Red_Roses_and_Black_Dahlias_-_Macy_T

“Yeah? How about all the love you keep on showering my sister with?
How about the fact that the mere mention of your name brings a smile to her
face? How about the fact that you hug me in your arms every time I have a
nightmare and let me cry my eyes out against your chest, sometimes for
hours? You tried every fucking thing under the sun to close this case, to bring
us closure, and don’t you dare think we don’t know that. That counts more
than any results you might have had from this case.”
I pushed him again and again until his back hit the window. He looked
down on me with a scorching gaze. Fuck, there wasn’t a time I didn’t want
this man.
“And so what if you didn’t find out who that second man was, huh? Who
cares? I killed the first man. He’s done for, the second one won’t be coming
back for us. I’m not even sure he came for our parents the first time, maybe
Piersons is right and it was a robbery gone wrong.” His eyes left mine and he
just looked down, defeated. I bit my lips, looking away, before letting my
head fall against his chest.
Both of us were breathing harshly. I could feel the erratic beat of his heart
against my cheek, it was comforting. Everything about being in Maddox’s
arms was comforting. Sometimes I just wanted to bury myself in his chest so
I could rest against his heart and hear it beat to a steady rhythm.
“Please let it go. The last thing I want is to see the man I’m falling in love
with spiral out of control. We lost our parents, don't let us lose you too.”
Hands gripping his shirt, head against his chest, I just closed my eyes and let
myself be soothed by the sound of his beating heart.
His fingers came up to my hair and started playing with it briefly before
he hugged me tight to his chest. No more words were spoken, just the sounds
of our breaths mixing and creating one single symphony.
Heaven was in his arms.
But I still had to give him hell for the things he said yesterday.