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"Hmm. Okay. You can always write in the WhatsApp group."
"Honestly, it moves so fast that it boggles my mind."
She laughed. "Then I'm on it. Want to come to the hotel? Travis and Reese are here already, but I think Travis is going to go home soon. Anyway, we can all go to the bar."
“Sure."
My brothers used to hang out at the bar in the building where they all had their offices, but ever since Travis opened the hotel, it kind of became the family's new headquarters.
On the way to the hotel, I did glance in the WhatsApp group. There were already sixteen new messages, and I scrolled through them. All my brothers were going to be there. Good. I was hoping they would bring their better halves, but that was too much to ask because this was very short notice.
There was a lot going on in the lobby of the Maxwell Hotel when I arrived. It looked like a new group of tourists was waiting to check in, but the receptionist nodded at me. The staff here already knew the members of the family.
“Everyone's at the bar," he mouthed.
I nodded as a thank-you, then took the staircase, needing the exercise despite the run around the hospital. Upstairs, I scanned the bar for my family. It looked much like the rest of the hotel, a mix of modern tones that had a twenties vibe in smoky gold colors. I usually liked that the space was dark and the lights were dim—it made everything intimate—but tonight, it was so busy that it made it hard to see my family. But that meant business was good for my brother. I was happy for him. He was doing a great thing keeping the family legacy going.
I finally noticed them in the corner to the right of the bar. Declan rose from the group, meeting me halfway through the room.
“Hey, brother,” he said.
“Thanks for coming. By the way, did you have a chance to look over Avery’s contract?” She’d emailed it to me a while ago, and I immediately forwarded it to Declan.
“Yes. Even I can’t find any loopholes, unfortunately. And I also looked into her ex-business partner, Sophia, like you asked me to.”
“And?”
“At first glance, nothing seems shady. Although she is about to open a store in New York. I think we know where she got the money from.”
“Fuck that. Can’t we do something about it?”
“Not yet. We need more info about her new business.”
“Right. Keep me posted, okay?”
“Sure. Let’s join the others.”
I nodded.
"No one came with their better half, huh?" I asked as we approached them. They’d put several small tables together.
Travis sighed. "We leave our families at home, and this is how he repays us."
"It's the best we could do with the short notice, brother," Tyler said.
"We were concerned when Kimberly wrote in the group." That came from Declan. He sat opposite me, frowning.
"So tell us. Also, what do you need to drink?" Tate asked.
I shook my head. "Nothing. What are you all drinking?"
Everyone had a glass in front of them.
"Okay, so he didn't ask for tequila," Tyler said. "That means it's not that bad."
"What?" I asked.
"We were just wondering how bad things are and started taking guesses by what you were going to order. Declan went with Jack and Coke, and I with tequila."
