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 Of course he will. Daniel said. Ian had to get better. The world was a dark, unfriendly
place without his lover in it.
Chapter Ten
The incessant beeping was getting on Ian s nerves. Why didn t anyone turn it off? Someone
kept muttering in his ear and it took a few minutes before the sound created words to his
foggy mind.
 Come on baby. You ve got to wake up. I want to see your beautiful blue eyes again.
You re not going to let that asshole Keith win, are you?
Daniel s voice sounded odd. The rough sexy tone was more desperate and pleading than
hot and melty.
 Daniel, why don t you go home? You ve been here for three days. If he wakes up I ll
call.
Why was Helen there? And why was the bed so hard?
 No! I m not leaving until he wakes up. Daniel s voice took on a familiar hard edge.
Ian tried to speak and tell Daniel to be nicer to his sister but his throat was too dry and
he couldn t push any sound through it. He licked his lips.
 Did you see that? Daniel asked excitement rising in his voice.
 Give him an ice chip. Helen said.
Cold ice touched his lips. It took all of his effort to open his lips to accept the ice. The
frozen pieces felt amazing in his desert dry mouth.
 Be nice. He whispered.
Daniel laughed. The laughter sounded tinged with hysteria.  I swear baby, if you open
those eyes I ll be the nicest brother-in-law ever. Just wake up.
Brother-in-law?
Shock had Ian opening his eyes.
His usually smooth lover looked rumpled and his eyes had bags big enough to put a
steamer trunk in.
Jesus he hurt.
 Are you okay? He managed to say through his parched throat. Surely something
horrible must have happened to his lover to make him look that crappy.
 Am I okay? Daniel rubbed his eyes with the palms of his hands.  He s shot and
unconscious in the hospital for three days and his first question is whether I m okay.
Helen leaned over and placed a soft kiss on Ian s forehead.  Daniel s had it rough. You
were shot and we weren t sure you were going to make it. I don t think he s slept since.
 Keith?
 The fucker s dead. Daniel said in a low mean voice.  Good thing too because if he
wasn t I would ve killed him.
 Am I all right? Surely this amount of pain wasn t normal?
 You re fine. Or you will be. Helen said brushing back his hair from his face.  The
cops got there in plenty of time and Keith missed all the important body parts.
 Hurts like hell.
 I know baby. Daniel stroked Ian s head.  I m sorry we fought and I m sorry you got
hurt. But I love you and I want us to work things out. You concentrate on getting better and
I ll concentrate on not being such a controlling asshole.
Ian couldn t stop the smile that spread across his face even if it did crack his parched
lips.  I love you too.
Daniel lifted Ian s hand and kissed the back of it.  I know you love being a cop but don t
ever do that to me again.
 I ll try not to.
 Good. When you re up and able we re going to get married in whatever state is
currently allowing gays to marry and I m going to give you half of everything I own.
Ian shook his head.
 Yes I am because then if you try to divorce me I can make it an ugly drawn out affair
until I convince you not to leave. Besides it s not good for the baby to have divorced uncles I
hear it causes undue trauma.
Helen giggled behind him.
 Well I guess we ll have to stay together for the children. Ian said with a smile.
 I guess we will. Daniel turned to look at Ian s sister.  Did you bring the box?
 Yes. I was hoping you d need it.
Helen handed a small black box to Daniel.  I m not going to ask you to marry me
because that gives you the opportunity to say no. He opened the ring box and revealed a
gorgeous man s ring made of wide band that looked like twisted rope along the edges. Inside
the lines was the imprint of a vine of roses. Between each rose was a small square diamond.
 When did you have this made?
Daniel gave him a sweet smile totally at odds from the usual expression he got from the
extremely testosterone laden man.  I put in the order the day after you came and got
Keith.
 We weren t even seeing each other. Ian said.
 I knew we would be. Daniel said sliding the ring on Ian s finger and gave a pleased [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]