Chapter 5
After watching Lily, Theo decided to do some of his own research on the Dunbar’s. He searched up Liam first, finding all of his school records, looking into the charges he had against him from the police department. Ah, so he was a little hooligan, wasn’t he. Theo jotted down a few of the main points he had found, then moved on. He searched up Lauren Dunbar, and oh boy, was it a lot. Lauran had a criminal record, from when she was younger. She was a drug dealer. He saw that all of her charges had been dropped, but she was still on a watch list. Shit. The Dunbar’s were really fucked up. He found a link for Liam’s mother and father, and he clicked on the mother’s link first. His eyes widened. The mother, Jenna, it supplied, was a known abuser around town, known for making her children suffer at her own hands. She had been in jail three times, all domestic violence’s, but is currently on parole.
He moved onto the dad’s profile, and the dad, Mark, was not much better. He had been to prison five times, all for domestic violence as well. No wonder Lily was so scared of them. Both Jenna and Mark have been out of prison for five years, which means that they did the dirty a little after being released.
Gross.
He clicked out of the link, then found the aunt, her name was Katherine. He clicked on hers, and he melted at the sight of the older lady. She loved flowers, and dogs. Her picture was of her with Liam and Lily and Lauren, all standing around her. She does community service, and volunteers at the hospital in the children’s ward to give company to sick or dying children. He smiled a little, and he knew Liam and Lily were in good hands.
He just needed to get them a better place, and a more stable source of income.
He wrote down everything he would need to do, things he would need, and texted Derek and Talia, asking for their help. They both agreed, all of them meeting at Liam’s aunt’s house. He felt a little creepy for doing it, but he needed to do an assessment for himself.
He left his house, weaving in and out of traffic all the way to the Dunbar residence, seeing Derek and Talia were already there. He nodded in greeting, all of them heading up the stairs.
He knocked on the door, and was met with Katherine.
“Oh, hello! How can I help you all today?” She asked, smile plastered onto her face.
Theo smiled back, and stuck his hand out.
“Hi, I’m Theo, I’m a friend of Liam’s. This is Talia and Derek, they’re also friends with Liam.” He said, and Katherine’s smile got bigger.
“Oh, it’s been so long since he’s had his friends over, come in, come in! Can I get you all something to drink?” She opened the door wider, allowing the three weres into the house.
They all shook their head no, taking a look around. Everything seemed pretty decent. Clean. Theo heard the sound of someone walking upstairs, and looked up at the ceiling.
“Oh, so sorry, Lauren is back home for a few weeks.” Katherine said, sitting down with them on the couch.
“It’s no worries, ma’am.” Talia said. “Where’s Liam?” She asked, and Katherine gave a fond smile.
“Lily wanted to spend more time with him so he took them to the ice rink. They should be back in a few minutes.” She said, and Theo smiled softly too.
Liam had such a kind heart.
They made small talk to fill the time, then they all heard the door open.
Talia, Derek and Theo all looked over, finding Lily talking to Liam a mile a minute, stomping her way into the living room.
“Auntie!” She said, voice raised, eyes wide.
“Yes, sweetheart?” Katherine said, helping Lily take off her jacket.
“Bubba told me that he has to go work night and I angry!” She jutted her bottom lip out, turning her glare onto Liam, who just rolled his eyes and smiled.
“Again, Li? You worked last night.” Katherine said, and Liam shrugged.
“Bills are due tomorrow, Kat. Need some extra money for us.” He said, shrugging his own jacket off, and Theo admired the way he looked. Derek kicked Theo in his calf gently, raising an eyebrow, and Theo cleared his throat.
Liam looked over, smiling softly at him.
“Hi, Theo.” Theo felt his mouth go dry.
He nodded in return, waving at him, and Liam gave a cockier smile, kicking his shoes off.
Lily gasped, looking over.
“Teo?” She asked, and Theo nodded, smiling softly.
“Bubba, Teo make chicken!” She said, excited, and Liam laughed softly.
“You told me, bear, three times.” He said, and Theo blushed a little.
