sure sign of his agitation. “So, what’s the plan?”
I’m between my woman’s legs, and my brother’s asking me to think. I have no fucking idea what
day it is. Luckily, I’m saved by another interfering ass.
“Ordered pizza,” Micah says, carefully escorting Holly past me to the couch. “Called everyone.”
Fuck. Guess it’s a party.
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“W hat if he works at the Dojo? Maybe he’d like that?” Kade’s suggestion is met with side eyes
and worried glances. I’m sure a bunch of us are thinking it, but Becca says it.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea. Having a man fresh out of prison, a convicted felon, working at
the same place that I coach abused women in self-defense? Not sure that’s a great plan.”
Colton, laying flat on his back on the floor, scowls and raises his arm to shake a finger at her. “He
killed one person, Bec. One. He’s not a mass murderer. And he’d never hurt a woman.”
And they’re off.
We’ve all been circling around one undeniable fact tonight. Colton doesn’t know his brother. It’s
pretty damn hard to plan out someone’s future for them when you don’t even know what they’ve been
doing for the last eighteen years.
I rest back against the front of the couch, and thanks to lots of practice, I’m able to tune out the
argument and instead enjoy the way Maya’s legs are pressed into me. She’s been quiet since everyone
showed up, and I don’t know what’s happening in her head. We were on the verge of something…
more, for a minute there, and I can’t tell if she’s thankful for the interruption, or frustrated by it.
Needing more connection with her, I turn sideways and lift her feet into the V of my crossed legs.
There, that’s better.Her wide eyes meet mine, and I give her a little wink, just to see if I can bring a
little more red to those cheeks.
Yep, there it is.
Looking at her, it’s easy to ignore the rest of the room. Which is fucking shocking since, other than
Evie, who gets off shift in a couple of hours, and Mia, who’s at daycare today, everyone is here.
Everyone. All my brothers, Becca, Bree, Cara and Holly.
I think this is the first time that’s ever happened. We usually end up at Ransom’s upstairs, or at one
of my other brothers.
