"Sorry, I know I should be calling him Cutter. The whole respect thing," I said. "Just... give me a free-pass or something? I'm emotional."
"Respect thing?" Tats muttered, leaning towards Ice.
"Cutter tell you that you could use his name?" Ice asked me, ignoring his friend.
"Yeah, but he said only in private," I told them. "Because of the whole respect thing you guys are so hung up on."
"Cutter gave you his name?" Tats asked as he leaned toward me this time.
"Yeah...?" I trailed off, giving them both a strange look. "Why are you guys acting so-"
I was interrupted when the kitchen door swung open. My head snapped up to see Harlan walk in. He stopped, eyes scanning the room. They caught mine, scanning my face for something.
And just like that, everything in me eased.
"Harlan," I wh
