章 15: Chapter 15

The door opened and a waiter arrived with coffee and scones.

“Thank you Riley,” Reed dismissed the boy.

“All of the boys have considerable talents. Let’s just leave them alone and see what happens,” Bear suggested.

“If you think I’m going to lose cat petting privileges or some more of my old sweats because of this, you’re crazy. The minute Jamie starts cleaning—I go and beat the shit out of Jake.”

“Agreed,” said Cisco, Caden, Gary, Reed and Tom. Bear stayed silent.

“What about you, Bear?” Bull asked.

“Well, Jake is a combination of the worst of all of us. He doesn’t trust easily like me. He isn’t sure he wants to love anyone like Reed waffled with Jim, but he’s excited by this Davey, more excited than he’s been in a long time, since Tom got Robbie, I think.”

“He’s pigheaded stubborn, that must come from being a lawyer,” Gary chimed in. “At least he’s out in the open, unlike I was.”