Addicted for Now (Addicted Series 2)

“Meeting you was the best thing that’s ever happened to us. I’m sober and Lily’s in recovery. None of that would have been possible if it wasn’t for you.” He shakes Ryke, and a tear slips out of Lo’s eye. “You are the fucking reason I’m with the girl I love; you’re my brother, so don’t you ever feel guilty for what’s happened now. That’s not on you.”

“It’s not your fault,” Lo says, holding onto his older brother.

“So you’re all smiles now?” he asks.

Until I looked at Lily. Until I talked to her. I don’t think I could have survived this life without that girl.

I even envisioned the ring I would buy her—a small pink sapphire. Simple, non-traditional. I think she would have liked it.

“You’re my family too.” He kisses my knuckles. “Always.” He wipes a stray tear. “Please don’t be upset over this.”

“Whatever happens, we’re in this together. You and me.”

“Lily and Lo,” I say with a weak smile.

“Yeah,” Lo says, unabashed. His eyes fall to mine. “And I’ll always bet on your side.”

Ryke nods to me. “You going to give me an out too?”

“No, if I’m going down, you’re burning with me.”

“Does that qualify as a brotherly obligation?”

“For me, yeah.”

“No, I like being alone on the fucked up island with you.”