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“Honey, not this time. Please give us a little space, okay? We’ll be right out that door and you can see us, but I want to speak privately to her.”
Thayer growls and takes a step toward us, but Lyam grabs his arm.
“Stay.”
Thayer swings around to him but Savannah goes between them and kisses his cheek. She whispers something in his ear that makes his face soften, and he finally nods.
She’ll have to teach me that one.
I still feel sick. When we’re outside alone, my nerves get the better of me.
“Thayer saidyou wanted to talk to me. I know you were taken into custody, and I know that Lyam says you’re trustworthy, but I don’t know much else. Anything you want to tell me?”
I look her in the eyes and nod. “Two things. First, I’m sorry. So sorry. Second.” I draw in a breath. “I’m pregnant.”
And then it all comes out in a rush. While she stares at me with wide eyes, her mouth gently parted, I tell her everything. She listens, and when I’m done, she stands, walks over to me, and like Avril… hugs me.
“Me too,” she says softly. “I’m pregnant, too. Aw, it’s gonna be so cool that we don’t have to do this alone. Will you come back to Le Luxe? I know you might not want to right now but we’re staying there for a while.”
“I honestly don’t know where we’re going but I think we may stay in Paris for a bit.”
She nods. “Of course, I understand. We’re here all the time anyway. And I like to stay close to Avril.”
“I can understand that totally.”
“I can’t believe they threatened you like that. Even then, when you betrayed us, you told me you were sorry. I knew you were under duress, but I had no idea why.”
I feel so much lighter. I feel so much more at ease.
“Cosette. You have to know they don’t forgive easily. If Lyam and Thayer know the truth, they know exactly what happened. And if the people who forced you into that weren’t already dead, they’d see to that.”
I laugh and feel lighter than I have in ages. “He said that.”
She snorts. “Lyam? Of course he did.”
The door opens and Avril stands on the other side, waving to us with a huge charcuterie board.
“Oh my God, I’m starving,” she says. “And she knowsallmy favorite foods. You have any cravings?”
And just like that, we’re talking about food cravings and due dates and babies. Like sisters.
Sisters.
“Does she know yet?” she whispers.
“Not yet,” I whisper back. “But we’re telling her today.”
Savannah grins. “Oh, I can’t wait to see her reaction. She is going to be so damn excited!”
We step through the door and Avril gives us a group hug. “Oh, girls, I can’ttellyou how nice it is to have somewomenaround here.I love those boys, but they are uncontrollable sometimes, you know?”
“Oh, do we know,” Savannah says with a laugh.
“And to think,” Avril says, “we’re having ababy.”
“Pretty surethe girlsare the ones having the babies,” Lyam says drily.
“You know what I mean,” Avril says while we all wait for her to figure it out. “Wait. Did you saygirls? As in… plural?”
