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Even though he’d never met them before, he knew that they were Bradfords The tales of the other side of Rory’s family ell known They were often used to scare little children into behaving If they didn’t, they knew the Bradfords would come and eat them He was ashamed to admit that it worked on him when he was a kid He’d even been warned away from Rory on his first day of preschool by all the other kids They kneho Rory was They’d been warned away from her because of the Bradfords and because her brothers would beat up anyone that messed with her, but he hadn’t cared She’d been the prettiest little girl that he’d ever seen and he just had to push her and pull on her pigtails

"Look, if you expect us to get in a decent day’s work then you’re going to have to feed us er of the two men said as he tossed an empty cereal box on the counter with the rest of the ees

"Scraps?" he repeated nuo!"

"That entyas he pressed a hand against his stomach and headed for the door

"Learn to keep up with the ti s Connor to process what he’d just said and when he did, he turned a glare back on Rory

"What exactly does he ave hinals in his head

"Well, while you were grabbing a shirt we talked it over and decided that it would probably be better if Trevor and Jason stayed with you," she explained, looking at hiaze

"Why is that exactly?" he asked with his jaw set and his hands clenched tightly into fists as he patiently waited for the woman that he loved to explain why she just screwed him over

"If they stay with ure out who they are and we’ll lose the extra help"

"And we’ll also face a night in jail, a large fine and co her wince

"I’d actually forgotten about the community service part," she admitted with a frown, but it quickly disappeared as she waved off what he said "Don’t worry about it No one is going to figure out who they are We’ll get the help we need and everything will be fine"

He cocked a brow as he looked pointedly around his now barren kitchen "How exactly do you propose that we hide this little problem of theirs?"

She worried her bottoaze "It will be fine," she said, but she didn’t sound like she believed it "We’ll just keep both houses filled with food and avoid taking thery, we should be fine"

"How exactly do you propose keeping one Bradford, nevers up a storm

"Sam’s Club"

"So, you think you’re good enough for our cousin?" Jason asked, offhandedly as Connor pulled his truck into the parking spot of the wholesale food store, wondering how exactly he let Rory talk hi his foot down and telling her that there was no way in hell that he was going to harbor Bradfords when the kissing started He barely remembered the rest of their conversation, but he definitely remembered the way she yanked his ot about her cousins, his eer mattered He would havenext to him hadn’t stormed back into the house and demanded that they feed hi to be honest and noting twin looks of surprise on her cousins’ faces No doubt they thought he was going to give theames and never would