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I looked down at Bear. His eyes were glued to the candles long after they’d been swallowed by the sea. As if the poor guy were waiting to see Josie out there.
“Great job, everyone,” Wesley said after a while and high-fived all the kids goodnight. “See you on Monday. Enjoy your Sunday!”
A couple of kids gave him a hug, and then everyone dispersed. It was way past everyone’s bedtime.
Wesley walked with me to my car and watched me put Bear in his seat before he spoke.
“I know it’s probably not the right time, but…we need to talk about the twins. Tell your friends we need to make a plan. Tomorrow.”
I gave him a reassuring smile, bid him good night, and watched him walk to his own car, unable to take my eyes off him.
He was wonderful.
Simply wonderful.
And even though I didn’t know what to do with that thought, there was no doubt in my mind about that. He was a special, one-of-a-kind guy.
Despite everything, I didn’t waste any time. I sent a group message to everyone and told them we needed to meet up early in the morning before The Outpost opened.
Once the sun was up, I got Bear ready and we set off.
“Do you want to spend your morning playing with Mac?”
“Yeah,” he said and smiled cheekily in the backseat, making the weight on my shoulders a little easier.
I didn’t know how he’d take to being left alone with her and King, but thankfully, he got too busy becoming friends with their dog and chasing Mac’s chickens, Thelma and Louise, with him to notice.
Slade and I made our escape, and I drove to Arrowwood Lane to pick up Wesley, much to Slade’s surprise.
“What’s going on?” he asked.
“We’re taking over is what’s happening,” Wesley answered and climbed into the back.
I glanced at him in the rearview before I set off, and he winked at me.
My chest throbbed, but I ignored it and set off for The Outpost, where every single one of my teammates was already waiting for us.
Maddox and Asher were sitting at the bar. Joey and Donovan had taken over another table, and we took our place at the table with Azrael and Wyatt.
The only one missing was Parker, but I could fill him in later.
“What is this?” Wyatt asked, staring at Wesley.
“This is me lighting a fire under your asses,” Wesley said, and I couldn’t help but chuckle. “We need to talk about the house on Aster Hill.”
“What about the house on Aster Hill?” Wyatt raised his voice, and in that moment, Autumn walked in and stopped dead.
“Did I miss the invite to this party?” she asked.
Before anyone could fill her in, Donovan rose to his feet and dragged her out of the room.
“Um, excuse you. Let me go,” she shouted.
“I can’t let you get involved in this,” Donovan told her, and their voices would have been muffled if Autumn wasn’t speaking at the top of her lungs.
“You can’t let me? Since when are you the boss of me?”
“I’m…I’m not your boss, but you don’t need to concern yourself with this stuff. It’s dangerous.”
