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Not the visual I needed “Thanks, Trin”
“So, basically, everyone’s seen the wedding site, but me?” Hope asks
“Pretty much” Trinity turns and eyes Hope’s toast “You need to eat an egg or so out at the altar”
“Okay, Mom Geez”
“Morning, ladies”
I turn at the sound ofover irl shit orto shrivel up and fall off”
“What nuts?” Murphy asks with a straight face
“Asshole”
Actually, I’d never ad around Who aet her “Where’s your other friend, Hope? She sneak off to visit Z?”
Trinity shakes her head “She was sound asleep when I woke up”
“Tell ht?” Murphy laughs, so they know he’s only kidding
“You wish,” Hope teases
“That ain’t right,” he says, pulling out a chair and sitting next to ainst me
“What?” He’s tense, his gaze darting between the girls and me “Spit it out”
“Nothing We got church in twenty”
“Fuck”
Murphy raises an eyebrow I never co stretched thin
“It’ll be quick” Wrath’s ru voice reaches us before he’s even in the rooirl” He hooks an arm around Trinity’s waist, and I turn away
“Where’s Heidi?” Murphy asks That’s enough toon by the stove Blake and I have been tighter than brothers for most of our lives, and I love hietting tired of hi
“I gotta pick her up”
“When?”
“Right after church, apparently”
“Trinity,” Hope calls out “Should we bring Lilly breakfast?”
Trinity pulls away from Wrath a little dazed “Sure” She probably didn’t even hear the question
“Uh-oh” Murphy laughs as Rock walks into the kitchen Hope shrieks and jumps out of her chair when she sees him
“No, no, no You can’t see ”
Rock doesn’t seem overly concerned with her outburst His mouth slides into a smirk and he catches her around the waist “You plannin’ to wear this to the wedding?” he asks, pointing at her short, shiny robe and thin shorts
“No”
“He can’t see you in your dress, Hope,” Trinity adds
They’re standing close enough toaround like this?”
“Like what?”
Rock takes that as an invitation to molest her in front of everyone
“Uh, prez So to eat,” Murphy jokes
Hope backs away, nervously tugging at her robe, but Rock doesn’t let her go far
“For fuck’s sake,” Wrath groans “Can’t you save it for your wedding night?”
“You know, they say like sixty-five percent of couples end up not having sex on their wedding night,” Trinity offers
Everyone stares at her and she tips her head back, laughing “I’ hoopla”
“No alcohol for you to tonight” Rock says it low, but we all hear it
The kitchen lovefest is working rouchies
t nerve, so Iso fast, I al room
“Sorry, hon”
Her big brown eyes stare up at ?”
So about Mariella always calms me down The pressure in“A lot to do Gonna be a busy day”
Her hands twist together in front of her “I’m happy to be invited”
As if on cue, Hope’s voice echoes behind , Mariella”
“Happy wedding day,” Mariella answers softly She’s always so damn nervous around Hope I hate it, because no matter how many times I explain Hope doesn’t hate her, Mariella doesn’t believe me
“Thank you”
“I better go help Trinity,” Mariella says Before she scurries away, I grab her hand
“Come find me when you’re done”
A brief srasp and darts away
Next to ht? You seem to be the only one she talks to”
“She’s still worried you hate her—”
“I—”
“I know you don’t”
Hope looks so troubled Shit, if Rock finds out I upset his bride on their wedding day, he’ll fuckin’ murder my ass “Don’t worry I’ll look out for her”
“Okay” Hope nudges ets here?”
“I will” Before she leaves, I want to do so “Thank you” She raises an eyebrow “For letting Heidi hang out with you and stuff”
“Teller, you don’t have to keep thankingtime with her”
Christ, hanging out with the girls must have altered my brain cheain, and take off before I do anything else to embarrass myself
“All right,” Rock shouts over the noise in the war room “Simmer down We don’t have a lot of time”