Chapter Nine: Jaxon

"Oh gods fuck yes. Shit. Fuck. Fuck me!"

My eyes widen at the noises coming from the bathroom. "Ash what the hell are you doing in there?"

"I'm playing leave me alone."

My eyes widen as I walk into the bathroom. Then I shake my head. Ash sits on the floor, staring at the old video game in his hands. I raise an eyebrow at him. "Having fun there?"

"Not anymore," he frowns, roughly setting it down.

I chuckle. "Ash it's just a video game. They're hard to win," I say as I pick it up. "Where did you get this anyway?"

"Your mom gave it to me, she said I needed to modernize a little," he shrugs.

I glance down at it and my heart drops. Only one person in our house liked retro video games like this.

It was Maia's, Azazel murmurs.

Yeah.

I carefully place it on my dresser then clear my throat. "Did my mom give you anything else?" I ask.

"No but we got to talking—we have a lot in common&mdas