Page 49 of Crazy for You
“I don’t know whether to say sorry or… I don’t know. That had to be extremely hard for your dad to tell you,” Georgia said.
My head started bobbing like an idle boat riding the waves. “He was gutted. It broke my heart. One of the reasons I’m not ready to deal with the whole adoption thing. I feel if I do, I’m hurting him. He deserves to be as happy as he can be with the time he has left. The good news is that Nan is going to be my guardian.”
Georgia clapped and squealed. “That’s great news. That means you don’t have to move.”
“Exactly,” I said as movement caught my eye on Grady’s deck.
Georgia and Mia both looked behind them.
Colton sauntered down shirtless, wearing royal-blue swim trunks low on his hips. I wished I’d worn sunglasses so he couldn’t see me drooling—that prominent V disappearing into his swim trunks was making me squeeze my thighs together.
Grady stopped him, and they chatted.
Mia pressed her lips into a thin line. “Colton’s father is a monster.”
I bobbed my head. With Colton in close proximity, I didn’t want to give them all the details. Colton’s nose had been bloody, but I was curious if he had black eyes. “I couldn’t agree with you more.”
“Aside from his split lip and bruised jaw, Colton seems different,” Georgia said.
“No black eyes?” I asked.
“None.” Mia sighed as though she was relieved for Colton. “And he’s different because of our pretty friend here.” She smiled at me.
My stomach hollowed. “What?”
Georgia leaned into me. “That’s what we want to tell you. Mia overheard Colton talking to Grady this morning. Your name came up.”
Oh, this I had to hear. My gaze burned a hole into Mia.
She scooted closer and whispered, “Colton said that if it weren’t for you, he might have driven into a tree last night.”
I scrunched my nose. “Come again?”
“Apparently, after his fight with his dad, he was so mad he couldn’t see straight. He told Grady you were the one who brought him down off the ledge,” Mia said.
“Huh.” I had no other words, but my stomach churned like a storm in rough seas, my pulse unsteady. If I hadn’t run out of the house to stop him from leaving…holy shit! What if I’d woken up that day and Colton was gone?Surely he hadn't been thinking of harming or killing himself.No. No. No.
Georgia’s gaze latched onto mine. “Don’t go there.”
“How can I not?” My hands trembled.
“Skye,” Mia said softly. “He’s here. And he has Grady and us.”
She rubbed my leg. “Mia’s right. He’s got us and you. What did you say to him?”
I eyed Colton, who was still chatting with Grady. They seemed to be in a serious convo. Maybe Grady was knocking some sense into him. “I asked him to stay at my house, and before I knew what was happening, I was in his arms. Then he said some things about his control being ready to snap around me.”
Mia’s expression lightened as she gave me a cheeky grin. “You need to make the first move. Sometimes guys don’t know how to.”
“Says my sex therapist.” I laughed, but it was laden with nerves.
Georgia giggled, followed by Mia, and just like that, the tension and despair snapped.
“She’s right,” Georgia said. “And sounds to me like he wants you badly.”
If he did, he had an odd way of showing it. In one breath, he’d told me to stay away from him. In another, he was ready to eat me whole.
Grady’s voice cut through my Colton problem as he and Colton finally drew near.
