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Jameson
Current Day
I keep going over and over the list of what I owe Asher in my head as I go for a run. There are so many things, so many times that he kept me and my brothers from starving or sleeping on the streets. It’s an endless litany, really.
But as I get home, exhausted and sweaty, I keep thinking about Emma. How she looked the other night when I pulled back from kissing her, her hair a mess and her cheeks warm. She gripped my jacket and pulled me close, her big green eyes holding secrets that I can’t even begin to guess at.
For a second, she was every man’s fantasy. And for a second, I almost let her pull me back in.
But I didn’t.
Now I’m stripping to shower, and standing under the water, and wondering why. I mean, I know why. Asher has put one restriction on our frien
