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“Hey, Mama,” said Sierra, looking up from her coloring book.
“I sure missed you two.”
“We missed you too, Mama,” said Savannah, looking up from hers.
“Do you want to go next door and see Ya-Ya?”
“We saw her before we went into town.”
“I know, but you can’t see too much of Ya-Ya, can you?”
“When will Aunt Ava be home?”
“What about Uncle Razor?” Saylor asked.
“Him too.”
“Maybe we’ll be able to see them tomorrow.”
Savannah jumped up. “Are they home?”
“I think so, but Uncle Razor was in the hospital for a few days, and I’m sure he’s very tired.”
“Was Aunt Ava in the hospital too?”
“Sort of. She spent a lot of time with Uncle Razor while he was there.”
Both girls looked crestfallen enough that she thought about calling to see if she could bring them over. But not knowing if Monk had arrived with them, stopped her. She didn’t want him to think she used the girls as an excuse to come see him.
She shook her head. Wasn’t this just as bad? She was avoiding going to see her beloved brother, who had almost died, because she was too worried about what Monk thought? Not to mention she wanted to know whether Ava had said yes when he proposed.
“Up for some company, or are you too wiped out?” Saylor asked when Razor answered his phone. “Savannah and Sierra are anxious to see you.”
“Don’t lie, Saylor,” he said, laughing. “They want to see Ava more than they want to see me.”
“You’re right. Sorry, Bro.”
“That’s okay. I’d rather see Avarie over anyone else too.”
“Thanks a bunch, Raze.”
“Whatever. Come over here.”
—:—
Monk offered to find another place to stay, but Razor told him he wanted him at the house.
“Until the risk has been neutralized, I want Ava protected at all times,” Razor told him.
“Roger that.”
He went downstairs and threw his bag on the office’s pullout sofa, where he’d slept before they went to Washington.
He looked up and saw Razor standing in the doorway. “First of all,” he said, “you can’t sleep in here. There’s a bedroom upstairs at the end of the hall. Secondly, my sister is on her way over with my nieces.”
Monk nodded and picked up his bag. “Anything else?”
“We have a new system being delivered soon,” Razor told him, motioning to the equipment in the office.
