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“Well, that’s good at least. My dad ignores the fact that I have a boyfriend.” She laughed lightly. “Anyway, I’ll let you get dressed.” Before I could respond, she left my room and shut the door quietly behind her.
Her boyfriend.
My stomach twisted.
Matt Hillman was a douche, but Gigi was happy, so we all put up with him. The guy didn’t deserve her and treated her like an object rather than the wonderful person that she was.
I quickly got dressed and left the room. As soon as I stepped out into the hall, I was greeted with the scent of something sweet mixed with bacon, eggs, and coffee.
My stomach rumbled.
“There she is.” Ashton and Aiden Donovan greeted me at the same time. The twins came toward me.
“Hi, guys.” I gave them each a hug. “What are you doing here so early?”
“We were on the way to the center when Meadow texted that she was cooking breakfast.” Ashton hooked an arm around my shoulders. “You know we could never turn down her food.”
“It also gives us an excuse to delay our arrival a little bit,” Aiden said, wrapping an arm around me from the other side. “I love the center, but our father likes to work us to the bone.”
I laughed. “He’s trying to make you hard workers for when you take over his company.”
Ashton grunted. Both of them were built like their dad, Asher, but had the bright blue eyes of their mother. Even though they complained, I knew they loved working for their father and doing the work they did to help fix up and expand the center. The Dove Project had been a part of our lives ever since we were kids. Now that the guys were older, they helped with the construction on it. The center, as most of us called it, was a safe place for human trafficking victims. It offered shelter, food, clothing, therapy, schooling, and even jobs. It was something our mothers had started before us kids were born and it still left me in awe at how big it had become over the years.
“It’s the summer. We shouldn’t be working so damn much.” Ashton released me and sat at the dining room table.
“I love working,” Gigi added. She had just opened up her dance studio the year before but also worked at The Dove Project. She was a new teacher, so business was slow at the moment until her name got out there more.
“Of course you do.” Aiden sat beside her at the table. “You actually have a business.”
She scoffed. “Yeah and I have only a handful of clients. I need to get some more fliers printed.”
“Meadow, are you done with the food yet, woman? I’m fucking starving.” Ashton leaned back in the chair, stretching his arms up and over his head. “I’m withering away.”
“Do you kiss your mama with that filthy mouth?” she called from the kitchen.
“No, but I’d sure as hell kiss you with it,” he threw back at her.
“Ha!” she scoffed. “You wouldn’t even know what do with me if I was laying naked before you with my legs spread open. I bet you wouldn’t know where a woman’s clit was even with a neon sign pointing directly at it.”
“What?” Ashton’s face turned bright red. “Fucking women.”
Laughter sounded around the room.
I joined them at the table when Meadow started bringing plates out.
“Did you need any help?” I asked her, moving to rise from my chair when she lifted her hand to stop me.
“No thank you.” She smiled her widest smile. Her full red lips pulling thin.
“Why do I feel like you messed with these?” I asked her, glancing at the plates of pastries on the table before us.
She laughed, placing the last plate on the table and tugged her shirt down. She only ever did that when she was nervous. “One of the plates has special cookies that I made. I don’t suggest eating them if you have things to do today or need to drive somewhere.”
Ashton leaned forward and popped a cookie into his mouth. “Looks like I’m sleeping on your couch again.”
“You are helping me today. I’m not making up excuses for you again.” Aiden shook his head and picked up a croissant before breaking off the end and shoving it into his mouth.
“I have to work today, so no special cookies for me,” Gigi said, pouting.