“I’ll leave you all to it, then. Lils, come on.” Katherine picked, Lily up, leaving Theo with the trio of werewolves.
“Can I help you all or?” He said, and Theo nodded.
“We, uh, we just wanted to see how you were doing.” Derek said. Liam raised an eyebrow.
“Fine, thank you.” He sat down, crossing his legs.
“So, you’re an escort?” Talia asked, and Liam smiled.
“You make it sound so fancy when you say it like that. I’m a prostitute. I sell my body for sex and money.” He said, and Theo clenched his hands into fists. He hated thinking of other men fucking Liam. That should be his job.
“Have you ever been in danger?” Talia pressed, and Liam shrugged.
“I’m in danger all the time, ma’am. I never know what will happen doing my job.” He said, and Theo took a deep breath. He wanted to rip apart anyone who touched Liam without his consent.
“Would you ever consider switching jobs?” Talia asked, and Liam thought it over.
“Maybe, depending on my pay.” He said, and Talia thought it over.
“What if you came and worked for us?” She asked, and Liam laughed, covering his mouth.
“Ms. Hale, was it?” She nodded, and Liam nodded too, “I appreciate it, but my body is not that flexible.” He said, and she nodded again, thinking.
“The offer is still there if you need it.” She stood, motioning for Derek to do the same.
Derek and Talia left, Derek smiling at his phone cause Stiles texted him. Theo looked over at Liam who was divvying out his own money, putting stacks of cash onto different bills.
“Need any help?” He asked, and Liam looked up, smiling.
“Sure, come here.” Liam pulled Theo next to him, their thighs touching.
Theo used all of his self-restraint to not grab and fuck Liam right there on the couch. He helped divvy out the money, seeing Liam had only sixty dollars left over. He frowned, going through the money again, and coming out with the same result. He looked over at Liam who was now on his phone, texting to Brett. Theo read over his shoulder, seeing that he was asking Brett for a twenty, since Liam wanted to take his family out for a small dinner tonight. Theo sneakily slipped a twenty into the pile, and stood up, dragging his hand across Liam’s thigh.
“Well, I should be going.” He announced, and Liam nodded, walking him to the door.
“Hey, Theo?” Liam asked, and Theo hummed, turning around to look at him.
Liam cupped his face softly, kissing him gently on the lips.
Theo gasped softly, the scent of Liam filling him, the press of lips against his igniting something in his soul.
He grabbed Liam’s hips, pulling him closer, and Liam pulled away, smile on his lips.
“Get home safely, sweetheart.” And the door was shut in his face.
He stood there, shock written all over his face.
Liam just kissed him.
Liam. Just. Kissed. Him.
He moved himself down the stairs, texting Derek, freaking out. Derek just laughed, telling him that he was happy for him. Theo put his phone away, heading to the store. He needed to do something other than sit at home, or sit at the club.
He walked in, grabbing a cart, heading for the frozen meals section.
Liam fucking kissed him. And he kissed Liam back.
Oh god, he smelt so fucking good. Theo just wanted to wrap that scent around himself, drown in it, it was so good.
Liam was gonna be the death of him, he knew it.
He pulled out his phone, opening his chat with Liam.
To: Dunbaby
Wanna see you again.
From: Dunbaby
Tomorrow, sugar ;).
To: Dunbaby
No. Tonight. Don’t worry
about cash. I have some.
From: Dunbaby
What’s in it for me, T?
To: Dunbaby
Free food, makeout session,
me fucking you.
From: Dunbaby
Mmm, that does sound nice.
Okay, what time?
To: Dunbaby
- Do not be late
From: Dunbaby
What, you gonna punish me,
Mr. Raeken?
To: Dunbaby
Yes.
From: Dunbaby
Good. I like it rough.
He groaned, popping a semi in the middle of the store.
To: Dunbaby
Noted. See you tonight.
He smiled to himself, grabbing some food to set the mood.
He got his first kiss from Liam.
He was going to make Liam dinner.
He was going to fuck Liam.
He was going to fuck Liam.