Chapter 43. Mercy

Neither man even noticed when Brandon left the room, closing the door quietly behind him. He leaned the back of his head against the door for a moment, his eyes tightly shut. That scene in there between Kyle and Aaron had been too intimate he'd felt like an intruder. Brandon had a feeling Aaron had done something really bad to be that miserable. Whatever it was, he hoped Kyle would forgive him because, in as much as he disliked the porn star, Brandon had never seen anyone regret something they'd done so much. Even he felt for the boy.

When Aaron had shown up at the house the day before, Brandon wouldn't have allowed him in but for the presence of Chris. Now, that was a man with a mean glare. Chris had brushed Brandon's reason that Kyle was sleeping and didn't want to be disturbed aside and stormed up the stairs with a guilty-faced Aaron behind him. Brandon had followed them, ready to explain to his boss that he'd tried to stop them. But at the bedroom door, Chris had stayed ba