Watching how happy she was made everything inside Jeremy feel right for a moment. He hadn't seen her like this in a long time, and he missed seeing her smile the way she was. He listened to her soft voice and felt her fingers gliding along his chest, which made him tilt his head back slightly and sigh with a smile. "Of course you will, babe." He held her for a little while until he checked the time. It was 11:00pm. Friday night. Usually that would mean it was time for the bar then Lipstick's. But he was exhausted. "Let's go home. I'll tell the guys I'm not coming back in."

They stood up and brushed themselves off, both smiling at each other. Jeremy wrapped an arm around her delicate shoulders and used the other hand to call Voodoo. "Hey man, you can lock up when you leave tonight. I gotta go home and take care of something. Alright, thanks." He hung up and winked at Tallis as they approached his bike.

Before they left, Jeremy took out his phone one more time. He had to make things right with Solomon; he couldn't leave this shit lingering in the air or it was going to suffocate him. He began to text him. "Solo. Meet me at the clubhouse at 10 tomorrow. You and me only." Send. They straddled the bike and took off towards the house.


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"Work was...work. And I'm fine, K. Don't worry about me. How're you feeling?" Solomon groaned as Kaci worked on his back. "I'm sorry you've been alone so much, K. It kills me. I just-" he winced in a mixture of pain and pleasure as she kneaded a tender spot in his shoulders. "-I wanna make sure we're set up for when the baby comes." 

When Kaci told him about Jeremy buying a ring for Tallis, a combination of surprise and happiness flooded him. Surprise, because Jeremy had convinced almost everyone that he was a cold, soulless asshole. Happiness, because no matter how much time passed, he still loved Jeremy as he would his own brother. "That's awesome, K." His thoughts immediately raced to the notion that Kaci could want the same from him. He patted her leg to signal for her to lay down, and once he did, he rolled on his side to face her. "K, you know, one day we'll get married. But I want that day to be about you. And if you're pregnant, it won't be. Everyone will assume it's 'cause I knocked you up." He ran his hand through her hair and leaned in, kissing her softly before meeting her eyes again. "Love you, K."

His phone vibrated immediately after he spoke, startling him. He grunted, rolling over to reach his phone on the end table. He read Jeremy's text and responded with a simple, "Got it." He rolled back over to Kaci. "Guess I'm meeting with your brother tomorrow."