Travis
T ravis worried that whoever completely trashed his apartment was still there. The person wouldn’t have too many places to hide but it felt like it was taking forever to clear his place of danger. He just hoped like hell that Jack would stay with their girl. He wanted to keep them both safe and with Jack being a cop, knew that no one would be able to touch Em.
entered his bedroom, relaxing a little when he realized that the person who tossed his apartment didn’t stick around to chat. He flicked on his lights and saw the destruction that was left behind. Everything that he owned was tossed onto the floor, his furniture looked like someone took a baseball bat to it.
“,” Jackson’s whisper almost scared the hell out of him. “Clear?” nodded his head and felt Jack’s breath on his neck. He whistled as he took in the mess that was left behind.
“Yeah, whoever did this gave it their best shot.” picked up his favorite baseball cap from the floor.
“We need to get Em, and I’ll call this in,” Jack barked. could tell that he’d gone into full-on cop mode, and he was thankful to have Jack with him.
They found Emily standing in his small family room, staring at the wall. She had turned on the light and apparently, he had missed the message left behind on his way through the apartment. “Fucking fags” was written on his wall in bright red paint.
“Why would someone do this, write this?” she sobbed. pulled her into his arms as Jackson held up his cell phone, silently telling him that he was going to call in the break-in. nodded and pulled Em tighter.
“You need to get dressed, baby. Jack is calling this in, and the police will be here in a few minutes.” felt her shiver and he softly cursed. She was cold because they just left her standing out in the hallway in his jacket. “I’m so sorry, Em. I wanted tonight to be perfect but now everything is so fucked up.” took her clothes from her arms and helped her with them. She was sobbing uncontrollably and the soft little whimpers coming from Em nearly tore him in two.
“I called this in, and they will be here soon. We will have to answer some questions, and they will want to know how we all know each other.” Jackson looked a little green and was beginning to understand just how big a problem this was going to be for both him and Emily. Once their relationship got out, the two would be under constant scrutiny at their jobs.
“Fuck guys, I’m so sorry,” growled. “If you leave now, I’ll tell them that I found this when I got home tonight, alone.” Jackson shook his head and took ’s hand into his.
“No fucking way, man. We are in this together, that’s what we agreed to. I’m not leaving, and I don’t give a fuck what any of my colleagues say about who I’m sleeping with. I choose you both and I won’t hide now.” nodded and turned to Emily.
“How about you Em, this is going to cause you trouble at work. If you want to leave, now is the time.” didn’t know what he was hoping for most, Em to stay or leave. He would do just about anything to keep her from experiencing the same pain that he and Jackson had gone through.
“You haven’t been labeled yet, baby. We would both understand if you decide to leave before the guys get here,” Jackson pulled her in for a kiss and held his breath, worried about how all their lives were about to change.
“No, I won’t leave,” she whispered. “I want this, I want us. If I leave tonight it would be like I was walking away from the two of you and I won’t do that. I won’t deny how I feel about either of you, I don’t care what kind of label people give me, I’m staying.” Emily’s resolve shined bright in her eyes and was both scared to death and so fucking proud of her.
Jack pulled his cell from his pocket and checked it, “Well, ready or not, times up. My new partner just sent me a heads-up that they are in the parking lot. I’ll go out and lead them up. You two don’t touch anything.” nodded as Jack turned to leave. Emily took a ragged breath and felt as if he was holding his own.
“We got this, ,” she whispered. He wanted to believe her, even hoped that she was right, but he was afraid that whoever did this to them was just getting started, and that scared the shit out of him.