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Easton sighed. “Thank God.”
Lan and Parker shared a look with a grin before they went over to their third. Rommy moved onto the couch and squished herself against us. Smiling, I curled an arm around her shoulders, and Eve took her hand to hold on her lap while we watched Lan and Parker admire Easton’s new piece.
When Texas’s phone rang, he glanced at the screen and called, “Rom, grab that. It’s Maya.”
She jumped up to answer it. “Girl, where the heck are you? I thought you’d be here at my brother’s. Guess what, I have Eve and Quake here with me. They came all the way to Australia to claim me.” She beamed over at us and blew us a kiss. “I should have known you already knew since my brother’s the biggest gossiper out there.”
“Fuck off. That’d be you,” Texas complained before he went back to talking to the others.
Rommy nodded at something Maya said. “Right, got it. Zara and Talon’s dinner tomorrow night. Will you and bro be there? … Aww, date night. That’s cute.” Texas shot her a glare. “Maya, Texas is glaring at me. … She said not to be mean.” He rolled his eyes. “Are you sure he said it was okay we can stay at the compound? … Okay, thanks, and tell them thanks and we’ll see them tomorrow night. Love you, bye.” She turned to us. “Dad already talked to Talon, so he knows we’re in town, and we have a room at the compound. Yay! You’ll both get to meet more people.” She skipped back over to sit next to us. “Plus, we’ve been invited to dinner. Mum and Dad will come down for it too.”
I didn’t tell her we’d already gathered everything from her one-sided conversation. Instead, I said, “Sounds great, little devil.” I kissed her forehead, but she tipped her head back, and I gave her what she wanted by slanting my lips over hers.
“Little devil? That’s a perfect name for my sister,” Texas said with a chuckle.
“I like it,” Rommy said.
“Before you go back to Caroline Springs, you’ll have to come to our place for dinner,” Easton offered.
Rommy gasped. “We’d love to. Easton has so many dogs. Not that we’d be coming just to see them. You know I love hanging out with you. I used to go to their house when I was younger. And Dive and Mena’s… I stayed there a lot. But I also loved going to Beast and Knife’s as well.”
“Sounds like you had a lot of people you could rely on,” Eve said.
“Exactly.” Rommy nodded.
We said goodbye to Easton, Lan, and Parker. While Texas walked them out, I brushed a hand over Rommy’s hair as Eve moved off my lap to sit on Rommy’s other side.
“I’m glad you have so much love and care surroundin’ you, Rommy,” I told her.
“It’s helped me learn to be who I wanted to be.”
“I think it’s amazing,” Eve said, leaning into her. “Kayson had a great upbringing too.”
Snorting, I shrugged. “I wouldn’t say it was great.”
Eve started laughing.
“What?” Rommy asked, looking from me to her.
“My parents are hippies.”
“What’s wrong with that?” Rommy asked.
“Nothing,” Eve said. “They love their sweet little boy so very much.”
“Aww, that sounds cute.”
I sighed. “They’re also nudists.” Rommy’s gaze widened, and she slapped her hand over her mouth. “When they drop in to the club, the brothers think it’s hilarious to get them drunk and high, which they do a lot in their community, but they always decide it’s a good idea to strip and walk around in front of everyone.”
Rommy couldn’t hide her laughter. It slipped through her fingers.
“They tried to get Kayson to join them. He went beet red and hid in his room. They’re a really cute couple.”
“Who’d rather be at one with the land and live out in no-man’s land with a bunch of other old people where a hospital is forever away. It’s dangerous.”
Rommy wrapped her arms around one of mine. “You worry. It’s cute. Is there anyone there with a medical background?”
“I wouldn’t know. I love my parents, but I can’t go and visit them when they’re all walkin’ around naked. That shit just ain’t right.”
