“Yeah,” Xavier said, sighing as he canted his head from side to side, popping his neck.
“I don’t think he’s so interested, though.”
Billy snorted his coffee out of his nose, splattering Xavier who gaped at him. “Sorry,”
Billy snickered. “But, dude, you haven’t seen the way Chase eyeballs you. And last night? He was all, me Chase, you Jane—Jane being you, of course. I expected him to start thumping his chest and letting loose a crappy imitation animal screech at any moment.”
Xavier laughed and rubbed his chin. “Yeah, right. ‘Cause drugged out and sweaty is so attractive.”
“Don’t forget naked, gagged, and tied to a chair. In the right situations…”
Xavier’s cheeks turned ruddy but he laughed from the gut until he finally stopped to catch his breath. “God, I wish I could remember how he looked when he first saw me. Tell me, did I at least look sexy?”
This time it was Billy who laughed. “Yeah, actually, you dick. You totally pulled off the hot drugged dude part!”
After they quit snickering, Billy debated telling Xav about his past but decided it could wait. He had time. Billy knew now in his heart that Xav would always be there for him no matter how far away he lived.
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“Gotcha.” Liam hung up the phone and tapped the notepad he’d written down the information on. Jenkins had come through for him, pulling up the names of sex offenders in Dallas that fit Billy’s descriptions. All but one was serving time, and, as luck would have it, the one who wasn’t was the first bastard who’d molested Billy. John Patron, now a resident of Beacon Way nursing home, had to be the man Liam was looking for. After the shit with Xavier last night, Liam hoped this bit of news would bring Billy some peace. But first, he needed to be certain he had the right man.
Liam opened up the newest folder on his laptop. It contained all the information Billy could remember about his abusers. There were four men who’d been part of a larger child sex ring. John Patron had been one of the few who’d got away with their crimes. The man had been slick and had covered proof of his involvement well so that, when the ring was taken down years back, he, along with two other people, had slipped between the cracks of Justice’s hands.
Well, Justice is going to get her due.
With the information Billy had given him, they could go after Patron. And they would, as soon as Liam handed the information over to the head of the sex crimes division.
Which he would do, just as soon as he’d paid Patron a visit and looked the bastard in the eyes. Liam wouldn’t say a word, or at least nothing that would jeopardise their case, but he did want to see this monster for himself.
It took fifty-five minutes to get to Beacon Way and another ten minutes to convince the front desk nurse to let him see Patron. As Liam walked down the dingy hall with a bulky, odiferous male nurse, he thought this nursing home had to be the most depressing one he’d ever seen. Granted, he hadn’t been in many, but the private facilities were always much better maintained than the state run ones like Beacon Way. The floor tiles were mismatched and grimy and the walls were painted a dingy grey. How those colours were supposed to give anyone here hope was beyond him. He wondered if the residents felt like they’d been placed here to die, and vowed he’d never wind up in a place like this.
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The nurse stopped at room one-nineteen and tapped on the open door. “Mr Patron?
You have a visitor.”
“I do?” The man sounded surprised. Liam almost felt sorry for him. Almost, but not quite. Patron deserved much worse than to be left in this hellhole and forgotten about.
The nurse waved Liam in and he moved around the nurse, getting his first sight of John Patron. Regal looking features were marred by the way they drooped on one side. Patron’s bald head was smattered with age spots, and his body was withered, as if being eaten from the inside out. An IV stand delivered some kind of liquid into his veins, and a heart monitor beeped and blipped along as Liam looked into some of the coldest eyes he’d ever seen.
“Leave, Dewayne,” Patron rasped, spittle flying out along with the order. The nurse grumbled but did as he was told while Liam and Patron engaged in a stare-off. Liam didn’t so much as blink. He’d let his eyeballs dehydrate and fall out before he let Patron think he had won.
Patron coughed and hacked, which put an end to the pissing match. Liam watchedhis frail body shudder and shake and didn’t feel a twinge of sympathy now. He knew this sort of criminal, a soulless bastard who could pretend to fit in for a while. Sometimes they fucked up and were caught, but other times they got away with their crimes.
