Page 68 of The Billion Heirs Boxed Set
”Then I guess I’ll see you soon. I’ll be in touch. You just take care of yourself, okay?” I end the call.
Carly stands next to me, her hand still in mine. “So you’re leaving…”
I pull her away from Chance and Miles so we have a bit of privacy. “Only for a week, sweetheart.”
“You might forget me in a week.” She looks down at my chest.
I tip her chin up. “That is not going to happen.”
She sighs. “I won’t forget you, for sure. I do have to go talk to my father.”
“So you can get the lowdown on the evil Bridgers.” I grin.
“Whatever he says, I know it has nothing to do with you, but…”
“But…you need to hear him out.”
“I do. I need to learn what he knows. I’d much rather go to Seattle with you.”
“God, I wish…” I kiss the top of her head and then I hand her my phone. “Program your number in. I don’t want to be out of touch with you for a second. You need me, I’m a call away.”
She adds her number and hands the phone back. I tap on her name and her phone rings in her pocket. “Now you have my number, too. Call me anytime, baby. I mean it.”
“I will. When are you leaving?”
“I have no idea. I have to talk to Chance and Miles. Tonight if possible, I suppose. If we can get a flight.”
Chance shakes her head, chuckling. “Did you forget already?”
I wrinkle my forehead. “Forget what?”
“We can leave anytime we want. We Bridgers have our own private jet.”
My jaw drops. Damn. He said something about a plane that first day when we all met, made some snide comment about training wheels.
Carly touches my cheek. “You, Austin, have your own plane.”
“Can we even use it?”
If Shankle says the three of us only get a small stipend each month, maybe there are rules for other things as well.
“The ranch trust has all the money it needs to run. The will’s stipulations are only to fuck with us,” Chance adds.
“What about the money being tied up because of dear old Dad’s EPA violations?”
“As far as I know, nothing has been frozen yet,” Chance replies. “Shankle didn’t say anything about it just now.”
Fuck. Another problem. This is all a giant pain in the ass. Except for one thing.
Carly.
I want to stay here. Here, with her.
How the hell did I get to this point?
“Come with us,” I say to her.
She opens her eyes wide.
