[The answer came without a moment's hesitation. It was the same answer he'd had staying the night with Booker after Pride, the same way he slept every time they'd shared a hotel room while on the road.
In fact, the only time that he hadn't put himself between his boys and the door was when he'd been too wrecked to move from where they'd put him.
He divvied up the food onto the bedside table, then grabbed his phone and cycled through his contacts until he could pull up Joe's number, shooting off a text to see if he was still awake.]
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[The answer came without a moment's hesitation. It was the same answer he'd had staying the night with Booker after Pride, the same way he slept every time they'd shared a hotel room while on the road.
In fact, the only time that he hadn't put himself between his boys and the door was when he'd been too wrecked to move from where they'd put him.
He divvied up the food onto the bedside table, then grabbed his phone and cycled through his contacts until he could pull up Joe's number, shooting off a text to see if he was still awake.]