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Ethan chuckled, which earned hilare from Garrett

"Welcolad to say that we’re past that stage with the twins They’re sleeping through the night completely now Mason is even almost potty trained! Not bad for an alo unnoticed by the rest Saesture with his free hand

"If only your wives could see and hear all the profanity and gestures y’all are ," Nathan drawled "Sarah wouldn’t be happy to hear your cursing around Kelsey"

"Fuck you," Garrett said in a low voice

Sarasp and then thrust him toward Ethan "Here Since you’re so adept at this now, you can hold Grant while I conduct this an cooing to the gurgling baby

Joe, Nathan and Swanny all exchanged eye rolls since they were the only ones without kids Nathan and Shea were in no hurry to add to the growing pile of kids the Kellys were accu down any tie of envy as he surveyed the roo twits of theine these , babies and potty training And yet they ran a tight operation They were the best And they employed the best

Swanny had no false ood before he’d come to KGI, but KGI had a there He’d been a hanistan after months of iood friends, the Kelly faether again At least the physical aspects He wasn’t sure he’d ever be the saht terrors, since the dreaht carved up with a knife, stripped of their clothing and being held--and treated--like an animal Hell, most animals were afforded better treatment than he’d received at the hands of his captors

One day he’d make peace with it all He hoped And in the end, that was all he could do Hang on to hope that his past didn’t forever rule or tarnish his future Maybe he’d live with his dethem

But he didn’t want to survive life He wanted to live it He’d die before ever becoain would he be stripped of his huht back on the iven up--it shaer than Swanny, a fact that still bothered hi and no one would ever bring hiain It was a vow he’d made the ly impossible dream

The door to the war room opened and Donovan strolled in unhurriedly, a set hitched, he was in a perpetual good nant, she had two younger siblings that lived with her and Van Travis was sixteen and enrolled in the local high school while Cammie, Eve’s precious little sister, was now five years old and would be starting kindergarten in the fall with Charlotte, Sam’s oldest child

Donovan lifted one eyebrohen he saw the babies Ethan and Garrett were holding

"Teething still?"

"Your day is coet an ounce of sympathy frorinned "I’ forward to it The kind of shit y’all bitch andto wait a while Eve is still young and she’s been taking care of her brother and sister for a long time I don’t want to saddle her with added responsibility for a while We both want kids Lots of them But we have plenty of time and I want her, Cammie and Travis to myself for a while before we add to the family I don’t want Cammie or Travis to ever think they coether"

Joe made a sound of impatience "Not that I don’t love all the domesticity that oozes froet on with it?"

"Spoken like a freei heavily on hison this

The door opened again and Edge and Skylar walked in, looking focused and ready

"Okay, everyone’s here," Joe said "Let’s get started"

"Going to tell us what’s up, or are you just absconding with a jet and taking off?" Sah this was a faanization, he was still in command Or rather he shared dual command with Garrett and Donovan, but for the h he did include his brothers in all the decisioninto his own, but he had a lot of ground toonly joined KGI when his wife, Rachel, had been rescued a few years earlier