“Yep. Hold me?”

Jewel opened the sunroof and then held onto Sunny’s waist as she stood. Sunny raised her arms above her head with a whoop as the air whipped around her.

“I’m getting married! Everyone, I’m getting married!”

There weren’t many people around. Probably a good thing, considering she was going to be really embarrassed when she remembered this in the morning.

But right now, it was fun.

They took her and Livvy home first, since they lived next door to each other. She was giggling like a lunatic as Betsy and Jewel helped her up the path. A security light switched on, and Hatter let out a whining noise of excitement from inside the house.

“Hatter, stay,” Duke ordered as he opened the door.

A shiver of pleasure ran through her. She loved his deep, commanding voice.

She stumbled into the house. “Dukey! I’m home.”

“Dukey?” Jewel choked on her laughter.

“Good God,” Duke said, grabbing her around the waist as the house tipped.

“What’s going on? Is it an earthquake?”

“How drunk is she? How bad are the two of you?” Duke asked.

“She found these cocktails she really liked,” Betsy told him.

“She’s completely off her face,” Jewel added bluntly. “We tried to sober her up a bit with a burger. But I bet that’s going to come straight back up.”

Duke sighed.

“Daddy, have you got hot pants?” she asked, giving him a stern look. “Because that’s what happens to sneaky sneaks.”

“Actually, I think that’s what happens to liars,” Jewel said unhelpfully.

“Dukey?” she asked.

“Yes?”

“Can you make the house stop moving? It’s being very annoying. It’s all topsy-turvy. Oh wait, am I like Alice? I am,aren’t I? Oh no!” she cried as she slid to the floor. “I’ve become small. It was the burger? It shrunk me?”

“Little Rebel, you’re not in Wonderland and you’re not shrinking. Nothing is topsy-turvy.”

She sighed. “Well, that’s a huge disappointment.”

Betsy started giggling.

“We’ll leave the two of you,” Jewel said. “Have a nice night,Dukey.”

Duke mumbled something as he picked Sunny up. Something about Jason not spanking her ass enough.

“Why would Jason spank my ass?” Sunny asked as he carried her along the passage and into the bathroom to brush her teeth. “I don’t want a spanking, and not for him. The only person who can spank me is you, Dukey.”

“Darn straight. I was talking about Jason spanking Jewel’s ass. And my name isn’t Dukey. Jewel is never going to let me live that down.” He handed her the toothbrush.

She brushed her teeth quickly, giggling every time she looked at herself in the mirror. She didn’t know why, she just did. He wet a face cloth and wiped her face clean before picking her back up.

“I love Jewel. And Betsy and Millie. And everyone else,” she cried, flinging her arms up as Duke sat her on the bed. “But most of all, Dukey, I love you.”