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If I asked myself that a week ago, my answer would’ve been very different from what it is now.
“Wow, Cora is one hell of a cook.”
Sean still isn’t eating much. It’s definitely not because of the food. That’s for sure.
“What’s wrong?”
He arches an ebony brow at me. “What’s right? Your life is a mess. I’m down for at least a few days. There’s shit going on withTag and the business. And you’re planning to go home because my brother killed your brother.”
I take another bite of the breakfast casserole. “Granted, our lives have been a series of disastrous events for the past four days, but hey, we’re still on the sunny side of the daisies, right?”
“That’s true.”
“And as long as we’re still breathing, there’s time to turn it around, isn’t there?”
The smirk he gives me as he rolls his eyes feels like a win. “I suppose that’s also true.”
“So, eat. We both need to gird our loins and get ready for the next clusterfuck.”
That earns me a full belly laugh. “Gird our loins? I don’t think you have the loins in question, P.”
I don’t even care. The dark storm that was brewing behind his eyes when I got here a few minutes ago is gone. Now the spark of the warrior in him is back.
“I hate that you got hurt.”
Sean makes a non-committal grunt and puts a forkful of food into his mouth. “It’s not the first time and it sure as shit won’t be the last.”
“And as much as I hate that it came down to you or Ryan, I want you to know that I don’t blame you or Tag for fighting to be the ones to survive.”
Sean pegs me with an intense stare. “You sure about that? Last night, it felt like you might be worried that you’re on the wrong side of the fight.”
“Loyalty is a tricky thing.”
“Aye, it is at that.”
We both eat the rest of our breakfast without saying much more. What is there to say? My family wants his family wiped out. They have a stronger moral center and are trying to prevent a war from overtaking Dublin.
I admire what the Quinns are fighting for, but don’t want my family wiped out, either. Rory and Brody aren’t much older than me and haven’t been involved in the business long. Do they deserve to die because of my father’s greed and ambitions?
I don’t want to see that happen.
Brody and Rory are the two brothers I’m closest to. If something were to happen to them, I would be devastated. The three of us have always been tight.
Sean’s phone buzzes with an incoming text. He checks it and then sets it face down on the sheets. “How are you feeling today?”
“Better every day.”
“Did you take your pain meds this morning?”
“No. I didn’t think of it. I was more worried about you. Doc Kelvin asked me to get you food, so the pills wouldn’t turn your stomach.”
He pauses, with his fork hovering in front of his mouth. “Off you go. Get your pills.”
“Seriously? Bossy much?”
He arches a brow. “Oh, kitten, you don’t know the half of it. Where did you leave them? You remembered to bring them from the safe house, didn’t you?”
“I did. They’re in my room down the hall.”
