close the door without them knowing I was listening.
It was while in the bathroom that I realized I had no underwear on.
Wonderful.
I made noise in the bathroom, banging stuff around and turning on the sink. Then I went back to the bedroom, my eyes avoiding the living room. I stood there wondering what to do, then I dug in my bag, grabbed a pair of jeans and yanked them on.
Then I walked out into the living room, pul ing my hair out of my face.
I looked to Eddie, then to Darius. Both of them were standing in the living room, both of them were watching me.
“Everything okay?” I asked.
I stopped next to Eddie. His arm went around my neck and he pul ed me into his side.
“We wake you?” he asked softly, looking down at me, his arm stil wrapped around my neck.
I shook my head and then stopped and stared at him. He must have worked out his anger earlier, his eyes were back to warm and tender.
I slipped into a mini-daze and murmured, “Felt you gone.”
His eyelids lowered a bit and his mouth relaxed.
“Go back to bed, I’l be there in a minute,” he said.
I gave a nod, put my hand to his stomach to push away but Darius broke in.