Chapter Nine
Tommy had just gotten out of the shower and dropped into bed after a long day at work. Most of the time, he liked being busy, doing a variety of tattoos, but his night had been focused on one client. He was exhausted as he fell onto the mattress n***d. He heard noise in Sean’s room and thought about getting up to tell him to keep it down. Then Sean thumped on the wall separating their rooms.
“Hey, Cupcake is outside my window. Should I let her in?”
“What?”
“Cupcake is at my window. I think she thought it was yours, but she’s drunk.”
Tommy jumped out of bed and pulled on a pair of shorts. He bolted out the back door and into the gangway. She was wobbling away toward the street.
“Deirdre?”
She spun and crashed into the wall.
“Heeeeeyyy.” She spoke with a smile as she lea
