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No matter what.
“Christ, all right, enough sucking my sister’s face,” Tech barked.
Laughter sounded as I kissed Eve one more time before pulling away and grinning like a crazy guy down at her. My chest swelled when she smiled just as brightly up at me.
Turning to Tech, I asked, “You want to hit me again?”
He’d been studying his sister with a clenched jaw, but then he looked at me. “I do, but I know she’d get pissed if I did.”
“I would,” Eve said.
Tech glared at me with his arms crossed over his chest. “She deserves the world.”
“I’ll give it to her,” I told him honestly.
Eve shook her head. “I… no… I don’t?—”
Rommy clapped her hands. “So sorry to interrupt. Tech, you can get back to threatening Quake later. But my brother’s about to go, and we all need to say goodbye.”
Texas dropped his head back and sighed. “We could have just snuck out.”
“No, we can’t,” Maya said, nudging him.
I curled Eve under my arm and held her tightly to my side.
I could do that now.
She was mine.
I could hold her, talk to her in front of people, and show everyone she was under my care.
Christ. I couldn’t keep the smile from my mouth even if I wanted to.
Texas grinned. “Right. Dodge, Low. There was somethin’ we wanted to share before we leave.”
“What?” Low asked, perking up.
Texas held Maya to him, his grin growing even more. Like he was proud about something. Then he announced, “I’m fuckin’ thrilled to let you know, Maya’s pregnant.”
Low stood screaming. She danced around on the spot, then rushed them.
Rommy cackled and skipped over to them too. “I’m going to be the best aunty,” she announced. “I’ll take him or her or whatever they want to be to get their first piercing and tattoo and drinks and?—”
Texas pulled her in for a hug. “No, you won’t.” He then told his wife, “Our kid ain’t stayin’ with my sister.”
Maya, who was tucked under a crying Low’s arm, gave her husband a watery smile. “We’ll see.”
“Ha,” Rommy cried. “That means yes they can.”
As Dodge congratulated his son with a hug and soft words, Low gasped, “Does Zara know yet?” She gasped again. “Oh, my gawd, girl, you and Channa are pregnant at the same time.”
Rommy bounced on her feet. “This is awesome.”
Maya told Low, “My parents don’t know yet. We’ll tell them when we get home.”
Low’s lips thinned.
“Little bird,” Dodge warned.
