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“Huh, I can do that,” Chloe said with a grin just as the front door flew open
As though all controlled by one button, all the women—save for Izzy—jumped to their feet
One by one, the men strode into the house,for In herover their success hatever
Instead, each athered her up in his arms and held her When Screalked into the house, the air crackled with agitation Though frowning with tense muscles and clenched fists, he was in one piece with no visible blood, so she counted that a major win
As much as she wanted to leap into his arms, they didn’t do that outside the privacy of their ho over his shoulder in time to see Rocket close the door behind him
Wait…
“Gumby in the car?” she asked Screw When the only answer she received was shared looks between the men, her stomach bottomed out “Screw? Where’s Gu? Did so happen to him? Where is he?”
She grabbed Screw’s jacket, shaking as hard as she could which barely moved the muscle-bound man
“He’s still in Knoxville,” Screw said as though telling her, “It’s raining today”
“What?” She dropped the fabric and pressed a hand to her stoonna be sick What happened?”
“Jesus, Screw,” Maverick said He whispered so to Stephanie, who nodded, then he came over to Jazz
“Tellher attention to Mav “Is he hurt? Was he arrested?” She grabbed onto the edges of his cut now
“He’s fine” Mav said, wrapping his arht “We had a little trouble and he stayed behind to get the job done despite Screw telling hiet the fuck outta there”
Jazz moaned and her knees weakened All of a sudden, she was bombarded with the million possibilities of what could happen to Guht for her body and she wanted to scream as she clawed it off
“Shhh, honey, he’s okay It was a close call, but he is fine He’s with LJ about an hour behind us Okay?”
She planted her forehead against Maverick’s chest “Thank you”
“Hey,” he whispered in her ear “Screw’s taking this hard Personally Feels like he should have planned better We had a few hiccups, but it was an overall success Mission accoonna drive you home Go easy on him, okay?”