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Priest walked into the clubhouse smiling a short time later, waving an envelope in his hands while carrying a box. “King!” he shouted as everyone looked in his direction.
The President of the club walked out of his office, pulling his shirt over his head as Bailey righted her skirt, smiling.
“What?”
“It’s here.”
Smiling, King walked over to the man, who happily handed over the envelope. Opening it, King peeked inside and grinned broadly.
“Skylar, honey. Can you come over here, please?”
Looking at Sarah, who shrugged, I got to my feet and did as he asked, as Chase also stood, coming to stand behind me. He did that a lot lately whenever anyone wanted to talk to me.
“Honey, your uncles and I made some calls a while back and called in a few favors. We weren’t sure anything would come of it, but we had to try. This is for you,” he said, handing me the envelope.
Opening it, I took out a single piece of paper with a check attached to it from the United States Marine Corps. Gasping, I quickly covered my mouth, shaking my head. My hand trembled as I stared at a check in my name for one million dollars.
“I don’t understand. How?” I whispered, as tears rolled down my face, refusing to take my eyes off the paper.
“Your uncles and I notified a few friends of ours that are still Marine Corps. We told them what Hiller did to your parents and to you. They did their own investigation. After some talking and possibly a few threats, the Marine Corps agreed to right a wrong.”
“It’s real?”
“And all for you and Cameron.”
“Along with this,” Priest said, holding a folded American Flag encased in a mahogany glass case in his hands. “I knew you lost your dad’s original flag in the fire, so the brothers and I chipped in and got you this.”
Looking at the memory box, I saw the folded flag front and center, with my dad’s name etched on a gold placard, along with his rank, ribbons of achievements, and even a picture of him in uniform. Dropping the check, I grabbed the glass case, hugging it tightly to me, as I cried, whispering my thanks.
“I wanna see, Sissy,” my brother sweetly said.
Kneeling down to him, I showed him the case as he tenderly ran his finger over Dad’s picture. “It’s gonna be okay now, Sissy. You don’t have to cry anymore.”
Nodding, I wiped my tears. “Yeah,Cameron. Everything is going to be okay.”
Chase bent down and picked up the check, whistling as he looked at it. “That’s a lot of money, Skylar Rose. What are you going to do now?”
“I don’t care about the money. I’m thankful for it and what you and the others did, but this,” I said, hugging the glass case again. “Means more to me than all the money in the world.”
“Well, I don’t know about you, but I think we need to celebrate.” Chase smiled warmly. “How about you go get changed and let me take you out to dinner tonight? My treat.”
“Really!” Cameron shouted joyfully. “Can I go to? We can go to the bowling alley. Oh, how about the Ice-cream shop? Sugar told me she was making a new flavor just for me.”
The brothers laughed as Chase ruffled my brother’s hair. “I think it’s best if it’s just adults tonight, kid. Maybe we can celebrate later.”
“This blows donkey dicks! I never get to do anything fun.”
Some of the brothers snickered as I gasped, “Cameron!”
Scribe picked up my brother, throwing him over his shoulder, walking away as he said, “Kid, do you and I need to have another conversation about that damn mouth of yours?”
“What do you say, Skylar Rose?” Chase asked, looking at me.
I nodded. “I’d love to have dinner with you.”
“Leave the mouth with us,” King ordered, walking away. “You two have fun!”
I was going on a date with Chase Montclair.
