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“We want our own base, a place we can call our own with a bit of land for training. We wanna be close to where you're gonna be based, and we wanna have some down time and do a place up. We have savings, and we still wanna do what we do, but we want a home.”
“Deal.”
“Deal, just like that?”
“Yep, however…”
He crosses his arms over his chest. “Come on, then hit me with the unreasonable bit to make this totally suck.”
“I’ll buy you a place, I will give you a budget, anything over that you pay yourselves. I want it to be close to the MC. I think I will end up back there, maybe. I will also need it to act as a home base, so while you have your own space, there will need to be a command centre. But that's negotiable. I will transfer the money now into the team account, and you can purchase somewhere ASAP, but I need to see it and have a say, too. Also, there will be babysitting involved.”
“Deal, you have a deal.”
He picks me up and spins me around, making me scream, and the other guys come barrelling through the door.
“Fuck, dude, we thought she threw you off the roof.” Knight chuckles.
“You did not think that scream was me. You didn't, right?”
“Sure.” King laughs.
“So, care to fill us in on what's happening?”
“We get to babysit.”
There's a chorus of groans. “What the fuck do we know about babies?” Queen cocks a brow and looks at us all.
I walk toward him, pat him on the shoulder, and grin. “About as much as I do, so we're all fucked.”
Ares
I'm pacing in the bar, my fists clenched by my side. Scar is sitting at the table with the laptop, working away on a case, and I just continue to pace.
“Ares, you're gonna wear a hole in the floor at this rate. Come sit down and talk to me.”
“No one’s heard from her. It's been weeks. Where the fuck is she?”
“She’s been gone five days, Ares. She'll come back if and when she’s ready, but we need to let her come back on her own. You can't force her, or she will just leave for good.”
I scrub my hand down my face. “What if she chooses not to come back? What if she decides she doesn't want to be here and she takes them away? I can't lose them and him. Scar, they're all I have left of him. I need her to know I'm sorry.”
“We all need her to know we’re sorry, but we're just gonna have to be patient, okay?”
“Yeah, I suppose, but I have an idea. I’m gonna go. Thanks, love you.”
“Ares, don't do anything stupid, okay!”
I wave as I rush to the med room, snagging a bottle of tequila from behind the bar on my way past.
“Hey guys, I thought we could have a drink.” I push into the apartment. It's about … fuck knows. It's dark outside, anyway. Dice and Dane are curled up on the sofa, looking all cosy.
“Hey, Ares,” Dane says. “Come in, make yourself at home, why don't you?”
“Thanks guys.” I slide in between them. “I got booze.”
“I can see that.” Dice chuckles. “We were kinda gonna watch a movie.”
“Great, I love movies.” I shuffle between them, making more room. “Dane.” I hand him the bottle.
