38. Fury
Chapter 38
Fury
“You’re quiet, Ice.”
Ellie flips over to her side, stretching one leg over my waist, her hand on my shoulder, her head burrowed against my neck.
“I’m sorry, Liam. I just…” She gives a heavy sigh, before struggling to find the words to finish. “My sister is a mess.”
“Wolf is good at fucking with people’s minds. She’ll heal,” I tell her, although I’m not completely sure. I do think she will get better, but I’m not sure how anyone gets over seeing someone they love murdered.
“Maybe…” Ellie says, dragging her finger through the hair on my chest. “The police aren’t going to find Wolf, are they?”
“There won’t be anything left of him for them to find,” I tell her. “But, they will try. He’s wanted for the murders of Reginald Cleary and Glenna. They’ll investigate until they can’t find any leads.”
“They won’t see the fight at the back of the hotel on surveillance cameras of the hotel or the surrounding buildings?”
“Nope,” I tell her, not elaborating. There’s no point. “Why are you so worried?”
“I don’t want you to get in trouble. Any of you really. Wolf has already ruined enough of Devil’s life. I don’t want anything else to happen.”
“Trust me, Ice. It’s going to be okay.”
“Do you think Dawn is telling the truth?”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t know. Something just seems off, Liam.”
“She’s been through some heavy shit, Ellie. You can’t really judge her right now. I think she might still be in shock.”
“Yeah, maybe.”
“Is there something you want to tell me, Ellie?”
“I don’t know anything, not really. It’s just, I can’t get it out of my head at the way Dawn was cleaning off the murder weapon. Is that normal?”
“Fuck if I know, Ellie. Dawn lived through a nightmare. I have no idea what normal would be after that.”
“You’re right. She’s not talking to me, so maybe that’s what has me all screwed up. She even asked me to leave her alone. I just don’t know what to do.”
“I know it sucks, Ice, but you can’t do anything. You just leave her alone and let her work shit out. She’ll either reach out to you or she won’t.”
“That answer sucks, Liam.”
“I know, baby.”
“So, what comes next?” She asks and I let out a sigh.
“I’m going to need to go back to Tennessee, Ellie.”
“We knew this day was coming,” she says, and the sadness in her voice hurts.
“You said you’d come back with me,” I remind her.
“Liam, I can’t just leave right now.”
We shift on the bed so that I can look at her. I want to see her face and more importantly, I want her to be able to see mine. I need to try and reach her.
“Why, Ice? What can you do here?”
“Well, I mean, I know the police are focused on finding Wolf and my sister isn’t really in trouble, but she goes this week for an interview with the lead detective. She will need an attorney. Her mental state is not good and that’s being nice. There’s just a lot of chaos. Plus, I need to give Harvey at least two weeks’ notice, I can’t just leave him high and dry. He’s been good to me.”
“If I stay here for another two weeks and help you get packed and ready to move, will you come home with me then?” I ask, but I think I already know the answer.
“I can’t give you an answer on that right now, Liam. I need to make sure that Dawn is safe. I need to make sure she’s okay before I just leave.”
“Did you call your mom?”
“Yeah,” she says with a heavy sigh.
“And how did that go?”
“Not great. She’s coming down at the end of the week to be with Dawn for her meeting with the detectives. She refuses to talk to me about you calling.”
“We can’t change the past, Ellie,” I warn her.
“I know. I just hate that they lied to me, Liam.”
“It’s more like they just kept secrets and hid things from you.”
“Semantics and you know it. Not telling me something is just as bad as lying when it affects your life, Liam. Dawn and my mother did it knowing it would.”
“I don’t want to leave Arizona without you, Ellie,” I tell her and I don’t bother keeping the pain out of my voice.
“It’s not a permanent separation, Liam. I’ll come back to Tennessee, I will. It just may take me a bit.”
“You don’t come home soon, Ellie, and I swear to you, I’ll come back and drag your ass back home.”
“Liam,” she says with a smile, leaning up to kiss me. “I promise I will come home to you. I have to. I love you.”
“Promise me, Ellie.”
“I promise, Liam,” she says solemnly. I hate like hell that this is where we’re at. I don’t want to leave her side for a minute.
“How long?”
“What?” she says surprised.
“How long do you need, and if you say a year, so help me God, Ellie, I will wear that ass of yours out.”
“Are you asking me to give you a timeline of when I’ll be back to Tennessee?”
“Is that a problem?”
“Well, kind of. How am I supposed to know how long it will take to get my sister settled and everything done so I can move?”
“Two weeks. You can get all that done in two weeks and give your notice to Harvey,” I tell her, wondering how in the fuck I’m supposed to survive two weeks without her.
“Liam, I don’t want to be away from you, but I need longer than two weeks.”
“So give me a time,” I tell her, trying not to panic at being without her even longer.
“Two months?” she says, tentatively.
“Fuck, no. There’s no way, Ice. I’m not living without you for two fucking months.”
I watch as her eyes dilate and she swallows nervously.
“Okay, one month.”
“That’s a long time,” I mutter.
“It’s thirty days. That’s not that long, Liam. We’ve been apart almost two years. Thirty days should be a walk in the park.”
“If the park is in hell, maybe,” I grumble, making her laugh.
“I’ll call you every night and we can Facetime. It will go quickly, Liam. You’ll see.”
“Will you facetime, naked?”
“Uh…”
“You want to stay away from me for a whole month, Ellie. You better fucking give me this at least.”
“You have to be alone in your bedroom if I do,” she demands.
“Fuck woman, it’s not like I’m going to let anyone see you naked but me.”
“Fine, then I’ll Facetime you naked.”
“The month starts tomorrow. If I have to leave, then the countdown starts tomorrow, too.”
“Do you have any more demands, Liam?” she jokes.
“Fuck yes, I do.”
“You do?”
“Damn straight. You’re going to keep your body away from me for a whole damn month, woman. You better get on your knees and worship your man’s cock.”
“You’re so romantic, Liam,” she giggles, moving over top of me, her blonde hair falling down around her face and against my chest. Our gazes lock, and I see the heat slowly building in her.
“You want romance, Ice?” I ask her, my voice suddenly going hoarse as I look into her beautiful eyes.
God I love this woman.
“Yes, but where you’re concerned, Liam, I want it all,” she murmurs against my skin as she starts kissing down my chest and sliding between my legs.
“If you want romance, Ellie, I’ll give it to you.”
“You will?” she asks, her voice teasing as her hand wraps around my cock and she strokes me, my head rubbing against her stomach.
I watch as she moves further down, holding my cock now, while she leans in to lick the head, running her tongue and gathering the pre-cum that’s glossed over the head.
“I definitely will, Ellie,” I tell her, my eyes closing as she sucks the head into her mouth.
“What kind of romance?” she asks, her tongue licking up the underside of my shaft.
“I’ll wipe your mouth after you swallow down my cum,” I tell her, but that last part might come out as a muffled cry, because she’s taking my cock into her mouth and it feels like fucking heaven.
She hums against my shaft and takes me all the way to the back of her throat, sucking so hard that my body shudders from the pleasure.
“That’s it, baby, suck that cock and make your man come,” I croon, watching her.
The entire time, all I can think is that there’s no way I’ll be able to be without her for a solid fucking month.