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Ruby pushed out of her chair. “I’m going to get some tea and no, I don’t need y’all to do it for me.”
As soon as she disappeared, Stone and Muriella sat on the sofa closest to me. He leaned toward me, voice low. “We need your room back.”
Muriella smacked him on the arm. “No, we don’t. We won’t need the bunk beds for a few years.”
“Do I need to find somewhere else to go or not?” I asked, looking back and forth between them.
“No,” she insisted.
“I’m glad you’ve changed your tune about kids,” Stone said.
“Why does everybody think that all of a sudden?”
“You sure seem to be working on making one.” Muriella squeezed his knee and gave me an apologetic look. “Well, she is. Anyway, you don’t have to move. It’ll be nice having a live-in babysitter.”
I zeroed in on Muriella’s stomach. “Are you?” She nodded shyly. “Does Ruby know?”
“We haven’t told anyone but Daniel and Vivian.”
“Not even Mama?”
“Nope,” Stone said smugly. He grabbed me in a headlock and gave me a noogie.
I flailed about trying to get away. “How old are we?” I kicked at his shin, narrowly missing the coffee table.
“Not too old for this.”
“Will you stop it?” I grabbed for his hands but couldn’t see a thing.
“When did you get so worried about your hair? I’m sure Easton’s seen it look worse than this,” my annoying brother rattled on.
“Let me go.”
Abruptly, he did. I lost my footing and fell to the carpet.
“What’s all this fuss about?” Ruby asked, hand on her hip.
“Nothing,” Stone and I answered at the same time.
“I want y’all out of here by tomorrow.”
“Does that include us, Miss Ruby?” Vivian eased into the room with Daniel behind her.
“Lord, no. Just those renegades.”
“That’s it,” I said, shooting to my feet. “Easton.”
He rushed in from the kitchen. “What’s the matter?”
I raced over to him. “Ruby just named our new company.”
“What new company?” she asked.
“Renegade,” I said, punching him in the bicep.
“Perfect.” He slung an arm around my shoulders. “I like your hair.”
“Told you, and he’s probably seen it worse after—”
