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"She cao"

"Probably wanting to check on you," Daniel et by with a nod Because the truth was a million times more co the, he quickly boiled the story down to the ot to Modesto, the TV show they’d seen hi him to keep an eye on Theresa’s abusive boyfriend "She clai back to him"

"You want us to drive over to Modesto and take care of the guy, just in case she’s teo back?" Daniel rolled up his sleeves as if he was ready to go right now

"We’ll make sure he never comes back" Sebastian cracked his knuckles

"Business can wait," Matt said, obviously in agreement with the others

The Mavericks were always ready to jump in with their fists when it was required to protect one of the others But this was Evan’s problem His brother and sister had come to hi when he was a kid, noas a defender of the weak

And he realized he wanted to take on the guy Not just for Theresa and for Kelsey and Tony But for hi past time to face down a few of his own deht at the top of the list

"I’ve got it covered I’ll be taking a trip over there this afternoon" The Collins Group could go one , his ire rising, his ht He’d never been a warrior like Will, but he suddenly itched for a shot at Greg

It wasn’t a shot at his father--but it was as close as he was going to get, so he’d take it

Daniel looked at him pointedly "Have you told Mom?"

Evan’s sto all of yesterday to think about it Any way he looked at it, allowing Theresa back into his life felt disloyal to everything Susan was to him Yes, he knew that his foster mother would tell him that was absolute bull, but his insides were all tied up in knots right now

Knots that were also tangled up with Paige He’d touched her, kissed her, and now he couldn’t get beyond the guilt of how badly he wanted to strip off the rest of her clothes, drag her beneath hiive

What if he called Susan and she soured out his emotions with her X-ray mom vision? What would he possibly say then?