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She was an early riser, though, and was usually one of the first people up in the s Normally she would make breakfast for everyone, clean the house, then spend a little tilad that she liked playing with Felicity’s dog andand cooking for every-fucking-body She’d told me that she considered it the least she could do since she was living here without paying her way

Since I considered her mine, she didn’t have to pay for shit I’d take care of all of that for her It wasshe needed If she wanted so all she had to do was say so and I would make it happen I had the money to take care of her comfortably for the rest of her life

Groaning, I rolled over in bed and then stood Even though I’d gotten enough sleep last night I still felt exhausted I needed a pot of thick black coffee and soet the s the bathroom I reached into the shower and turned the water on to scalding before taking care of business When I was done I washed my hands and reached for my toothbrush while the bathroom started to fill with steam

I was scrubbingpink ona curse, I scrubbed my hand across the smear of lipstick on ht, all of them drunk off their asses to the point that Colt and I had had to call one of the sheep to shuttle the one into the back of Bubble’s van she’d wrapped her ar any part of ash The sheep all knew that I was off li they all knew But since Gracie had come into my life I’d been uninterested in even my usual fuck buddies

Fuck, had Gracie seen that? Did she think that I’d been hooking up? Groaning, I finished brushingthe first pair of jeans out of et downstairs to talk to Gracie

In the living roo Toby as a body pillow The bullhed her by at least a hundred pounds, but he was a big softy for the little girl He followed her around like he was her shadoatching over her like she was his own little angel to protect

“Hi, Uncle Hawk”

I gave her a s a hundredif Gracie was pissed at me or not Fuck, I had it bad I’d never cared if I made a female mad before inbullets because ht be hurt “Hi, sweetheart”

Toby lifted his head to glare ath the house and into the kitchen Raven was sitting at the table with several accounting books spread around her She was frowning down at the one right in front of her as she tapped on the table with her pencil

“So?” I asked as I

“Just trying to read Uncle Chaz’s handwriting” She pursed her lips and lifted her head “You would think that I would be able to translate his scribbles by now, but all I end up with is a raging headache and this urge to punch that old man in the throat”

I snorted as I dropped down into a chair across from her If she was in the mood to punch someone in the throat I didn’t want to put myself too close to her I loved ht I knew the dae she could cause and I didn’t want to bleed anytime soon

“Gracie out with Willa?” She wasn’t in the house Don’t ask me how I knew, because I couldn’t explain it, but I just couldn’t feel her

It was Raven’s turn to snort “Do you really think now that Spider has a ring on Willa’s finger that he will let her out of the aparto anywhere with anyone? I’ll be lucky if he has enough brain cells left after fucking her brains out all week to reht”

My back stiffened I didn’t care about the stupid birthday party that Raven was throwing for Willa or that Spider had put his ring on the other feer All I wanted to knohere my female was “If she’s not out with Willa then where the fuck is she?” I demanded