Page 89 of Feuds and Interludes
Boone stared at me for a moment and then he sighed. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine. He couldn’t get it up, so I left. But Boone…did he hurt you?”
Boone rolled his eyes. “Not really? It just…scared me. He didn’t want to take no for an answer and when I tried to leave, he…yeah, he held me by my hair and tried…” He threw his shoulders back and blew out a breath as he shook his hands and bounced his knees. “It was close. He didn’t hurt me nearly as much as I hurt him. Piece of shit thought he could treat me like trash. You know, he needed medical attention after I left. I heard he lost a testicle.”
My hand went involuntarily to my groin. “Good,” I said.
“I wish it would have been both of them, honestly. Just knowing there’s even a chance he could procreate is a crime against humanity.”
“I thought I was supposed to be the sarcastic one,” I finally said.
“Yeah, well, those were the polite options of what I had to say.” He huffed out a breath. “Kind of a shitty way to end our night. You okay?”
I put my arms around him and pulled him close. “If I’ve got you, I’m golden.”
He tilted his head back and kissed my chin. “Same. Take me to bed?”
“Gladly.”
Thirty
Boone
Shane and I made it back to the RV before the twins, and I laughed when I realized it wasn’t even midnight.
“Sorry I’m such a party animal,” I said as I pulled off my sweaty clothes and pulled on one of Shane’s t-shirts. “If you want to go back out there?—”
“I want to curl up with you and go to sleep. We’ve got three more days of fun ahead.”
“And press. I’ve got about thirty notifications from the label, my manager…everyone wants to talk. Right now, I just want to be with you.”
Shane crawled into bed next to me and held out his arms.
“We did it.” He kissed my head. “That was probably my favorite performance ever.”
“Really? Not when you guys played that massive show in Brazil? Or that time you played with Brothers?”
“You remember that?” he asked with a laugh, covering his eyes. “Pretty sure my voice hadn’t fully changed at that point. Brazil was intense, but no. Tonight was my favorite.”
I shook my head at him and poked his chest. “You and your grandfather with your declarations.”
He pushed up and smiled at me. “Couldn’t help myself. I love you.”
“God, I love you, too, Shane.” I curled up against his chest and yawned. “Thank you for bringing me.”
“I’ll take you anywhere,” he said.
That was the last thing I remembered until both of our phones went nuts on the shelf above our heads at five-thirty in the morning.
I sat up and fought off the dizziness I sometimes had first thing in the morning. Shane grunted so I handed him his phone.
“Shit. I’ve got two missed calls from my mom,” Shane said, as I read my text.
Bruce was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai. I’m waiting for a car so I can join him there. If you could please let Shane know?
“Shane, honey, we need to get dressed and find a way to the airport.”
“What’s wrong?”
