Page 77 of A Play for Love

“Thanks. They’re a handful, but I’m enjoying every minute of it.”

Night had fallen. The girls were off doing their own thing while we men gathered around the bonfire with our beer and guitars.

“This is great. I could get so used to this,” Grayson said as he brought the beer bottle to his lips.

“Me too, Gabriel spoke. “Shaun, does the offer still stand for the houses?”

“Fuck yes, it does.” Shaun grinned.

“We’ve been holding out on filling the space on the third floor of the medical center for you.” Jackson grinned.

“Grayson, you’d be a great asset to Cedars. Just say the word.” Christian smiled.

Grayson and Gabriel looked at each other for a moment.

“Looks like we’re moving to Cali!” Grayson shouted.

We all shouted and whistled at the news.

“What’s going on over here?” Aunt Barb walked over.

“Grayson and Gabriel are moving to Cali,” Sam said.

“Yes, I know that. They bought the houses that Shaun is building. At least that’s what Simon told me.” Her brow arched as she stared at him.

“We did, Aunt Barb. We’re just so happy to be here that we’re making an even bigger deal about it.” Grayson grinned. “Shaun, we need to look over the house plans again. I might want to make some changes.”

“Of course. We’ll go over them tomorrow.”

“I’m happy you two are moving here. This is what your father would have wanted,” Aunt Barb said. “I’m heading home. After tonight, I’ll be moving in with Simon for a couple of weeks and then to my new home down the street.” She smiled.

“Can’t wait.” Simon put on a fake grin.

“See you tomorrow, Mom,” Stefan said.

“Bye, Aunt Barb,” Conner, Jackson, Christian, and I spoke.

The second she walked away, the grin on Simon’s face fell flat.

“Thanks for having my back,” he said to Grayson.

“No problem, cousin. We’re family.” A grin crossed his lips as he held up his beer bottle.

“On second thought. Maybe we don’t want to move here,” Gabriel said.

“And why the fuck not?” Stefan asked.

“We love you guys, but you told us you were all single and as anti-relationship as we are.”

“My brother is trying to say that we love you and all, but we don’t want what you have. You have a happy life with your wives and kids, and we have a single and carefree life,” Grayson said.

“And that’s how we want it to stay,” Gabriel said. “You’re like a virus, and we aren’t getting infected.”

We all laughed.

“Yeah. Yeah, you miserable pricks. You think you’re happy, but the reality is you don’t know how unhappy you really are,” Simon said. “Been there, done that, blah, blah, blah. But it’s all good. We got your backs. And when Cupid comes around, I’ll get my gun and make sure to shoot that fucker right out of the way for you.”

“You promise?” Grayson grinned.

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