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I searched the ground for any pastel color, which was easier said than done! The trees didn’t have leaves yet, but the world was budding. The ground was covered in patches of tiny flowers in bright colors.
Someone ran up behind me and continued up the hill—it was Kit.
“Gots to hurry!” he hollered.
I huffed. I wanted to find one more!
I started zigzagging my way back to civilization, and I decided to look for eggs until we got the one-minute warning. Because, let’s face it. If we were exchanging these eggs for bags of candy later, I wanted as many as possible because I loved candy, and also, I wanted snacks for the fuckfest tonight.
“Sixty seconds to go!” This time, it was River I heard.
I finally found an egg in front of a fallen tree. I darted over there and stuffed it in my pocket. A green egg. Awesome! I wondered if this color meant anything. I brushed some dirt off it, then picked up in a run again. Eight eggs would have to do!
I ran, ran, ran, and ran until I broke through the tree line, and then I ran some more! The monitors had set up a long table just off the pool area, and a bunch of bowls sat on it. Oh! Oh my God, Colt and Reese were wearing pink bunny ears!
I laughed as I ran closer. “Looking good, bunnies!”
Colt glanced over at me. “Statin’ the obvious, but thanks, little one.”
I giggled breathlessly and aimed for the others who’d returned. Among them, Kit, Corey, Lane, Shay, Tate, and Macklin.
“Go Noa!” I heard Cam cheer.
I turned toward our cabin and beamed, and I waved to Cam and Daddy. “I got eight eggs!”
“Good job, freckles!” Daddy gave me a thumbs-up.
Uncle Lucian was waiting with the other Tops on the other side of the pool, so I had to wave to him also, of course. I hoped he was proud! I’d run as fast as I could!
“Eight eggs!” I called.
He smiled proudly. “Excellent job, sweetheart.”
Fist-pump!
“Y’all can form a neat line as we wait for the last egg hunters!” Colt ordered.
I did my best to catch my breath, and I took my spot between Macklin and Kit.
“You gotta keep an eye on your Daddy today,” Macklin said, super quiet.
I scrunched my nose. “I always keep an eye on him. He’s a hottie.”
He snorted softly in amusement. “I mean because he’s suspecting something. It’s not just Reese, Colt, and Greer. KC’s part of it.”
Ohhhh.
“And we don’t want anyone figuring anything out before the cruise,” he added.
That was true. We wanted our Owners to give us a hot show, and it would be just like them to cancel if they turned suspicion into certainty about what we were up to.
“I think I can sway him.” I spoke under my breath. “No one ever expects me to be a good actor, so I can let something slip. Like, we’ll come up with a more innocent prank that can explain some of our tracks today, and then I’ll let Daddy catch me.”
Macklin turned pensive and leaned forward, exchanging a look with Lane.
“Don’t get me involved any further,” Lane said. “I’m not putting my ass on the line for a prank I don’t get to see the results of.”
That was fair. Lane wasn’t coming on the cruise because he and Ty wanted to be alone in their Florida house. Gael had set a similar limit. He’d been a lookout earlier, but he didn’t wanna do more than that.
