14 Chapter 14

Lane stepped up beside his lover and nudged Remy’s hip with his own. “All right, you two, quit your bitching,” he joked. “‘Tis the season, and all that.”

“Braden!” Kate hollered up a set of wooden steps leading off the kitchen upstairs. “Your father’s waiting!”

Lane heard a faint, “I’m coming!” and something above him thudded hard on the ceiling.

“Pick that drawer up before you come down!” Kate added. With a grin to Lane, she explained, “He always pulls the top drawer of his dresser out too far and it falls on the ground. Without fail. Next dresser I buy will have some way to lock the drawers into place. Oh! Have you met Mike?”

When Lane shook his head, she disappeared down a side hall, calling, “Mike, honey? Come say hi.”

Taking advantage of the few moments they had alone, Lane leaned against Remy and rested his chin on his lover’s shoulder. “Hey,” he murmured.