Page 76 of Billionaire Unexplained: Kaleb

Or I could send my jet to bring her to me when she could break free.

No, it wasn’t ideal.

But it was a lot better than saying goodbye to her and never seeing her at all.

“I’m seriously going to miss her,” Devon said earnestly.

“Me, too,” Tanner added solemnly.

I knew my mother was going to miss seeing Anna almost every day, too.

The two of them had gotten close in the weeks that Anna had been here.

“She’s not gone yet,” I said irritably. “When is this barbecue happening? Mom hasn’t said a word about it to me.”

I still had one more week before I had to think about what it was like without her living with me every single day, and I planned on pushing those negative thoughts off as long as possible.

The last week had been the best one of my life, and I wasn’t going to moon over how lonely it would be without her when she was still here.

“Mom probably hasn’t had a chance to mention it to you because you and Anna have barely surfaced in the last week,” Devon said wryly.

He was right. I’d talked to my mother on the phone, but I hadn’t seen her in well over a week.

“The barbecue is Sunday,” Tanner informed me. “Anna said she’s leaving next Monday because she has rehearsals that week before the ceremony. Don’t worry. It’s early in the afternoon. You’ll have that evening together before she goes.”

It was Monday, so we had a week before Anna boarded my jet to fly back to California.

She’d argued about using my jet, but I’d convinced her that it was the simplest way for her to get back to Los Angeles.

I wasn’t going anywhere, so there was no reason for her to hire a damn charter that may or may not be in good mechanical shape.

I finally nodded. “I’m sure Anna will appreciate Mom’s thoughtfulness.”

Maybe it was better if Anna could say goodbye to everyone at the same time.

It would save her from having to run around town and see everyone before she left.

Hell, I knew I was selfish, but I wanted to spend as much time with her as I could get.

I had come into the office during the last week, but usually only when I knew that Anna would be tied up with obligations or virtual meetings.

She’d had a few calls today, one of them an additional meeting with the feds that they’d requested.

I was hopeful that they might tell her something about the investigation.

She’d already given them all of the information she possibly could on that shell company.

It would be great if the feds were more forthcoming than the police department in California. If they knew anything, they still weren’t talking. Logically, them not sharing information during the investigation made sense. Their job was to work for the victims to get justice for them. Releasing any information to anyone during that investigation was a decidedly bad idea.

However, I also knew how much Anna desperately needed answers, and I wanted her to get those answers. The waiting without any resolution in sight was hell on the family left behind.

“I’ll swing by to see Mom when I get back to Crystal Fork,” I told my brothers. “I’ll ask if there’s anything she needs help with for the party.”

“I think she’d rather you didn’t,” Devon said jokingly. “She’s pretty happy that you two are spending all of your free time together and not coming up for air.”

I looked at Tanner.

He nodded. “He’s right. I think she’s already planning your wedding for you, and counting the grandchildren she’ll finally get. Since Devon and I are apparently hopeless, she has all her hopes pinned on you and Anna at the moment.”

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