“I need you to know that what this is now”—he gestures between us—“was not what I intended, but now that I—” He frowns and takes another swig of the liquor and tries again. “I would die for two people in this world—Damien and Jimmy. I thought that would always remain to be true. Two people and no more. But lately, the way I’ve felt when you…when someone—” I hold my breath. He sighs and sits forward. “When someone what?” “If I found you the way we found Kelly?” There’s a new heaviness to his expression, a new tightness around his mouth. “I will do anything for you, mouse. That’s what I need you
...more
