Between Brothers

Akeem held the door for them, as Kayden carried Crystal out of the car, he had wrapped her in his coat because he felt she might feel cold, she slept soundly it’s almost as though she had nothing to worry about. He chuckled to himself, he wondered how she would react when she recalled the kiss in the morning, her hair fell softly over her face and he was tempted to blow it away, he wanted to keep looking at her face.

“Welcome home, Mr. Smith…I—“ Petra announced as soon as she opened the door, she trailed off in surprise when her eyes fell inquisitively on Crystal’s sleeping form in Kayden’s arms, and then her tone came back accusingly. “What happened to her? What did you do?”

“She is drunk and she fell asleep,” Kayden muttered as he entered the living room. “I am not some kind of a monster, if you don’t believe me you can ask her when she wakes u—“

His attention wavered when he spotted the strange figure that was occupying one of his sofas, Kayden’s eyes narrowed, it was as though