OffsideChanceFormat2 by Unknown Read Free Book Online

little on the other end. Jude could have sworn he heard the smile in
his voice. “Don’t worry baby, Daddy will be home soon to warm you up.”
    “Asshole,”
Jude growled as he remembered exactly who he was talking to.
    “You
know you want me, baby. Love you too. Be home soon, baby .” The laugh was pure evil and then the bastard hung up.
    “Bastard,”
Jude cursed at the phone as it rang in his hand. This time he thought it would
be Slater calling back to taunt him some more and answered that way as well.
    “Well,
damn, Judah, tell me how you really feel,” Levi laughed on the other end of the
line.
    “Levi?
What? No, sorry. I thought you were Slater, he just hung up on me,” Jude winced
at how that might possibly sound to his brother.
    “I
see. I guess a couple weeks together and you’re both ready to kill each other.”
Levi didn’t really stop laughing and said something muffled and Jude heard more
laughter in the background. “Of course, there could be other things going on if
you’re arguing on the phone like a couple of teenagers.”
    “Fuck
you, Leviticus.” Jude ran a hand through his hair and stalked into the weight
room to refresh his coffee.
    “That’s
what I’m talking about. Maybe you and Slayer have come to some mutual—“
    “Livy!
I swear to god, man. Not everyone is gay. I am not, and he is not…and why
exactly did you call?” He sloshed fake cream into his coffee along with fake
sugar and stirred.
    The
weight room had no windows and seemed a little warmer than the outer rooms; he
found a weight bench to sit on while Levi laughed a little more.
    “What?
I can’t call and see how you are?” Levi practically purred over the line. Jude
didn’t know how to manage his brother when he was like this. He was used to the
surly, angry brother who kept his distance and his secrets to himself.
    “You
never did before. So what are you really calling for and why on the house
phone?” He didn’t want to play twenty questions with his brother’s Diva
persona.
    “Because
you didn’t answer your cell. And because I’m flying in tomorrow morning. So
yes, I have nefarious reasons for calling I want to see how you are and, oh my
god, ask if it’s cold there.” Levi, the brother he knew and partially respected
answered this time. “But now I seriously must ask, why are you and Slayer
fighting on the phone? Is he bothering you? No lies, Judah, I’ve known him a
long time. He can be a great guy. And he can be an asshole. I don’t like the
idea of him messing with you.”
    “He’s
not messing with me. And in case you’ve missed it, I’ve been taking care of
myself for a good fifteen years without your help. I can handle him.” Not that
there was anything to handle. So far William Slater pretty much kept to
himself. They saw each other over food, a few times a week. Usually Will would
carry a heaping plate up to the den and that was about the extent of it. “The
fact that he has really loud sex partners is about the only thing that bothers
me.” And why exactly did that bother him?
    “ Oooh , yeah, I used to live with him. Yeah, he does like
them…okay, I’ll buy you some ear muffs or something while I’m there. But other
than that everything is good?”
    “Yeah,
we figured out how to share the place without getting in each other’s way. I
cook a couple nights a week and he pays one of his women to clean. Other than
that neither of us is here that much.”
    “You
can cook? Why do I find that funny?”
    “It
was learn to cook or starve. Unlike you I couldn’t live on sandwiches and
school cafeteria food. And Mother—“
    “Jude,
don’t…let’s not turn everything into a…I don’t know, those years are gone.
She’s gone. It’s…can we just live in the here and now and try to get along? I
called to check on you because I miss seeing you.”
    “And
to ask about the weather.”
    “Well,
yeah, because if it’s snowing I might have to drive over instead of fly. We