Page 108 of I Am Sin

Now there’s a loaded question.

“He’s out right now. I just got home from my first day at the job.”

She gasps. “Oh my God, that’s right! How’d it go?”

“It went well,” I say.

“Did you get that assignment you wanted?”

I frown, looking down at the flawed blueprint on the counter. “I’m not sure yet.”

But that’s all I say. Just can’t think about the rest of it right now.

“So…Dragon?” Brianna says.

“He’s all moved in.”

And he got arrested for soliciting, and he also got a weird phone call that has him so on edge we hired a private investigator to trace it. Oh, and he also gave me the best fuck of my life less than forty-eight hours ago.

But I don’t say that.

“Good. Does he seem okay?”

I draw a deep breath in. “I don’t know, Bree. I hardly know the guy. He seems fine. But you know as well as I do that he’s hard to read. He’s looking for some work to help make ends meet until you guys all get back from your honeymoons and the band starts working again.”

“That’s good. Jesse will be glad to hear that. Is he…staying off the sauce?”

“As far as I can tell. I took him to a party Saturday night, and he didn’t touch anything.”

She gasps. “You took him to a party?”

“Well, yeah. He didn’t have anything to do, and my friend Teddy invited me over to her place because she had some friends in town. It’s not like it was a huge shindig or anything.”

“But there was booze and pot,” Brianna says.

“Yeah, there was booze and pot. I told him ahead of time. But he said, and I agree, that he has to learn to deal with being around that kind of stuff. Especially here in Colorado.”

“And he didn’t succumb?”

“For God’s sake, Brianna, I’m not the man’s keeper. No, he didn’t succumb. But if he does, that’s not really my problem.”

She’s quiet a moment, until— “You’re right. I don’t mean to make it sound like it is. You’re his roommate, not his babysitter. Jesse and I just worry about him.”

“I know, sis. But you don’t have to worry that he’s living in a gutter somewhere because I’ve given him a place to stay for the time being.”

“And you have no idea how much we appreciate that.”

“I know you do. And we’re fine. We stay out of each other’s way.”

Except for the time we fucked like bunnies, but I’m not going to divulge that information to my little sister.

“I’m glad you had a good day at work, and I’m glad Dragon’s okay. Call me if anything happens.”

“I absolutely will not.”

“Diana…”

“You’re on your honeymoon. Enjoy it. Enjoy your new gorgeous husband.”