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I run a brush through my hair so the soft waves fall around my face before pushing my feet into my shoes and running back down the stairs.
The door is open when I get to the bottom stair and I see Ty waiting on the path outside.
“Ready?” he asks.
“Yeah.”
I close the door behind me and walk by his side toward the warehouse. He waves for me to go first when he pulls the door open.
My gaze wanders around as I step inside, seeing Evan sitting at his computer and Kay at the meeting table.
“You got her to come out then,” she says to Ty, smiling at me before standing up.
“Yep. Did you ever doubt me, sweetheart?”
She rolls her eyes, embracing me in a hug. “I’d show you around but I’m about to head out to meet up with my friend Miss Maggie.”
“That’s okay,” I say when I pull back before stepping away.
She stares at me, tilting her head. “You should come over this week for dinner.” She nods her head as if confirming it to herself. “We can have a family dinner. We haven’t had one in a while. Evan!”
“Yo.”
“Family dinner. Friday night?”
“You gonna bake cookies?”
She rolls her eyes, huffing out, “Of course.”
“Then I’m there!”
She chuckles, placing her hand on my bicep. “Don’t let Ty’s growls get to you, he’s like Luke, doesn’t know how to talk in normal-people tones.”
I chuckle. “I’m used to Luke’s growling.”
“You gonna stop distracting my staff?” Ty grunts, but when I look at him, I see the soft look in his eyes directed at Kay.
“I’m going, I’m going.” She lifts onto her tiptoes when she’s in front of him and kisses him on the lips. I turn away from them to give them privacy and my gaze clashes with Evan’s.
“Come’re, Lilypad.”
I raise a brow, walking over to him. “Lilypad?”
His lips lift on one side as I move closer to him. “It’s your new name; Lilypad King.”
I laugh, but when he hands me something, it fades away, replaced with a frown. “What’s this?”
“Laptop for you to do school work on—”
“We need to look into a GED,” Ty says from behind me, making me jump.
“Oh, you not going back to school?”
“I… well… I hadn’t thought that far. I thought getting my GED would be… safer.”
Evan stands up. “Colleges will prefer a high school diploma, but a GED will work too. How long you got left?”
“Only a couple months.”