Not this time.
Liam took a few steps closer, his nose burning from the stench of stale sweat and filth. Patron feebly swiped at his mouth as he watched Liam.
After several moments of silence, another pointless stand-off, Liam decided to bring this to an end. Patron would be lucky if he lived through a trial—lucky, because the prison healthcare was better than what passed for healthcare in this shithole.
And there was no sense beating around the bush. “I know what you did.”
Patron shrugged. “So? I’m dying, what do I care anymore? What are you going to do, arrest me? Do it.” He flopped his arms out then brought his wrists together over his stomach.
“Take me to jail, prison, whatever. I’ve got less than six months left. Three, I’d bet, considering the staff at this place.”
Liam figured Patron was right, and it pissed him off because Patron wouldn’t live long enough to pay for his sins. But if there was any justice, a God or Karma or whatever, Patron would be paying for his crimes for eternity.
Patron tipped his chin up and gave a sickly smile. “I bet you’re wondering how I know you’re a cop. Probably FBI—”
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“I don’t give a shit what you think you know. I don’t give a shit if you live to make it to trial. You’re dying, slowly and, I hope, painfully.” Probably more painfully soon, because Liam hadn’t heard Dewayne’s footsteps continue away from the door more than a step or two, and the nurse walked with all the grace of a drunken buffalo. “Just know this—what you did to Billy didn’t ruin him. He didn’t turn out like you at all. I hope there are others out there who turned out to be incredible men and women despite your abuse.”
He walked closer and trailed his fingers over the IV lines, noting how Patron’s expression didn’t show even a hint of panic at the unspoken threat. Liam dropped his hand to his side. “I hope, like Billy, they live full, happy lives and never give you another thought after they celebrate your death. And I know, whether you believe it or not, you’ll burn in hell for eternity for what you’ve done.”
Liam turned on his heel and strode towards the door.
“Billy was good,” Patron shouted in a creaky voice. “He was the best out of all the boys I had! You should thank me!”
Liam was glad he hadn’t worn his gun as he turned through the doorway and stopped in front of Dewayne. The nurse was a sickly shade of green. Sweat sheened his skin and he shuddered as he looked at Liam.
“Now you know what kind of monster you have in there.” Liam tipped his head at the nurse. “Someone will be back soon.”
Liam left the nursing home, not completely satisfied but resigned to the fact that John Patron would likely die before he paid for his sins on this earth. He comforted himself with thoughts of his life with Billy, and the future they would have together.
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Billy looked when there was a knock on his door. His pulse raced as he set aside the textbook he was reading. While Liam had been gone, Billy had been trying to get an early start on reading up for his classes. He hadn’t heard from Liam since yesterday, when he’d called and told Billy about John Patron’s impending arrest. And impending death. Billy didn’t feel happy or disgusted that Patron wouldn’t be long for this earth and would escape without going to prison. He was just glad the man would be gone.
Billy looked through the peephole even though he knew in his gut who was there. Liam looked pretty damn fine through the tiny peephole. Billy flipped the locks and jerked the door open, grinning so big he knew he looked like an idiot. Liam’s smouldering look ramped up the lust swelling his veins, and Billy jumped Liam before he was all the way through the doorway.
“I missed you,” Billy managed to get out, then he locked his legs around Liam’s hips and held on as Liam turned and slammed the door shut with their combined weight. It jarred Billy, but he didn’t complain, not when Liam immediately plundered his mouth and kissed him senseless.
Billy dug his nails into the sports coat covering Liam’s shoulders. Liam answered the grope with one of his own, grasping Billy’s ass and squeezing hard. Billy’s lips were bitten and sucked, licked and kissed until his entire body was throbbing with need. He clenched his ass as much as he could, his needy centre nestled between his cheeks in need of attention.
“Liam, Liam,” he muttered as he tipped his head back so his neck could be nibbled on.
Liam grunted and scraped his teeth over Billy’s Adam’s apple, and a garbled sound slipped from Billy’s lips.
“Jesus, the sounds you make,” Liam rasped against his skin. “You’re burning me up.”
