Chapter 0352

“I'm going to sleep,” Daniel murmurs, turning away from all of us. “I need to...rethink my entire life. And my values. And particularly, the people with whom I associate.”

“Night, baby,” Jerome calls casually over his shoulder. Daniel mumbles something back as I snuggle closer to Jerome’s side. “He totally thinks Ivan’s hot,” I murmur.

“Nah, Daniel's faithful,” Jerome says, giving me another little wink. “Just like you. Like I said — you and Daniel are two peas ina fucked-up pod. Once you settle on someone? It’s for the long haul. You can’t even see anyone else. Which is all very much to my benefit.”

And I grin up at my friend, glad that someone sees the truth in me. But also wishing, very much, that I could lay eyes on Kent. Just for a little bit, to remind me of everything that I’m fighting for.

kidney bean is growing into...a grape? I don’t know. Whatever tiny food comes next. “Guess I'll just have to fight for you,” I whisper to baby, too soft for even Jerome to hear,

pass quickly as we fall into a weird little routine. Daniel kisses me goodbye in the morning while I savor my single cup of coffee for the day, his own triple-espresso drink packed away in a to-go container. And then he drives himself — himself — to work with

moving around to a variety of the city’s shipping ports. There, he learns from my father’s best men to figure out the ins and outs of his international shipping businesses — both the legitimate ones, and the illegitimate ones that import and export all kinds of illegal goods between

the rare occasions when I leave the house. I rolled my eyes at this suggestion at first, but Daniel’s whispered “Kent would want

smack the crap out of Daniel if he ever found

doesn't really need the money anymore —

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getting anywhere

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