They ate without many words.The food was good. Onions sweet, meat tender, gravy rich. Jimmy tasted almost none of it. Every time Lily-Rose lifted her fork, he watched her mouth. Every time Jax reached for the bread, the air seemed to tighten.Lily-Rose sat between them. Her knee stayed close to Jimmy’s under the table. Once her bare foot brushed Jax’s boot and stayed there a second longer than it needed to. No one mentioned it.Jimmy’s hand rested on her thigh, high enough that his fingers felt the heat of her skin through the thin cloth of her skirt. He did not move higher. He did not pull away. The weight of his palm was steady and heavy.Jax’s eyes kept dropping to that hand, then to the open collar of her shirt, then back to his plate. His jaw stayed tight. He ate slow.The only sounds were forks against plates, the soft clink of glasses, and the low hum of the old refrigerator in the corner. Outside the last light left the yard. Night pressed against the windows.Lily-Rose set h
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