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I had oneback home to my cranky cop As nice and modern as the loft was, it didn’t feel like a home I didn’t want to be locked up in a fortress and I didn’t want to be lifted high above the streets that were my home I liked Titus’s messy little Craftsman I liked that once it was cleaned up and actually had sos inside of it to make it feel lived in and hoether He hadn’t even asked me to move in I just did it as soon as he ca to need help since he could barely walk and still had ery to look forward to, but he didn’t say anything about allthe bathroom counter I assumed he was happy with the situation since he never complained or batted an eye even if I did harp on him to pick up after himself I never knew any one person could leave such a tornado of mess behind them wherever they went He was lucky I loved hiht-up slob

I found the rooot to the hospital with minimal effort I had wanted to co hiuy Not to mention he had required three separate operations to keep hi the bullet out of his chest, and was just noake and lucid enough for visitors

When I pushed the door open I wasn’t surprised at all to see that he wasn’t alone Big brown eyes looked up at uiltily as Karsen took a startled step back froer flushed and bit down on her lip

“Hi, Reeve”

“Hi, sweetie Does your sister or Race know you’re here?” The teenager flushed even hotter red and I knew the ansas no I sighed “You better go, then You don’t need to get the brute in any more trouble with Race”

She nodded and whispered good-bye to Booker before scurrying out the door I shut it behind her and went over to take up the spot she had just vacated by the bed Booker was looking up at ray eyes and he had all kinds of tubes and wires co out of him

“You really do have a death wish if you think Race is gonna let you get your hands on that girl, my friend”

He wheezed out soh “You still pissed at me too?”

At first, when Titus explained why Booker had betrayed us all, I had been so burned, felt so violated, that I was sure I never wanted to see theall about drastic choices made in the vortex of desperation and frustration, so when I cal the only hand he had been dealt just like we all did We all gale day, so ere bound to lose every now and then

That’s why I was here I knew all about screwing up so bad that you felt like you were all alone and no one would ever be able to forgive you I needed Booker to know that even though his actions had hurt ot it and I understood what made him do it The two of us were an awful lot alike, and in this place it was hard to find people that you not only liked but could relate to I wasn’t going to cast him out and I wanted him to know that

Race wasn’t as quick to forgive as I was His fortress had been breached from the inside and that irls safe I wasn’t sure what the future held for hi relationship, but with Karsen still sniffing around the much older andfor Booker