Page 55 of Cross Point
“I will also need to spend some time in Breakers, Texas helping Nikita get her new training facility up and running. Would you be able to travel with us?” Trinity asked Jackson, pleased that she had thought to ask when a smile lightened his expression.
“The guys at the station will shit when they hear about this since I rarely take a day off, but yeah I can talk to the chief. We have a fairly lenient work schedule. And it’s not like they have to pay me for the days I don’t work.”
“I would pay rent, of course,” Maxwell said, only to be met with Jackson’s fierce scowl.
“Absolutely not.”
Logistics were a bitch.
“We will have to come up with some sort of schedule for the bills, food, and even paying your housekeepers,” Trinity said firmly. “Max and I can’t just live off of you, Jackson.”
She wasn’t fazed by his dark expression, but she knew it was safer to change the subject. PDQ.
“I don’t need freaking rent money.”
“Then we can all put some into a communal fund for everything else. It’s not like any of us are hurting for money, so this shouldn’t be an issue. Oh, and I did promise my friend Mikayla that I’d run a training session at our facility in Colorado next month, but both of you are welcome to come. You could either join in or play with her fiancé, Gage Stark.”
Maxwell blinked. “The movie star?”
“Former. Yeah. He’s a sweetie and so in love with Lynx that she gave up being a sniper to take over the training facility so they could be together.”
Jackson’s jaw dropped. “Holy shit! You mean the sniper Lynx is a woman?”
She smiled. “Yep. And one of my best friends. Oh, and Nikita? My friend from the bar yesterday? She’s kind of a sociopath, so remember that when you’re pissing me off.”
“You keep some interesting company,” Jackson commented.
Maxwell grinned. “And darling, you know you’d want the pleasure of shooting us yourself.”
She laughed. “I would. I really would.”
Maxwell stroked her cheek gently with the back of his hand. “Do you think you can sleep now?”
“Yes.” She sighed. “I’m sorry I woke you.”
“Don’t be. I know I’ll sleep better now knowing that you’ll turn to us if you need to. And I’m happy that I know you are going to stay. That both of you will stay,” Jackson amended. “Who knows, maybe you can even do some consulting for the CIPD. What are you doing that training on?”
“Hacking.”
“Shit, I knew you were going to be trouble.”
Trinity leaned in to brush her lips against his. “Only the best kind. Let’s go back to bed.”
As the dark sky gave way to the dawn, Trinity felt like this was the first day of her new life. Tucked safely between her two lovers, she fell back to sleep, safe from the nightmares that haunted her.
Chapter Twenty
“I was just thinking…” Maxwell began as they sat on Jackson’s back patio enjoying a delicious brunch that had been made for them by Rosa and Maria. “I have the owners of Riviera Construction coming to the island today in order to explain themselves, and I thought that it may be beneficial to have a cop present.”
“I’ll be there, too,” Trinity said after she finished chewing a large bite of her Belgium waffle. “And Jackson, I have to say, if I hadn’t already agreed to move in with you, I’d do it just for the waffles alone.”
Jackson surprised himself by reaching out to stroke a hand down her hair. He couldn’t seem to stop touching her whenever she was near. He smiled as she grinned around another mouthful of waffles, making her look like she had chipmunk cheeks. He realized that smiling came easier when she was around.
He glanced over at Maxwell and could tell by the other man’s smile that he understood what he was thinking. Something about Katrina Cross touched both men’s hearts when no one else had. She was a vibrant, passionate woman, and he feared it would take both of them to hold onto her.
“I can do that. The only thing I have planned for tonight is a monthly poker game with some guys from work, but I can cancel.”
“Why?” Trinity asked. “You shouldn’t bail on your buds just because you have a chick in your life now.”