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“You didn’t ask. I offered. Give him a kiss and tell him not to be late tomorrow. One Mills is as good as the next, right?” She winks.

“In some ways, you’re better. If only you had that big, strong, hard—”

“And that’s our sign. Let’s go bride to be,” Ginny interrupts Trish, who’s laughing.

“I was going to say heart!” Trish retorts as Ginny pulls her away.

“Uh-huh, sure you were,” Ginny laughs with her.

I watch them leave, and then three of my other brothers give me hugs and depart as well. Mom and Dad are next, telling me Bash is staying until I leave. We’re down to Ranger, Bash, Davis, Jorge, and Joker. And me.

I watch Joker and Jorge come back from the office with looks I can’t read on their faces. We all look at them expectantly, my body deflating when they tell us they couldn’t see anything.

“Whoever did this knew where the cameras were and how to move them from position,” Joker says, walking over to the camera above the stairs and standing on a chair, adjusting it back to its rightful place. “They did the same with the ones outside the buildings at the doors.”

“So, what does that mean?” I ask.

“It means you have security,” Joker tells me.

“What? Who? I don’t need security,” I protest.

“You do, and you’ll not make a fuss,” Jorge tells me.

“Who? Who’s going to follow me around?”

“I am.” Ranger. Of course, it’s Ranger.

“You? You don’t even like me!”

“We’ve established that isn’t quite the case, have we not?” He raises a brow at me, and I can feel my body flushing. “Exactly.” He smirks.

“Okay. Here’s the plan,” Davis announces. “First, we’re all going back to the hotel. I’ve already called and you two have connecting rooms.” He points to Ranger and me. “Jorge, you have a room, too. No telling if someone will go after you if they can’t get to Elle, and we aren’t taking that risk.”

Jorge dips his chin in thanks, but doesn’t say anything.

“I’m getting married tomorrow if it fucking kills me and I expect every single one of you there with bells on, understand me? That means Joker isn’t going to get lost in his might be legal shit and sleep through it. Ranger isn’t going to go crazy overprotector and lock you in the hotel room.” He gives Ranger a pointed stare. His smirk grows. “And I’m going say I do to the best girl in the world.”

“Yeah, that was already the plan, wasn’t it?” I ask.

“Yes, smartass, it was,” he snaps, but there’s a grin so I don’t get offended. “When we get back to BC next weekend, we deep dive into this. Joker’s called Daniel and him and the crew will be at the shop first thing that Monday so we can figure all this shit out.”

If I weren’t looking at him, I would have missed the tightening of Ranger’s jaw, but it’s gone in the blink of an eye.

“Unless something happens while I’m having as much sex with my wife this weekend as possible. If something happens, Daniel will be there in two hours and you’ll just have to get to work without me. Everyone got it?”

“Got it,” we all reply in unison.

“And Jorge, the gallery is closed after tomorrow night, right?”

“Yeah, it’ll be closed through Thursday.”

“Good. Stay away, stay safe. And leave the studio the way it is right now. We need to see if they come back.”

“What good is that?” I throw my hands up. “Not like they won’t just move the fucking cameras again.”

“Got that covered.” Joker steps up next to me and shows me the smallest camera I’ve ever seen. “These have been placed at all access points and no one will ever see them.”

“Wow,” I breathe out, taking one in my hand. He shows me his phone, which has the picture of what the small camera is looking at. “This is amazing. I didn’t know they made them this small.”

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