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Zane didn’t have anything else to say He was pretty sure Ty cared about him, just as he cared about Ty They were partners They watched out for one another They depended on each other Only Zane was finding hi that scared him

Deuce sat silently as Zane mulled it over, the hiss of his bottle cap as he twisted it off the only sound he made "I’ll send Ty the bill," he finally said with a s as sick as he is?" Mara Grady asked worriedly as she fussed back and forth between Ty and the pies she was preparing in the kitchen "Maybe he should stay here until he’s feeling better"

"I’ better, Ma," Ty called out fro aof hot chocolate his mother had shoved into his hands

"You are not," she insisted froed a pie plate onto the counter and began rattling utensils and plates

"God hates me," Ty muttered from under one of the heavy quilts she had draped over hi chair across frohan of his own Mara had taken tohim too "If God hated you that cat would have bitten you so

"Yeah, wait ’til the drugs wear off and I can tell which one of you is real," Ty grumbled at hian to waft to theo?" Mara called

"Leave the boy alone," Earl told her from his seat in the kitchen, and their voices dropped as they continued talking quietly to each other Ty sat and scowled at Zane

"I’d say it’ll freeze that way, but you ht like it to," Zanea little

"When are we leaving?" Ty asked

Zane was quiet for a longtomorrow"

Ty inclined his head and frowned harder "You’re not leaving me here," he whispered harshly

"Don’t you think you need to rest and heal up instead of driving all the way back to Baltimore?" Zane asked "It’ll be a hell of a lot easier for you to fly home It’s only a short drive to the airport in Charleston"

"Don’t you think you should be baking pies or soruffly

"I bet you already kno," Zane said "Deliverance"

"What the hell does that have to do with pie?" Ty asked in annoyance

"Just a comment about your wide and varied skills" Zane paused "Of which healing seeued "And you’re one to talk," he added, pointing at the colorful bruise that stretched fro the full line of Zane’s cheekbone, which was apparently so painful that Zane hadn’t shaved his beard off yet Zane wrinkled his nose and winced

"You boys wantinto the living room and threw himself onto the couch beside Ty

"No, ood, thanks," Zane answered as he gave Ty a disbelieving look

"What?" Ty asked hi is, you have a chance to kick back and relax, have soe of it"

Ty blinked at Zane slowly and pushed the quilt off his head as he leaned forward "Do I look relaxed to you?" he asked in a low voice

Beside hian to chuckle softly Zane raised an eyebrow, still rocking gently Ty began to struggle with the heavy quilt, trying to get out froe of the quilt out frorowled as the throbbing in his hand got worse and worse

"What do you need?" Mara asked as she ca room with a tray of more hot chocolate and set it on the coffee table "Stop your fussing," she ordered as she swatted Deuce away and recovered Ty with the quilt he’d justain, fighting against the cu me," he muttered with emphasis as she tutted and headed back to the kitchen

Zane watched the circus with a slight s back and forth between Ty and Deuce

"Stop it," Ty told hih softly "She just misses you," he offered "Let her baby you some She’ll let up," he advised

"I’d be leefully while you said it," Ty told hi?" he asked Zane stubbornly as he gave up the fight against the quilt and started trying to go the other way instead, lifting it up over his head

"Your faently "Without souess"

"I can see them any time," Ty countered

Deuce cleared his throat pointedly, and Ty growled at him as he finally extricated himself from the quilt and tossed it on the floor triuhtly, the look on his face prettyat him in much the sahed He sat silently for ain his hand Finally, he looked around the room and pursed his lips "It’s kinda cold in here, huh?" he muttered as he leaned forward and retrieved the quilt to wrap up in it again

"Zane’ll take care of your Bronco If you don’t want to fly, I’ll drive you home at the end of the week," Deuce offered

"And I prohed and glanced sideways at his brother He couldn’t honestly say he wanted to go anywhere but to bed "Don’t look atof hot chocolate "I’m not a couples counselor," he reminded

Ty jerked in surprise, but he recovered quickly and jabbed at his brother in retaliation, causing hi all over his lap