Free The Broken H by J. L. Langley Page A

made me go in there in the first place, but then she made me wait while she tried on a bra and left me standing outside the dressing room. It was positively frightening!”
    Shane stopped snickering long enough to ask, “So you hightailed it when she was in the dressing room?”
    “You bet your ass I did!”
    “James Wyatt Killian!”
    Jamie winced as his sister’s voice reached them. Gray and Shane laughed even harder.
    Julia stomped up to them and grabbed Jamie by an ear. Jamie squeaked and looked at Gray pleadingly. “Arrest her for assault!” Shane practically had tears in his eyes by this time and Gray couldn’t catch his breath, he was so amused.
    “He can’t arrest me. He isn’t in uniform and he’s out of his jurisdiction!” Julia smiled at Shane. “Hi, Mr. Cortez.” She glared at Gray. “Don’t even think about arresting me, Gray!” She pointed a finger in Jamie’s face and tugged on his ear harder. “I can’t believe you did that! You deserted me!”
    “Well, you deserted me first. That bald biker waggled his eyebrows at me, and the chick with the huge ta-tas tried to grope me!” Jamie didn’t exactly whine, but it was a close thing.
    Julia sighed heavily and shook her head, finally letting go of her younger brother. “Bye, Gray. Bye, Mr. Cortez.”
    Shane and Gray gasped their farewells in unison, both holding onto their bellies.
    “His name is Shane, and he’s not that much older than you,” Jamie grumbled.
    Julia rolled her eyes and shoved him in the back. “Bye, y’all.”
    Gray and Shane looked at each other and burst into open laughter again as Julia pushed her much larger but younger brother, directing him back to the lingerie store.
    “Oh, man! I’m so glad I don’t have a sister!”
    Shane nodded. “Sisters can be tedious, I’ll give you that.”
    Gray sobered. Shane never talked about his family. In all the years Gray had known him, he never mentioned them. All Gray knew was that Shane had been kicked out of his home when he was sixteen and he’d ended up in Texas. “You have a sister?”
    Shane’s smile faded. “I used to.”
    Gray hadn’t thought too much on Shane’s past. It had never mattered. But now…it still didn’t matter, but Gray was curious. “You do?”
    “Yeah. Come on, let’s go find something for your dad and grab a bite to eat.”
    Gray hesitated a moment, debating whether he should continue to ask questions. What was the worse Shane could do? Get mad and not talk to him? He was certain he could kiss the man out of the sulks. “What’s her name?”
    “Sarah.”
    “Is she older or younger than you?”
    “Younger.” Shane’s voice was getting more and more clipped as he answered.
    He knew he was pushing his luck, but Gray couldn’t help himself. “Do you have any brothers?”
    “No. It was just me and Sarah.”
    “Why haven’t you kept in contact with—”
    “Gray.” Shane stopped to stare at him, face hard and remote. “I don’t want to talk about it. Sarah feels the same way my parents do about me. Leave it alone.”
    Gray sighed. Clearly now wasn’t the right time to learn why Shane’s parents had kicked out their only son and eldest child, but he could afford to be patient. Shane wasn’t going anywhere and neither was he. He grabbed Shane’s hand and squeezed, then let go. “Sorry, chief.”
    Shane nodded. After a few more seconds, he grinned. “It’s okay. I have a great family now. In fact, we need to hurry, so we can go see them at the hospital.”
    * * *
    Shane hadn’t even gotten his key in the lock when Gray’s hand cupped his ass, then slid around and grabbed his dick through his jeans. “Wait until we get in the house.”
    All his admonishing got him was a grumble, then Gray pushed aside his hair, which Gray had unbraided earlier in the day after they’d left the mall. “Hurry up.”
    As soon as the door opened, Gray herded him inside and locked it. Shane’s back hit the door with a thud as Gray’s mouth