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He fell silent, and I wondered if I'd offended him by pointing out he hadn't kept his promise. Then again, it was Wyatt. Not much offended him. So maybe he was just thinking?

Cutie,he said at last,sometimes I think you can either see the future or have bugs sewn in our clothing.

Huh?I scrunched up my nose.How could I sew bugs in your clothing? It would kill them. Well, unless I looped the thread over their shells. But even then, they'd die the first time they went through the washing machine—

No, cutie,he giggled.Not those kinds of bugs. Never mind. But yes, we will teach you how to drive very soon.

As Ash pulled into a truck-stop plaza, Wyatt said that all I needed to do was tell Ash and Cole that I wanted them to accompany me inside so I could use the bathroom.

Take as long as you want, but I literally need only one minute to take it off and hide it in my toolbox, okay?

I agreed with a nod, then asked why Cole had to come, too.

Because he knows as much about cars as I do and would want to help. Jay likes racing, but never cared to learn about fixing engines, so he won't get involved.

And Mason?

He'll insist on standing watch while I crawl under there. See? Very simple.

I nodded. I had to go to the bathroom, anyway, so I wasn't even lying.

And it would give me a chance to shake up the bottle of soda I was going to get Cole to buy for him.

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"I don't get it," Ash muttered as he turned into our driveway. "Vehicles don't start clanking for no reason, then stop clanking just like that."

"Dude, count your blessings that Wy found nothing but a loose bolt." Cole threw his head back against the seat, obviously fed up with the same conversation for the last hour.

"I'm just saying—"

"Stopsaying!" Cole snapped.

"At least you didn't have to ride an hour covered in sticky soda!" Wyatt whined and glared down at the big brown stain on his shirt.

"Dude! Itoldyou,Ididn't drop it!" Cole growled. "Someone at the store must have!"

Since I was tucked under Mason's arm, I bent over and hid my face in his stomach to hide my grin.

Eden was one-hundred percent right; playing pranks was super easy when you were always underestimated.

"We're home!" Jayden crowed before Cole and Wyatt could get heated.

Raising my head, I cheered when I saw our house, then furrowed my eyebrows at the gray car parked in the lot.

"Who's here?" I asked with a little pout, not really feeling up to more socializing.

"Surprise, cutie!" Wyatt turned around from the front seat to grin at me. "Dad found you a great little car. Are you ready for us to teach you to drive?"

I whipped my head toward him so fast, my neck twinged. I gave him The Look, but he only winked at me, the little devil.

"It's not a new car." Jayden leaned up from the back seat and laid his palm on my shoulder. "It's an older, inexpensive model, but it runs well and starts reliably. We thought that it would intimidate you less to have something you could dent or scrape without it being a big deal."

"Thatwasa good idea," I agreed with a grin. "When I crash it, I won't feel so horrible."

"Ifyou crash it, cupcake," Ash chuckled. "Notwhen."

"Yeah, honey. Think positive. Half of success is positive thinking."

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