“We didn’t do anything crazy that will ruin your career. I promise. I also left Mamá a message that she should call me. I have exciting news,” I added, hoping they saw it as a good thing, like Dusty’s family.
“You know I had the satellite phone enabled, right?” she said.
“I know. Things have been a little hectic and I didn’t want to worry you, but you also needed to know…” My heart continued to speed.
“Take a deep breath. You’re not in trouble. Why don’t you just tell me what happened? Give me the real version, not whatever you’re telling Mamá,” she added.
I went upstairs to my room. Somebody had come this morning and done things to the bathroom, and my furniture had been set up. I’d chosen an absolutely ridiculously comfortable adjustable bed. Because I’d had my bed since I was a teenager.
Plopping down on it, I told Anitaeverything.
“I see,” my sister replied. “I thought you might be seeing someone. Considering you didn’t tell anyone, I thought that perhaps you’d gotten back with your ex. You have a pack! I’m so happy for you. I can’t wait to meet them. I can see how some people are a little concerned, but I have faith in you. Mamá will, too, and I’m sure Dusty’s family does.”
“We went over tonight for dinner to see them, before we went to Dimitri’s party, and it went really well,” I added, staring up at the skylight. Hopefully Fiona’s parents will grow to love us.
I should put glow in the dark star stickers up there. Oooh, or a fiber optic ceiling with constellations.
“The whole thing about adding an alpha sounds like something out of one of those dating reality shows.” She laughed. “Packs are work, but you and Dusty have never been afraid of putting in the work.”
“True.”
“You’ll be moving into our place? You should tell Beatriz soon,because I think she warmed up to the idea of moving into it during the cruise. She's still kind of mad at me, but in a Beatriz way,” she added.
“Yeah… so about that…” I told her about buying a townhouse.
“You’re allowed to move out. I’m allowed to move out. We can still be a family, even if we’re in different places. Beatriz will live,” she assured.
A weight lifted from my shoulders. “I needed to hear that. The cruise went well?”
“We're having so much fun. I wish you could have come. Maybe during the off-season we can do something fun together with your new pack,” she suggested.
“Oooh, Dusty is hoping to play Feral Ratville.”
“While I’ve always wanted to go, that does not sound kid-friendly,” she replied. “But I’d love to go to Greece.”
“I mean, they do have Feral Kidville, which is run like day camp,” I replied. My friend who was a DJ often worked it for the networking opportunities. She was a teacher when she wasn’t DJing.
“We’ll come up with something.”
“Absolutely. We’ll have a mating party during the off-season, probably combined with a wedding,” I said, laying back on the bed. There were a whole bunch of little decorative pillows on it that Fiona had chosen.
Someone had hung up the curtains, too. They were all nice little touches that made the room even more comfortable.
Fatigue pressed down on me. It had been a long day, and I had a game in a few hours.
“I’ll encourage Mamá to call you in the morning, so that you can tell her yourself. You’re not going to call yourselves Pack Himbo, are you?” She laughed.
“I might have ordered us some Pack Himbo T-shirts, but that’s more just for fun. I want to get one for Dusty that saysCarlos’ not-husbandon it, too,” I added, loving that. Anders had come upwith it.
She laughed again. “I love it. I’m going back to sleep. I just wanted to call you and see what was going on. Oh, I can’t tell you how happy I am to get an omega sister-in-law.”
“I’m excited for you to meet them. Thank you for calling. I wasn’t trying to hide this from anyone. I just didn’t feel like it was an emergency-emergency,” I replied. “Also, I should go to bed, too.”
“If you have any questions about pack relationships, please talk to us before you become a reality show. I mean, you know everything our pack has been through. But if they do end up adding an alpha, I’m bringing a film crew,” she teased.
I thought for a moment. “Honestly, I feel like that would be the only way to do it. But Fiona’s dads aren’t going to have the chance, because we are going to do this! Functional adults can still have fun.”
“They can. I think you’re going to have this really fun, but slightly chaotic pack. You’ll do fine. We all believe in you. Beatriz will have opinions, but you know that.”
