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“Slow down, Shane,” Jason said, happy to see his old friend so lively. “We don’t want to tire you.”
“So you’d rather I just lie here and wonder? Come on.”
“He’s got a point, Jason,” Mitchell said.
They told him everything that had happened at the warehouse after he’d been shot.
“Damn it, that bastard is still out there.” Shane looked at Jason. “I know you had been working hard to bring Mitrofanov down for some time. I’m glad you got your man.”
“I’m glad you saved my life, bro.”
“I would do it again in a fucking minute. I will always have your back. You know, Jason, since Kip has declared war on Destiny, we all have to work together.”
“I plan on deputizing every single citizen. We’re going to get the motherfucker.”
The door opened and the doctor came in. “Only two visitors at a time, please. My patient needs his rest.”
Chapter Eighteen
“I am so proud of Lucas.” Phoebe loved seeing the whole town come out to pay tribute to one of her men.
She sat with some of her favorite friends in folding chairs. All the guys in town, including Jason and Mitchell, were setting up the area for the groundbreaking ceremony.
“You should be,” Amber said. “He’s the big man around town these days, that’s for sure.”
“You have to come up and see what he’s done for the Boys Ranch.” Belle’s eyes widened. “It’s amazing.”
Phoebe knew she was more than a little interested in two Destonian men. “That’s what my brothers told me after you gave them the tour of the place.”
Belle smiled. “I’ve given lots of tours.”
She liked Belle very much but wondered if a woman who had grown up outside of Destiny would understand the kind of life her brothers would want. “Are you still planning to open the Boys Ranch by Christmas?”
“Absolutely. We have several more boys arriving by then.” Belle was a woman who had the heart of a mother, though she had no children of her own. The way she took care of Juan and the other orphan boys was something to behold.
“Ladies and gentlemen, the groundbreaking ceremony for our new hospital will commence in five minutes,” Patrick O’Leary announced from the temporary stage that had been set up for the event.
“Looks like the entire town has turned out for the festivities,” Megan said.
“Don’t you mean the entire county, Megan?” Nicole asked. “Why not? Lucas has designed an amazing building to replace the old clinic.”
“Did you see the model he made of how it’s going to look? It’s going to be a showstopper. I wouldn’t be surprised if your man doesn’t win some architectural award, Phoebe.”
“That would be something.” She’d grown so close to Amber, Megan, and Nicole, all of whom had come to Destiny from other places. They’d found love in the arms of men she’d grown up with all her life. Why couldn’t Belle do the same? Shane and Corey certainly were interested in her.
Erica grinned. “When will we be seeing you walk down the aisle, Miss Blue? Isn’t it about time you made honest men out of the Wolfe brothers?”
“You only care because you want to be my maid of honor, right?”
“I’d settle for bridesmaid,” she said with a laugh.
Like her, Erica had lived in Destiny her whole life, but her past had been much more difficult. She’d lost her parents in the plane crash that took out some of the best citizens that the town still mourned to this day.
“The Wolfe brothers were sort of talking about a wedding,” Ashley told them. “At the hospital in Chicago.”
“Ash, can’t you keep a secret? I swear to God, I should dock your pay,” Phoebe teased.
“You would be lost without me, boss, and you know it.”
