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Chapter 27
Travis stepped backinto what sounded like the beginning of World War III.
Brooklyn was standing in the middle of the foyer with her hands over her ears, crying quietly and looking like she wanted to hide.
Jacob was on the steps with a deer in the headlight look in his eyes and when he saw Travis, he bolted up the steps. Over the din of raised voices, Travis heard a bedroom door slam.
Storm was trying to calm Mariah, along with one of Isabel’s twin sisters—it had to be Mary Kate ... no, she went by Marilyn now.
Aaron sat on the foot of the steps, watching Isabel face off with the other Steele twin, Ellison, if Travis remembered right. He still hadn’t officially met either of the Steele twins, but he’d seen plenty of pictures and hadn’t forgotten any of the details Isabel had told him.
She’d face off with the devil if she felt the need to, Isabel had once told him.
Considering the look of pure fury in Isabel’s eyes as she glared at her sister, Ellison might have been better off squaring up against Lucifer. But damn if there was a lick of concern in her bright green eyes.
As Travis watched, she rocked up onto her toes and drilled a finger into Isabel’s chest.
“ ... got it?”
Two of the security team who were supposed to be monitoring the situation inside the house took one look at what was unfolding and backstepped, but not before Travis caught sight of the looks on their respective faces—looks that told him this wasn’t the first blow-up between the sisters.
He cast another look around, hoping to find Ace or Rye, because what the fuck, he’d expected at leastoneof them to stay on top of the situation.
But he spotted neither.
So, seeing no other alternative, he lifted a hand to his mouth and gave a piercing whistle.
Silence struck like a hammer.
Brooklyn and Isabel spotted him at the same time. A soft smile curved Isabel’s lips. Brooklyn’s face remained teary but she dashed toward him and he dropped his bag and bent to catch her in his arms, the fist that wrapped around his heart tightening just a little more.
Aaron shoved off the stairs and took a couple tentative steps toward him.
Recognizing what he saw in the boy’s face, Travis walked over to him and held out his arm, letting the kid decide.
Aaron flung himself at Travis’s chest.