Liam leant forward and pressed his cock against Billy’s. “Feel how hard you make me, Billy.
I fucking need you.”
“Then take me,” Billy said, writhing between the door and Liam’s frame. “I fucking need you, too.”
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Liam shook like the floor shifted beneath him, rippling and setting him off balance. He slid his hands to Billy’s thighs and pushed. “Get naked, now. I can’t wait.”
Which worked out, because neither could Billy. He kicked off his flip-flops and shoved his sweats down. His cock sprang up, rosy and wet-tipped. Liam hissed and stopped in the middle of unbuttoning his shirt. He palmed Billy’s dick, pumping it roughly and bringing Billy to his toes.
“Yes,” Billy hissed, grabbing Liam’s biceps to keep from sliding to the floor. “Gah—
harder!”
Liam’s rough chuckle warmed Billy’s gut then spread to the tips of his appendages.
“Feeling rowdy?”
Billy blinked up at his lover and smiled. “Raunchy. Rough. More than just rowdy.”
Liam’s eyes widened, the gold flecks standing out brilliantly against the darker brown and green. “How did I get so lucky?” His grip cut off anything Billy could have thought to say. Liam jerked his cock faster and he reached for Billy’s nipple with his other hand. A sharp pinch made Billy howl as his balls started tingling.
“Again,” he demanded, so close to coming he couldn’t see any reason why he shouldn’t. “Do it again!”
Liam dropped to his knees and looked up at Billy. “Whatever you want,” he said as he pinched Billy’s nipple. That, combined with the erotic image Liam made kneeling there, his big hand almost engulfing Billy’s dick, was all Billy could take. He tried to warn Liam, but a moan came out instead.
Billy gasped, scratching the door with his fingernails as he tried to stop something he had no control over. This felt too good to end so quickly. But Liam pumped Billy’s dick, and cum shot out, splattering over Liam’s cheek and neck.
“Perfect,” Liam purred as he aimed Billy’s dick at his mouth. Billy painted his lips and chin then squealed when Liam’s lips closed over the tip of his cock. “Mmmm.”
Billy’s legs wobbled as Liam sucked and swallowed the rest of his load. When his dick became uncomfortably sensitive, he pushed at Liam’s shoulders and slid down the door once he pulled off.
“Good?”
Billy grunted and panted his way through the aftershocks of his climax. Then he looked at Liam still kneeling on the floor—and he pounced.
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“Shit!” Liam yelped as he went over backwards. Billy had enough forethought to put his hands behind Liam’s head so he wasn’t hurt. They landed with a thud Xav could probably have heard in his house, then Billy tore at Liam’s clothes, not caring about buttons and stitches or anything else except getting to Liam’s bare skin.
Liam helped when he could, but the tangling of their hands frustrated Billy and he slapped at Liam’s. “Let me,” he ordered, wondering when he’d got so damn bossy. “Horny,”
he said out loud, then promptly blushed to the roots of his hair.
“Me too,” Liam scraped out. “Hurry up!”
Yeah, Billy bet he was. Liam hadn’t even come yet, though his big cock looked ready to release at any moment. Billy sucked two fingers into his mouth while he pulled off Liam’s shoe with his other hand, then his lover kicked off his trousers and briefs and Billy had a happy, hot, and very hard and beautiful playground.
He dived right in.
Liam shouted when Billy pulled his fingers out and swallowed Liam’s cock down to the root. Billy swallowed and pressed the tips of his digits against Liam’s asshole. Liam’s legs jerked then he spread them wide. Billy grinned around his mouthful and pushed both fingertips into Liam’s opening up to the first knuckle. He sucked his way back up Liam’s cock and twisted his wrist, sinking his fingers deeper into Liam’s hole.
He tipped his head up enough to let Liam’s cock slip from his lips. “You like that?”
Billy huffed, completely unnecessarily because Liam was bucking his hips and trying to get more of Billy’s fingers.
“Jeez, yes! Billy!” Liam panted and thrashed his head from side to side. He grabbed Billy’s hair and Billy could feel Liam’s hands shaking as he begged. “Billy, baby, please!”