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“It’s hard,” I confessed. “Hard to hear about all the shit you had to go through, hard knowing I wasn’t there to protect you.” “But you’re here now,” she whispered. I groaned, dropping my forehead onto hers. “Oh yes, baby. I’m here now.”
“What’s your middle name?” “Oh, uh-uh.” I shook my head. “Hell no. I’m not telling you. Then you’ll be bellowing that shit like camera girl does to Ryan.”
I smiled. Coming here didn’t work out well in a lot of ways, but in others? It was working out better than I ever dreamed.
“You are my girl. Not because I want to control you but because I want to love you better than anyone else ever will.” He kissed my nose, my lips, my cheek.
She listened when I asked something of her, and she did it without asking herself if I was just being a controlling jackass. She did it because she trusted me enough to know I wasn’t.
her ferocious defense made me tumble even deeper in love with her. I didn’t think it was possible, yet here I was freefalling.
“Maddie, you gotta stop doing that.” “Sorry,” she said weakly. I groaned, leaning up to kiss her head. “It’s okay, sweetheart. Gasp all you want. I’ll just get some heart pills.”
“Don’t make excuses for me or apologize on my behalf. I meant what I said.” “Then stop being an asshole,” Wes countered. Max looked like he’d swallowed a fly. Jamie nodded. “I can respect that. I’m the same way with Mads.” “That’s different,” Max replied. “Is it?”
“I might not be a morning person, sweetheart, but I’m your person, and I knew the second you woke up.”
“You just wanted to text Max.” “I don’t need a reason,” Wes countered. I laughed. “Thanks for checking in, bro. Means a lot. At least I can say it wasn’t me this time.”
Okay, that wasn’t fair. Jamie was the best boyfriend. So good he was practically fictional.
“Some thoughts are just so persistent.” Max nodded. The look in his eyes was so raw I knew without a doubt he understood. But then it cleared, and he smirked. “Good thing Jamie is too.”
“You don’t have to, but you do it anyway. I know I don’t always seem grateful, but I am. No one has ever done this stuff for me before.” “You got my number. Use it anytime.”
“I remembered that I forgot.” Jamie sighed. “Look, baby, I know you’re a theater major, but we’ve had enough drama tonight.”
That you didn’t see our father in me. That you didn’t remember from all those years ago.”
“I know because you taught me that blood isn’t what makes family. It’s love.” “Well, I love you with my whole heart,” he said, nuzzling my cheek. “Your wingspan is bigger.” He laughed beneath his breath, pulling his hands from my face to wrap me up in his arms. “Maybe in size, baby. But without my heart, this wingspan wouldn’t feel damn near as good.”
“Promise?” she asked. I remembered a time when she told me promises were nothing but extreme lies. But look at my girl now, knowing without a doubt that any promise from me was absolute. “Oh hells yeah,” I said, lacing our fingers on the way to the door.
