Page 80 of Treasure and Tarot

“Oh there will be none of those,” Colton said. “I have seen some things.”

“Really like what?” Xavi’s gaze was altogether too interested, and Xander shook his head at Colton.

“No, no, no. Don’t talk to him about it. Whatever it is, it’s dangerous, and he doesn’t need to get into it.”

“Hey!” Xavi frowned, even as Sebastian cracked up. Xavi was notorious for finding trouble. It called him like a magnet. “Xander, you act like I’m a child about these sorts of things. I’m a functional, responsible adult.”

“Nope, you’re not a child. You’re just a little bit of a psychotic innocent. No, no, no, no, no.” Xander’s look of exaggerated horror wasn’t helping Sebastian hold back his giggles at all.

“You’re not my boss.”

“You might need a boss.” Xander stuck his tongue out at Xavi.

“Yeah, but not you,” Xavi chuckled. “I love you, and you adore me, but?—”

Xander shook his head. “No, the chemistry is totally not there. Still, I don’t like the idea of you playing with things you don’t understand.”

Iago opened the door just then, and Xander’s eyes shifted over to the omega. Sebastian privately thought that there was a lot of chemistry right there, personally, but Xander didn’t seem like he was willing to chat about it.

“What are we talking about? What are we playing with?”

The guys all shuffled in, then, Gent bringing up the rear. Abby immediately ran to Gent and lifted her arms up, begging a hug. It was amazing to see Gent’s face just melt.

Xander shook his head. “It’s no big deal. Xavi was threatening to use the Ouija board.”

Iago, Mason, Law, and Gent, as a man, said, “Nope.”

Abby tilted her head, blinking at them, then she stared at Gent. “Unca Gent, what’s a wee, wee word?”

Sebastian looked at Gent, and then to his husband. “Yeah, Uncle Gent, what’s a wee, wee word?”

The amount of swallowed chuckles around the room was hilarious.

“It’s a silly game for talking to ghosts,” Gent explained with a warm smile, but Abby shook her head at his words.

“You don’t need a game. You just say, ‘Hi, ghosties!’” She waved, and the new flowered curtains in the kitchen waved in the nonexistent breeze.

The crew just shook their heads, collectively.

Gent, on the other hand, nodded. “Yes, Abby, I see. You’re absolutely right. We don’t need a wee wee word. We just need to say hi and be friendly.”

Law rolled his eyes, shook his head. “Was someone saying there was going to be lunch?”

“I have bread and potato soup.”

“Oh, that sounds excellent.” Gent shook his head with a smile. “I think that I need to make steaks for everyone. Maybe we’ll have steaks and baked potatoes and with a salad tonight for dinner. I’ve got plenty.”

“Are we gonna make a day out of it?” Colton asked.

“Oh, I think we totally should,” Gent answered.

“Cool.” Xander grinned. “I would love for someone else to cook for dinner tonight.”

“Then I will gladly do so,” Gent winked, and everybody laughed. He was super family oriented, maybe more than Colton, which was hard to do. Although, to be fair, Colton’s relationship with his own family was strained, and Gent apparently had a great one with his folks.

Speaking of… “So when do your people get in for the holidays? You said they were coming here, right?” Sebastian asked.

Gent nodded. “Yeah, my folks and my one sister will be coming in the day before Christmas. And then they’re going to stay for three or four days depending on the weather.”

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