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whisper.
    Marco nodded.
    “It’s not an easy thing for me to admit, but I wanted you the day you walked onto the construction site looking for a job. Later, when I found out you’d only been sixteen at the time, I was ashamed. It made me feel perverted, and I guess I took it out on you. I’m sorry.”
    “No. I knew you were attracted to the way I looked. My life was so fucked up at the time. I intentionally sought you out back then. I loved teasing you with my body. I know it was wrong, but it made me feel like someone wanted me and only me.”
    Kent started to say something, but jumped when his cell phone began ringing. He handed the wet napkin to Marco and unclipped the phone from his belt. “Kent Baker.”
    Marco pressed the paper against his lip and pulled it back to see he was no longer bleeding. He set the napkin on the counter and continued to stare at Kent as he talked business.
    Still on the phone, Kent stood and walked across the kitchen, gazing out the back set of French doors. Marco had a strange feeling the call wasn’t going well. He caught snippets of Kent’s voice as it rose in volume several times.
    “I’m sorry. It can’t be helped. We’ll get it done as soon as possible.”
    Kent ’s spine stiffened. Marco carefully slid off his stool and made his way over to the much bigger man. Kent seemed to sense Marco’s presence and reached out his arm, drawing Marco against his chest.
    “I’ll call you back in a bit. Dammit!   Just give me a few minutes.” Kent ended the call and replaced the phone in its holster.
    “Something wrong?” Marco asked, pressing his cheek against Kent’s chest.
    “That was Kevin Banes. He’s upset you haven’t finished his wall. He’s having a big party on Saturday.” Kent kissed the top of Marco’s head. “I tried to tell him you were hurt, but the jackass won’t listen.”
    Marco tilted his head up to stare into Kent’s eyes. “I can finish.”
    “The hell you can. You can barely walk. I’ll go down and finish it.”
    In all the years he’d worked for Kent, Marco had never known his boss to finish a job for one of his employees. He wasn’t sure if it was the need to get the job done or his apparent feelings for the man responsible for not getting it done in the first place. “Let me help you. It’s not bad as long as I’m in one place. It’s the lifting and walking that hurt the most.”
    “Have you been to the doctor?”
    “I’ve been to two, Eric and Jules. They both said what I already knew. I just hyper-extended the knee. It was healing nicely until…” Marco gestured at his face.
    “I’d like to talk to Moody about that, by the way. I’d feel a lot better if I knew something was being done.”
    Marco thought of the money he was supposed to hand over to his father later that evening. He’d already made plans to take the kids to Angelo’s house. “You’ll find Moody at my house this evening. Eddy’s coming by to get some money. Moody’s planning on greeting him at the door.”
    Kent nodded. “He won’t be alone. I want to look the man in the eyes when I threaten him.”
    Marco shook his head. “You don’t know my dad. He’s not easily intimidated. He’ll probably take your threat as a personal challenge.”
    “Bring it on.”
    “Moody’s assured me that Eddy won’t be able to take the kids back, but I don’t know if I’m even willing to take the chance.”
    Kent bent down and kissed the uninjured corner of Marco’s mouth. “Let me call Banes back and you can tell me about your brothers and sister on the way to the jobsite.”
    Marco started to move away as Kent dialled the phone, but the bigger man pulled him in even closer. He was so caught up in the smell and feel of the bigger man, he hadn’t even realised Kent had ended the call.
    “You okay?” Kent asked, running a hand down Marco’s spine.
    “I don’t know. Guess I feel like I’m in the middle of a dream I don’t want to wake up from.”
    “You and me