Page 105 of After You Returned

“But none of you know how to surf,” I finally manage to say.

Eli grins. “Which is why you’re going to teach us.”

I frown. “But I don’t have my teaching equipment anymore.”

“Shit, dude. Were you robbed?” Kai asks.

“Robbed? Why do you think I was robbed?”

“Because there’s no other way you’d ever let your surfing equipment go,” Zane answers.

“Wrong. I sold it.”

Kai’s jaw drops to the ground while Zane feigns cleaning out his ear. “What did he say? I think my ears are blocked.”

“He said!” Kai shouts at him. “He sold his teaching equipment!”

I might as well get all of this over now. My brothers will act like drama queens and then the teasing will begin. I’m already over it.

“I put the surf shack up for sale.”

Kai clutches his head. “I feel dizzy. I think I’m going to faint.”

I roll my eyes. “Drama queen.”

“This is…” Kai scratches his chin. “I honestly don’t know what to say.”

“Really?” Jaxon studies him. “You don’t know what to say? This is highly unusual.”

“Actually.” Kai clears his throat. “I do know what to say. Have you lost your mind?”

“I—”

He throws up a hand. “Not done yet. You love that shack. Why the hell would you sell it?”

I shrug. “It was time. It’s not as if I’m giving up surfing. But I don’t have time to give lessons anymore.”

“No time to play with the pretty women who take surfing lessons?” Zane waggles his eyebrows.

I grunt. “You’re the player. Not me.”

“Not anymore. I’m off the market. I’ve got a baby and a woman. I’m fulfilled.”

I frown. I want to be fulfilled. I want the woman I love living with me. And maybe a baby as well. Not now, but soon.

“I never expected in a million years you’d sell the shack,” Eli says.

“What do you mean? I asked if you were okay with me selling the shack.” I own the shack but since Eli helped me pay for the renovations after the hurricane destroyed my previous shack, I wanted his permission before selling.

He shrugs. “I thought it was a rhetorical question.”

“I asked you for the number of your realtor.”

“I think we should say goodbye to the shack before you sell it,” Rhett suggests.

“Excellent idea.” Kai rubs his hands together. “I’ll get the moonshine.”

“I’ll get the snacks,” Zane adds.