Hung Out: A Needles and Pins Rock Romance
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“I’ll get it, Mom. Thanks for your help. See you in the morning.” She kicked Gage’s shoe, and was impressed when he added a very sincere sounding “Yeah. Thanks. Rest well.”
Scarlette rewarded him with a scalp rub, and enjoyed the silky strands of his hair slipping through her fingers. Henni’s silhouette was soon out of sight, and Scarlette spoke quietly. “Only a couple more days, and she’s into her new place across town.”
“It’s been a long week.” He grumbled, jabbing his thumb down on the vape pen button.
“Oh, really?” She snuck a look to be sure they weren’t boring Colt and Caroline, but those two were conversing just as closely in their own little world. She snatched his prescription weed to dose herself. Damn rude rock stars. For a second, she’d gotten all warm and fuzzy, but he’d ruined it by countering his gesture. “So sorry for your long week.”
He jacked the vaporizer back into his possession. “Yeah. A week of not being able to walk naked through the house. Not being able to fuck in the kitchen if we wanna. Not being―”
She giggled, completely forgiving him. “You freak. What will you do when there are Gage juniors running around?”
“Shit myself.” His answer was immediate, and although it was accompanied with a silly smirk, she knew Gage was terrified of babies. His babies.
In fact, his fear of family might be why they weren’t married yet. She wasn’t critical. They’d both been warped by their own sperm/egg donors in one way or another. She was just as terrified of being a parent. But one thing she did know. At some point in the future, she yearned for at least one mini Gage doppelganger.
He would have dark shaggy hair and eyes like his dad. And of course, the engaging smile.
“I love you, Gage.”
“Not as much as I love you, Scar Dar’.
Epilogue
“What did you do?” She eyed the plastic on the inside of his forearm.
“Come see.” He led the way to the brighter lights of the bathroom.
With his free hand, he pulled at the temporary protection his tattoo artist had sent him home with until the swollen skin was visible.
“You had the broken string fixed?”
Letting the trash fall into the bin, he nodded. “The broken string was the something out of whack in my life.” Something in her face made him rush to add, “It was one of my first tattoos. And I’ve never even thought of fixing it. Because I’ve never been truly at peace until now.”
He watched as she took it in. The vine visible now, instead of a broken string. The rose on top of the perfect straight strings—holding them in place.
One day, after he had a ring on her finger, he’d add into the petals the names of each of their children…
THE END
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Bookshelf
Needles and Pins Series
Strung Out
Scarlette and Gage know they can’t hide their relationship from public eyes forever, but it should be easy enough to fly under the radar while they are separated by Gage’s rehab stay.
Or not…
When a viral sex video outs them as lovers, their very new and now long distance relationship is tested.
Hung Out
Finding her best friend and getting the hell out of California is top priority. Especially as the relationship with her rock star stepbrother becomes more complicated with each passing day…
Acknowledgements
The Gages in my life.
Corinna Reilly for all of your help and input with this book.
Debbie Williams for your editing expertise.
Lisa Gillis for lending out Jack Storm
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