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“Cockblockers,” I grouse.
“Look at the bright side. At least, now you know you can have sex.” Major smiles smugly.
“I couldn’t wait. All morning I’ve been a bundle of nervous energy,” Harley chirps.
“You knew?” Jewls squeaks.
Harley’s jaw drops, shutting quickly, guilt written all over her face.
“Did you know?” Jewls points to Major.
“We all knew.”
“And you didn’t tell me?”
“He picked up the ring yesterday, then I was busy with a rescue mission that got messy. When I got home this morning, I relieved you and your mom and had a few hours with my boys.”
“You’re lucky you’re so sexy with them or you’d be dead meat.”
“Glad I’ve got that going for me.”
The security monitor chirps, a caravan of black Suburbans driving up.
“I’ll start the coffee.” Rowan scoots around me, Jewls stopping her.
“Let me. You stay with Ford.” Her gaze meets mine. “I’m so glad you’re okay.”
She scuttles away with wet eyes, muttering, “Damn hormones.”
James, Robbie, Finn, Max, Captain Boyd, two ATF agents, a DEA agent, and a member of the Drug Task Force all crowd into the living room.
Finn and Max set up a laptop, streaming into Talon’s hospital room. His parents crowd his bed. April looks ragged and Mark is pissed. I’m taken off-guard when the screen splits, showing my parents’ kitchen. Mom clutches my dad’s arm, her face filling with relief when she spots me.
“Thank Jesus.”
“Mom, I told you I was okay.”
“You’ll never understand a mother’s worry.”
“Truth!” Jewls calls out.
Another beep sounds, a dark Lexus parking on the street. “What the fuck?” I spew, watching Tera walk tentatively up to the house.
“We asked her to come,” Robbie informs us. “After we paid her a visit this morning.”
“Why?”
“Because she fills in holes to this clusterfuck.”
The room is silent when she enters, her complexion ashen and eyes bloodshot.
One look at me and tears stream down her cheeks. “Ford. Oh God.”
“Can I get anyone coffee?” Harley offers, breaking the uncomfortable atmosphere.
While they serve the coffee, Captain Boyd takes a stand, pointing between me and the screen. “You rookies are damn determined to give me a heart attack.”
“Ahh, Boydie, you saying we unlocked that black heart?” Talon teases blearily.
