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Keely yelled, "Ben? You decent?"

"Yeah Come on in"

"I need you to help me carry stuff in"

The back end of Keely’s black Escalade was open She handed hi two Crock-Pots "Daood What is it?"

"Pulled pork"

"There’s a lot of it"

She slid her rhinestone-encrusted sunglasses on top of her head "I kno onna co on that because I don’t wanna take this home"

"Jack doesn’t eat leftovers?"

"Jack is out of town for the next week," she said, a pout in her tone

Four trips later his kitchen counter was covered with containers of all sizes Keely bustled about, transferring food froht from the bar and a Moose Drool for hi of her beer and hopped up on the counter "I wanted tirill him until her brothers arrived and forced her to stop "What’s on your mind?"

"Your ainst the opposite counter "What about hiuys?"

"He’s called me and Quinn a couple times When the PBR was in Arizona he went to see Chase ride He et to meet hiave hi married years later anyway?" She shook her head with disbelief "I hoped Gavin’s status as an only child in his adoptive family meant he’d be curious about all of us"

He tried to find an answer that wouldn’t offend The McKay fae, especially with the influx of babies in the last few years From the few times Ben had talked to Gavin, the man defined cautious It made sense he’d test the waters with his newly discovered siblings before he plunged into the gigantic McKay gene pool

After Gavin showed up on their parent’s doorstep a few ured Gavin had satisfied his curiosity about his birth parents and that’d be the end of it

So it’d shocked hi e to see if Gavin was only uilt But they had more in co with his hands and had experience re the rental properties he owned in Arizona They were both single, although Gavin had joint custody of his fourteen-year-old daughter But during their conversations, Gavin neverand Ben wasn’t the type to push

You had no probleht

"Earth to Ben," Keely said

He looked at her "Sorry He’s asked about our cousins It’s a lot to absorb"

"Spoken in the diplomatic tone I expected Bennett McKay, the peacerinned "On to the next thing I want to harass you about--Ibed you h that I have my own space, in theory anyway--" she snorted, "--if Jack would ever let go of ht The damn man is stuck to "

"True But I didn’t know you’d talked to hin And I’ve gotta say Very sneaky, Ben"

"What?"

"Don’t play duies so that depraved man could tie ain, little cuz, you ain’t really co"

"Yes I am! Why didn’t you tell me so I could tie him up? I’m your cousin, your family, your flesh and blood How could you let hie over me?"

"First of all, the subardless if she’s bound by rope or by her dominant’s word Second, those are not special modifications Jack asked ood use" Ben pointed his beer bottle at her "Because I suspect there are plenty of tiet your butt paddled"

Keely wore a calculating expression "I knew it!"

Probably pointless to deflect, but Ben tried it anyway "Hey, Jack noticed the hardware before you did, e asseood with GQ learning the ropes, so to speak I’ out that doed "Never devalue opportunities offered by good porn"

"Bullshit I think--"