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Chapter Twenty-Six
—Julian—
“Wow,” Capri breathed out, looking all around. We’d just taken off. “You have your own plane?”
“I have three.”
“My daddy has three planes! That’s so cool! Momma, did you hear?”
“I heard.” Autumn was sitting the furthest away from me, staring out the window.
She was quiet which was never a good thing. It usually meant she was overthinking. It didn’t matter that she was no longer the eighteen-year-old girl I’d left, her personality hadn’t changed. I could still read her like the back of my hand. She might have thought she wasn’t the same young girl, but in reality, she absolutely was.
“Daddy, what do you do that you have so much money?”
I chuckled, and Autumn scolded, “Capri! You can’t ask—”
“I’m an entrepreneur, and you can ask me anything.”
Autumn groaned, snapping her attention out the window.
“What does entrepreneur mean?”
“It means I made something from nothing.”
“Oh, that’s so cool. How do I do that? I want to make a lot of money too.”
“Capri!”
I laughed. She had no filter, exactly like me. “I’ll tell you what, baby girl. You can take over my empire one day.”
“Really?” Her gaze went wide. “I can be an entrepreneur too! Momma, did you hear? I’m going to be just like Daddy!”
Autumn pinched the bridge of her nose. “Julian, do you have any pain meds? I have a pounding headache.”
I pressed the button by my chair.
“Yes, Mr. Locke,” Katie, the stewardess, announced through the speakers.
“I’d like some ibuprofen.”
“Yes, sir. I’ll be right out.”
“Daddy, do you always order people around?”
I grinned.
“Momma says I’m bossy.” She shrugged, giggling. “I guess I get it from you.”
“You’re too smart for your own good.” In my eyes, she was perfect.
“Daddy, do you think we can get a puppy?”
“Capri,” Autumn chimed in. “I already told you. I don’t have time to take care of a puppy.”
“I know, Momma, but it’d be my puppy, so I would take care of it.”
“I can barely get you to clean your room.”
