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“It’ll be right down the street from y’all, though, and during the summer, all the kids will want to be there.”
“Good. Nothing more I like than playing with my baby. We’ll be there first, right?” Havoc asked Harley.
Harley nodded enthusiastically. “Can Gerald swim?”
“Baby, I don’t know if iguanas should be in chlorinated water,” Analise said. “We’ll figure it all out, though.”
Daisy raised her finger just about shoulder level to get attention, as she might have done in school even. “I, uh, I’ve been thinking about maybe starting my house. I mean, if we’re talking about restructuring and all.”
“Remi’s will be empty,” Barron said, without thinking too much about it before he heard himself saying it.
“No. Remi’s house is going nowhere. It’ll always be there for him when he decides he wants it. This is not a permanent situation with him,” Brandt said firmly.
“Oh, I don’t want Remi’s house. I was thinking of building my own.”
“Where do you want it?” Barron asked. “We got places on every street back here. Just pick one.”
“I’m not sure. Maybe across from Remi and Christian’s. Maybe across from Brandt and Tempest, opposite side of the road back there, though.”
“We can open up some new streets back here, too. It’ll just take a little while,” Barron said.
“I think that you should live right next to us, then Carson can come visit me every time he’s at your house,” Harley said.
“Problem with that is that Havoc owns everything on his side of the street, up to the lot before the corner,” Brandt said.
“Didn’t want anybody building right on top of us,” Havoc said.
“I’m thinking that I really don’t want to be right on top of the river. Maybe the opposite end of this street, across from Remi and Christian and Kiernan? I’d like to have two lots myself just to be able to keep a little space for whatever else I might want to do one day.”
“Take the ones behind you, too, to keep somebody from being too close to your back yard. You can keep the woods there,” Havoc suggested.
Daisy nodded. “What Havoc said.”
“We can put you right across the street from Remi, Christian and Kiernan, but in the middle and you’d have however much extra space you want. Before you go home today, you should come walk it out with me and give me an idea of what you’re thinking,” Brandt said.
“Okay. It’s not a rush or anything. I just, think I should start thinking about it,” Daisy rushed to clarify. “I’m just, thinking is all. Right now, anyway.”
“It’s a good thing to pick your spot. We still got Ronan, Angelle, and anybody else to consider. Eventually, even our kids are going to want their own place,” Barron said.
“Which is why I got so much land. We can put in another road off the highway further down and they can designate their own area. We’ve still got space here for everybody to have their own home, and three or so extras for visitors and family during holidays and such, without crowding each other out. Thenext generation is already allotted for at the other end of the property, if they want it,” Brandt said.
“If it ever comes to it, Kaid has more land out near the stream, too,” Havoc said.
“Yeah, but I hate to destroy that area. It’s beautiful there. So many memories,” Brandt said.
“Same,” they all echoed.
“There’s no need for that,” Brandt hurried to assure them. “We’ve only cleared and accessed a quarter or so of the acreage I bought. There’s plenty of room on the roads we already put in for all of us. When we need more, like I said, we can open up more further down on the other end.”
“We going to have us our own town before we’re finished,” Havoc said. “I volunteer as governor of the territory,” he said dramatically, making his naturally country accent thicker than usual.
“I’m pretty sure the Alpha has that responsibility, baby, but I’m sure he’ll let you know if he needs help,” Analise said with a pat on his shoulder.
“Fine,” Havoc said, forcing an indignant tone into his voice, but not quite able to hide his grin.
“If we’re all finished, I’m going to start taking all this food upstairs, and make plates to send home for the soon-to-be-mommas,” Analise said.
“I’ll help,” Daisy said, getting up and taking several plates in hand.
