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Just fucking great. A family reunion.
Sounded like his own personal hell.
Only . . . his hell had been losing Mama Jean, hadn’t it? And now he had more family that he could have imagined.
Fuck.
But it was worth it, having to put up with all of them if it meant he had Maeve.
She was worth everything.
EPILOGUE
“Look, Daddy!” she said, holding up Squish. “I gave Squish a makeover.”
Gray eyed Squish skeptically. He was wearing a new outfit that she’d made him. It consisted of a leopard print top and a pleated black skirt. He also had a fake mohawk that Dahlia created for him.
“I thought Squish was a boy.”
“He is, Daddy! It’s a kilt.” She gave Gray a sly look. “Wanna see what’s underneath?”
Gray rolled his eyes. “No, I don’t want to see what’s underneath.”
She giggled at his expression.
Two weeks had passed since her kidnapping. Gray had spent the first few nights watching her sleep and barely getting any sleep himself. Finally, she’d told him that she wasn’t going to sleep until he did.
It had been an epic battle of wills.
Okay, actually, he’d given in after a lot of grumbling. She hadn’t been lying when she said getting very little sleep made Grumpy Bear extra-extra grouchy.
But after he’d slept a solid few hours, he’d actually been far less paranoid about her disappearing.
Her friends had all descended on her for a few days. Including Cat and Alejandro. Which had been very interesting. Actually, Gray, Markovich, and Alejandro had gotten along much better than she’d imagined.
Thank God.
Cat had a fit when she’d heard what they’d been keeping from her. She’d actually threatened to put Maeve over her knee. Which had been funny and slightly alarming, since she’d probably do it.
But eventually she’d calmed down.
Immy had spent more time staring at the guy that Alejandro had left to watch over her than she had at Jenner. Maeve wasn’t sure what Jenner thought about that.
They’d all talked about James and the tattoo on his back. The way he’d talked about the Deity like he was alive. But the general consensus was that he’d been nuts.
Ilya was doing a lot better. He’d only stayed in the hospital a few nights. Triple-T was fine. And even though Dahlia was jumping at loud noises, she seemed to be doing better too.
It probably helped that Markovich had stayed home these past two weeks. Maeve knew it made her feel a lot better having Gray around.
Even if she knew the time was coming that she’d have to go outside again.
She hadn’t been outside since she’d gotten back. Every time she thought about it, she felt ill.
She really should get hold of the therapist that Gray had found for her. But she couldn’t seem to bring herself to do it.
Urgh, she was a mess.
So instead of trying to fix herself, she’d just stayed inside. Even though it had just rained again and there were some epic puddles outside.
