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“So am I,” Scorpion managed, although I gathered he was struggling with his decision.
Reaper shifted. “Me too.”
“Yeah, I haven’t been to Boulder in a few years,” Vader said under his breath.
“You coming?” Mustang asked.
I wasn’t certain how to answer. I couldn’t even go to my gravesite. The thought had made me sick to my stomach. “Maybe.”
“You should but none of us are going to push you.” Hawk glanced around the table at the rest of the men, giving them a hard look. “Right?”
All I could do was smile. After all this time, he was still our commanding officer.
Mustang cleared his throat. “We’re glad you’re moving on with your life.”
“How so?” I lifted an eyebrow seeing his grin.
“We heard you were painting,” Vader said, trying to get out of my reach.
“Let me guess. My lovely Chasity let the cat out of the bag.” My grin widened.
“She might have mentioned it,” he confirmed.
“I’m going to need to wash her mouth out with soap.” My thoughts drifted to her, and my cock ached all over again. We’d gone through so much in such a short period of time that it was hard to fathom.
They laughed but damn if all five weren’t nodding in approval. All I could think about was getting back to her. I stared down at my drink, swirling the liquid in the glass before guzzling the rest. When I placed the thick tumbler on the table with a hard thud, all the others could do was grin. “This has been great to reminisce, but I have some places to be.”
“Don’t look now, but I think the boy is in love.” The look on Scorpion’s face was almost identical to Hawk’s.
“Yeah. Yeah. She’s just the flavor of the day.” Even as I made the proclamation, I couldn’t help but grin, my every thought of all the savage things I was going to do to her body. I’d almost lost her twice. In a few days. Twice. I couldn’t get the brutal thought out of my mind. Karma had been shouting out the same things my friends had been for months.
And I’d chosen to ignore their advice. Okay, so I was the most stubborn one of the group. I’d believed that I had good reason. Now I knew I’d been a fool for thinking that way. As I backed away, all five stood at attention, giving me a salute.
“Ten-hut,” Hawk announced. “Corporal Ricardo Garcia has finally gotten the stick out of his ass and is ready to live.”
I gave my salute in return in the way of my middle finger. “You guys are hilarious.” As I started to turn away, a thought came to my mind. “Hey, Vader. What was your big announcement?”
When I twisted my head so I could see his face, I’d never seen the man so excited in my life.
“Well, I’m having twins,” he said, his entire body swaying back and forth from happiness.
“That must be a real feat since you’re a man,” I told him in return. “I hope that lovely wife of yours has something to do with it. Franny. You do remember her, right?”
“Get out of here,” he barked in return.
It was good to laugh. It was also amazing to remember that I had friends. Ones who’d fought to protect a way of life. Ones who’d ignored orders to try to save my life.
And ones who never forgot what our camaraderie had meant through the years.
Now I had the love of my life. I had to admit I was the luckiest man alive.
* * *
Chasity
Giddy as a schoolgirl.
That’s exactly the way I felt. In all honestly, I’d never been so excited in my life. The moment Snake had called a few moments before, I’d jumped up and down. Poor Apollo must have thought I was nuts. Maybe the pup was right, but I was so in love with the man I could barely contain myself.
