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“Braids again?” he asks, his lips quirked in a grin.

I nod. “Yeah. I really need to stop washing my hair at night. Sleeping with wet hair is a nightmare,” I groan. “What did you do?”

“I checked in on Ryker and Grayson. They’re both still in the tech room but plan to stop and go get some sleep soon. And then I grabbed snacks for us.” He waves a bag of chips at me like a little kid.

Tying off the end of my braid, I crawl into his bed and pat the blanket in front of me. “Well, what all did you grab?” I chuckle.

Dumping the rest of the snacks on the bed, he picks up a remote from his dresser and turns on the TV at the foot of the bed. “Movie?”

“Sounds like a perfect night.” I smile at him as he climbs in behind me and stretches his legs out on either side of me. I lean back against him, and we spend the night watching the Harry Potter movies which I have never seen.

I think Cade is a secret nerd, but he claims he only knows them because of Grayson. We eat way more food than we should, cuddle, and laugh for hours.

It’s perfect.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Harley

Opening the tech room door, I grin at Grayson. “Hey, tech boy, are you ready?”

Shaking his head, Gray powers down his computer and then walks over to me. “Are you really going to call me that now?” he asks with a small smile.

“Yes. At least when you’re in this room.” I shrug. “Don’t blame me. Noah came up with it.”

“I didn’t forget,” he grumbles and walks out with me, taking my hand.

It’s been about four days now since we took down the warehouse. Since the situation with Nerds, Grayson has been running all things tech for him. But every time someone has said tech guy, they automatically think of Nerds, so Noah randomly decided that Grayson would be the tech boy.

Grayson seems embarrassed by it, but I think it’s cute.

“Are you ready to tell the twins the news?” I beam at him.

He lets out a relieved sigh, and I’ll never get enough of seeing him smile. “Yes. So ready.”

Vance and his men found and killed the twins' father a day after we found them. Vance promised that they got revenge for the twins and more. To top it off, Grayson was able to find their mom and look into her.

She has a normal, safe life in Seattle, Washington. Everything checks out with her, so he told Gabe about it, and Gabe got in contact with her. He gave her the bare bones information over the phone and is waiting to meet with her in person.

Which is happening in about an hour. She flew in and just let him know she rented a car and is on her way here.

Since it’s actually happening, we are going to tell the twins now. We have held off because life is a bitch and so many things can change within seconds, and we didn’t want to get their hopes up over something that could’ve changed.

Knocking on the medical room door, we wait until someone says come in and then we enter. Doc is here doing a final check-up on them so he can let their mom know anything she needs to be aware of.

“Good morning,” Grayson says, and Anthony jumps from the bed and runs over to hug him.

Over the last few days Anthony has grown sort of attached to Grayson. I think he found comfort in Grayson being the first one to help him feel safe again.

“I have some news for you and your sister,” Grayson tells him, hugging him back.

Anthony grins at me and then leads us back over to where he and Anna were sitting on a bed in front of Doc.

“Harley, Grayson,” Doc greets us.

“I found your guys’ mom.” That gets both of their attention, and they fully focus on Grayson, whose excitement seeps into his tone. “She is on her way here right now for you guys.”

“Are you serious?” Anthony says, tears gathering in his eyes. He looks at his sister, who is crying but still very quiet. “Mom is coming, Anna.”

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