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“Oh, you’ll get that too.”
She gulped. Then she looked up, aware that Brody and Autumn were watching her. They both grimaced, and she shrugged.
“Seems someone is in trouble,” the Fox said.
She jumped and turned, her hand on her chest. “Fox! You need a cowbell!”
“Why?” he asked.
“So I can hear when you’re coming toward me.”
“Pretty sure a cowbell would be considered an occupational hazard.”
She guessed it would.
“You’re getting grounded and spanked, hmm?” the Fox asked. “Interesting.”
“Uh-oh,” Brody muttered.
She sent Brody and Autumn an apologetic look.
“Give me the phone,” the Fox demanded.
Alarm filled her. The Fox was known to be zealously overprotective of her.
“Fox, I deserve to be punished. I lied to Duke about where I was going. And now it’s snowing, and he doesn’t like me driving in it, plus I’ve lost the keys to his truck in the middle of nowhere.”
“You what?” Duke asked.
Shoot. How had she forgotten that she was still on the phone with him?
“Um, sorry, Daddy. We lost the keys.” She sniffled, feeling terrible.
“Tell him it was my fault,” Brody said, stepping forward and fiddling with his glasses. “I’ll take the blame. He can get mad at me.”
“No one is allowed to get mad at you,” the Fox dictated. “Give the phone to me, sweet girl.”
Sunny shook her head. “Fox, I really think it’s best I talk to Duke. And Brody, he won’t get mad at you. I took his truck; it’s my responsibility.”
“Sunny!” Duke said sharply.
“Um. Yep?”
“Give the phone to the Fox.”
Her eyes widened. “That doesn’t sound like a good idea.”
“Why not?”
“Because you two butt heads.”
“Sunny, it’s snowing and you’ve lost the keys to my truck. You could be cold, scared, or sick, and I wouldn’t know because I can’t see you. So I want you to hand the phone to the one person there who can actually be relied on to look after the three of you. Especially since I can’t.”
Oh, crap.
Now she knew why he was so upset. Duke considered his number one job to be to protect and take care of her. She’d taken that away from him by lying.
Lord. She felt the tears drip down her face as she handed over the phone.
