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acceptable male behavior.
You get that from Dad, Nicky said. He always said, men are men and women are
women and never the two shall cross, remember?
Jamie chuckled. Yeah, I remember. That phrase was right up there with his idea
that a woman s place was in the home. I guess when you start doing all these things I
just associated it with women. I never considered the possibility that a man could do
them and still be a man.
Nicky felt Troy s arms wrap around him from behind. He leaned back into the
strong body behind him, tickled pink that Jamie was finally seeing the light.
I can assure you, your brother is all man, Troy said.
Jamie frowned, but it wasn t a frown of anger, more of a sneer. I guess I have to
get used to you fooling around with my brother, don t I?
Actually, Troy and I haven t fooled around yet, Nicky said. Well, we have a
little but not the way you re thinking. We haven t moved on to the heavier stuff.
You re not sleeping together?
Well, we sleep in the same bed every night, Nicky said, but like I said, we
haven t moved on to the heavier stuff.
I seriously don t mean any offense here but I have to know, Jamie said, why
in the hell aren t the two of you having sex if you re living together, sleeping in the
same bed every night? Isn t that a little weird?
Nicky laughed. While I have no doubt from what I ve experienced so far that
the sex will be spectacular, our relationship is about more than that. We want to get to
know each other first without the pressure of sex sitting over our heads. Nicky leaned
forward to whisper at Jamie. Besides, have you seen this man naked? It ll take me a
month just to get ready for him. He s hung like a fucking horse.
* * * * *
Hey, Nicky, can I talk to you for a moment?
Nicky looked up from the laundry he folded to see Jamie standing in the
bedroom doorway. He nodded. Sure, Jamie, what s up?
Jamie walked in and sat down on the side of the bed. He looked nervous. He
kept glancing down at his hands, twisting them together in his lap. He seemed to be
having a hard time meeting Nicky s eyes.
Jamie? Nicky set the towel in his hands down and moved over to sit next to
Jamie. Is something wrong?
You know, I ve been walking around your house, looking at the things you ve
done, and I have to say I m impressed. I saw this place a couple of months ago when
Troy became my partner. It really has improved.
Nicky smiled. Thank you.
You ve made four walls and a roof into a home, just like Mom did for us. Jamie
took Nicky s hand. She d be damn proud of you if she saw this place. I think Dad
would be, too.
Yeah? Nicky asked. He could only imagine his father being proud of him. It
wasn t that his father didn t love him just that they never seemed to spend much time
together. Nicky spent all of his time with his Mom.
Yeah, I really think so. Jamie was silent for a moment but the way he kept
squeezing Nicky s hand spoke volumes. I really am sorry. I never meant to hurt you or
make you feel less of a person for the things you did. I was only trying to protect you, I
swear.
I know, Jamie. I just hope you re able to understand that I m doing what makes
me happy. You may not understand, just like I don t understand how you could want
to be a police officer. But I still want to support you in it.
Does Troy make you happy?
Nicky smiled. He felt pretty sure Jamie would bring that up at some point. Yes,
Troy makes me very happy. I wish I could explain the connection we have but I don t
think you ll get it until it happens to you.
Connection?
When I first went out with Bruce I knew after our first date that I wouldn t be
spending my life with him. He was just too
Then why did you move in with him? Jamie looked at him in horror. Why
stay with him for so long?
Nicky shrugged. I was lonely. People do stupid stuff when they re lonely. But
that s not the point, Jamie.
Then what is? Jamie exclaimed. The man beat the shit out of you on two
separate occasions. He
Three.
Three what? Jamie asked in confusion.
He beat the crap out of me three separate times. The night I left him, the night I
moved in with Troy, and last night.
Jamie jumped to his feet and began pacing in front of Nicky. He beat you up
three times? Why the fuck does this man have such a hard on for you? What did you
do, Nicky?
I didn t
You must have done something to piss him off this bad, Jamie snapped. No
one goes after someone like this without a reason. Think, damn it.
Nicky reached a hand out to his brother. Jamie, just calm do
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