Page 73 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“May twenty-third,” Amanda said. “So not as far along as when I would have liked to say something, but I think we figured, just as I said, this is it. We want the immediate family to know regardless.”

“It’s all going to be just fine,” Sam said. “Please let us know if you need anything.”

“Thanks,” Amanda said. “I wanted to let you all know before anyone else got here.”

“Angel wouldn’t have said anything, but obviously we won’t talk about it again. She’ll be here around noon.”

“I can’t wait to meet her,” Bode said.

“Why?”

“Because Mom talks about her as if she walks on water. We all know how close you are with Spencer, so I’ve got to imagine it’s a weird situation.”

He frowned. “Weird how?”

“Boys,” his mother said. “Bode, not now.”

“What am I missing?” he asked.

Drew started to laugh. “Mom has these ideas about you two. She’s been talking about it since Angel accepted the job.”

“Ideas of what?” he asked. Jesus, this was making things even harder.

“That it’d be so sweet if you somehow ended up with your best friend’s sister,” Amanda said. “I do find it kind of nice and romantic too.”

“Don’t be a dick to her today,” he said to his brothers. “I mean it.”

“I’m not going to be,” Bode said. “I’m getting it out of my system now before she shows up.”

“If your mother doesn’t smack you for being a jerk,” Sam said, “I will. Don’t embarrass her.”

“Geez,” Bode said, smirking at his wife. “I didn’t know I was going to get ganged up on.”

“You have to be like me,” Drew said. “Just sit back and watch the show.”

“Easy for you to say,” Coy said. “I’m the one starring in it.”

He heard his father cough and his mother look away.

Thankfully Liam started to tug him toward the toys and he got pulled out of the kitchen, not even finishing up his duties to help his mother.

Twenty minutes later, the doorbell rang. “I’ve got it,” Coy said. “I’m sure it’s Angel.”

He ran to the front. “Hi,” she said when he opened the door.

“Play along,” he said.

“What?” she asked quietly.

“Liam is spending the night tonight. Sorry. I couldn’t get out of it.”

“It’s fine,” she said. “We have the rest of the weekend.”

“Good,” he said. “And I’ll explain more. Just play along if Bode is a dick.”

She lifted her eyebrows. “You’ve always said he busts on you. I’ll be fine.”

There wasn’t much more he could say without his family wondering what was taking so long.

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