Chapter 50

“We did both have to work today, Trav.”

“Right,” said Travis. “You in your perfect, well-adjusted, adult lives. Settling down. Making out on the couch.” He snickered. “You know how you look?”

“Not as ridiculous as you making out with Ashley on that bear rug,” said Dom. He couldn’t help it. He hated the idea of settling. He was not settlingfor Kiko, he was…doing something else. He was having a difficult time focusing after everything that had happened that night.

“At least I got laid,” said Travis. “Have you gotten anysince I moved in? I know he’s as stiff as his collars. Remember when you were free, Dom?”

Kiko was very tense beside him on the couch now. Dom didn’t like where this was going. He wished Travis would simply go up to bed and pass out. He had to be tired after carrying boxes of his shit all day, and he’d been drinking to boot. But Travis remained where he was, looking smug with himself.

“That shut you up, didn’t it?” he asked. “‘Cause it’s all true.”