Page 13 of So This Is Love
I glanced at Bram and nodded.
He pushed on the door until it hit the doorstop and looked from Roe to Wyatt. “This door stays open.”
Bram left after that.
Wyatt sighed. “All those protective dad instincts must be hitting him hard.”
Roe shook his head as if baffled. “I don’t know what he thinks would happen in here if the door was closed.”
Wyatt gave him an incredulous look. “You know exactly what he thinks would happen.”
“Not when she’s hurt,” Roe said.
“Maybe Noble told him about the time he walked in on you two and that’s why he’s not leaving anything up to chance,” Wyatt said with a grin.
Roe frowned at him.
“I wish he didn’t walk in that morning,” I mumbled.
That melted the frown off Roe’s face.
“It was probably for the best Noble interrupted you when he did,” Wyatt said.
Roe and I both looked at him quizzically.
“Reid and I would have barged in a few minutes later because we were going to the diner. Imagine what position you would have been in then.”
Roe’s mouth dropped open slightly. “I have terrible friends.”
Wyatt attempted to shrug even though his arms were behind his head. “You know how Reid is. He wouldn’t have listened for moaning, and you didn’t lock the door. He would have just walked in.”
“And you? You wouldn’t try to stop him?” Roe argued.
The corner of Wyatt’s mouth twitched. “And miss an opportunity to see Reid flustered?”
Roe looked ready to hit his best friend. “And to see Lottie naked as well.”
Wyatt grinned. “I got to see her when Noble interrupted. I think the universe was going to be on my side regardless of who walked in on you two that morning.”
“You’re lucky Lottie’s between us right now,” Roe grumbled.
Wyatt rolled onto his side and propped himself up on his elbow. “Look at that. The universe is on my side today, too.”
I almost smiled at the two of them, but when the split in my lip started to tug and sting, I ended up wincing.
Roe reached for the bottle of pills on the bedside table. “Why don’t you take these?”
I nodded. As I tried to sit up, they both quickly reached for me to help. Roe dropped the bottle on the bed and pulled me up from under my arms while Wyatt pushed between my shoulder blades. Once I was sitting, Wyatt propped up all the pillows behind me. I didn’t have to endure the pain of using my core.
For a moment, all I could do was stare at them as I processed what they had just done. At how quickly they’d jumped to help. They cared for me. I knew they did. I supposed it was because I was feeling so raw that it was more impactful right then. I recognized what Bram and Reid had done for me as well, even though things were awkward or tense with them. I was grateful. I really was. I should have been happy. For so long, it had been all I’d wanted. To be treated with kindness and to have someone in my life who cared for me. But why was I feeling disappointed? Why did it feel like it was too late?
I felt like I was straddling a line. Half of my soul was already gone and done with this life. It was waiting for the rest of me to follow.
Roe had found the pill bottle he had dropped. “How many do I give you?”
I couldn’t open my mouth to answer. Tears were welling up in my eyes. I was using what little strength I had to keep them from falling.
Don’t cry.
