Page 83 of For Fox Sake

Taylor plops next to her. “Now that was real.”

Piper rounds the bed to sit on my other side. “It was a legit pterodactyl.”

Finley chuckles. “Maybe it was the moth man.”

“West Virginia is a bit far for him to fly.” Mindy rests her hip against the wooden bed frame.

I twist my lips. “But the pterodactyl, a creature that existed sixty-seven million years ago, that’s a possibility?”

Taylor reaches around Finley to shove me in the shoulder. “It makes sense, okay?”

Piper nods solemnly. “The government has been lying to us.”

“Speaking of.” Mindy narrows her gaze my way. “What’s going on with you and Ryan?”

I lift my hands in question. “How does speaking of government lies lead you to question me about Ryan?”

“Just answer the question,” Taylor chimes in.

I groan. “Why are you all here anyway?”

“We came to say goodbye. Luke and I are leaving in the morning.”

Piper nods. “Same here. I have a show the day after tomorrow at the gallery.”

“Stop avoiding the question.” Mindy points at me.

I shake my head. “I am not having this conversation with all of you.”

Finley grins. “I like her.” She glances around at the rest of my sisters. “Jake didn’t come home last night. He snuck back into the main house this morning.”

“What’s that now?” Taylor laughs. “Jake clearly likes her too.”

I hate that my face is burning right now. “I fell asleep.”

Finley bites her lip, holding back her mirth. “Like when I fell asleep with Archer that one time in the laundry room?”

I cover my face with both hands. “No. Please don’t. Don’t make me remember. I am still traumatized.”

Piper leans her shoulder into me. “Or when I fell asleep with Oliver in the loft of that one cabin where the bed is visible from the front door, and we had just woken up and you waltzed right in and saw more than you bargained for.”

Mindy makes a hmming sound. “That reminds me of when I was making Luke breakfast in my underwear that one time and you came in without knocking.”

Taylor gasps. “Oh my God! Like when I was with Atticus in our tent during the festival last year.”

“You know what the common denominator is here?” Finley crosses her arms over her chest.

I glance around. “You’re all a bunch of sexual deviants?”

Mindy tsks. “You need to learn how to knock, Jacob.”

They burst out laughing.

“I’ve also learned that, unlike my sisters, I should lock doors when I don’t want to be interrupted.”

“Wouldn’t it be great if we could all walk in on him?” Piper laughs but then frowns.

“Eww.” Taylor smacks her on the arm.

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