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I sucked my teeth.

“We don’t sit on the stairs.”

He looked at me.

“Yet.”

“Fuck you.”

He smiled.

And my eyes went straight to his mouth.

Fuck.

I looked back down at my list.

“Um…I’d have to talk to Xay.”

Levin chuckled.

Then he moved closer.

I backed against the sink before I even realized I was doing it.

His eyes dropped to the movement.

Then came back to my face.

“You don’t make your own decisions?”

The way he said it.

Quiet.

Almost fucking teasing.

“Levin, don’t start.”

“What?”

“You know what.”

“I asked you a question.”

“And I’m telling you don’t start.”

He stepped closer.

I glanced toward the doorway.

“Your brother is upstairs.”

“I know where my brother at.”

“And my kids are upstairs.”

“I know where they at too.”