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and head out.
Two minutes!” She sashayed to the bedroom, his gaze following that generous ass
of hers. He just shook his head.
    Yep, that’s the Sassy he
loved. It only took her getting him turned on and turned inside out for her to
come back.
     By the time she’d changed
into ass-hugging jeans that he’d enjoy peeling her out of later, and made their
way to his parents’ house, they were only five minutes late. Not bad
considering Rafe had taken the time to make sure Sassy’s jeans fit just right using
the palms of his hands.
    From the way Sassy glowed, he had
a feeling his mom would know exactly why they were late, but he didn’t
care. He finally had the woman of his dreams next to him and the man of his
dreams in his heart—and he hoped, waiting for them when they got home.
    He didn’t need much else.
    Before they could even make it
up the porch steps, his mother opened the front door and approached them with
her arms opened wide.
    “Sassy!” His mother pulled
Sassy up the steps and enveloped her in those same strong arms that had held
him countless times. Though his mother was at least a foot shorter and could
practically fit in his pocket, she was stronger than anyone he’d known.
    “Mrs. Chavez.” Sassy’s reply
was a little stilted, but there was warmth there that went straight to Rafe’s
heart. This was her family too—he just had to make sure she understood that and
didn’t pull away.
    Again.
    His mom pulled back and
frowned. “Mrs. Chavez? Do you think I’m my husband Carlos’s mother and not
Rafe’s? No, honey, you call me Juanita or Mom. I’ll take nothing else.”
    Sassy grinned and Rafe pulled
his mother away a bit so he could kiss her cheek. “Thank you, Mom,” he
whispered and she patted his cheek.
    “You’re a good boy, Rafe.
Thank you for bringing Sassy home to us.” There was a twinkle in her eyes he
couldn’t interpret. “And next time, I expect to you to bring Ian too. It’s
about time the three of you were together again.”
    Rafe stopped breathing, his
feet frozen to the spot. “Wha…what?”
    His mom shook her head, then
wrapped her arm around Sassy’s waist. “I knew then that the three of you were
together. You can’t fool me, young man. You all were so in love you couldn’t
hide it even if you tried. I know Ian thought he’d pulled off the cool and
remote rich kid. He didn’t, honey. He was in so deep with you, just as you and
Sassy were with him, it was obvious.”
    Sassy reached and gripped his
hand, but he still couldn’t process what his mom was saying. She’d known? This
whole time, she’d known. He thought he’d hidden it so well.  Apparently he
shouldn’t have even tried.
    “I don’t know what you’re
thinking, Rafe, but know this, I’ve loved you since I first found out I was
pregnant with you, and I will always love you. Your family feels the
same. You have three sisters, two brothers, a father, and countless other
members of the family in there waiting to see you and Sass. They love you and
they won’t turn their backs on you for loving who you love. And when you bring
Ian by, we’ll be the same.”
    Rafe lowered his head, but
pulled his mom close, bringing Sassy with her. He wrapped his arms around his
girls, the weight of what he’d been holding close sliding off his shoulders.
    “I can’t believe you knew this
whole time,” he rasped, his body shaking. From relief or the overwhelming urge
to run to Ian and bring him there too, he didn’t know.
    “Honey, you can’t slide things
by me.” His mom squeezed him one more time, then pulled away. “Now, let’s get
you two inside and fed. They’re probably already pressed up against the window
trying to see what the holdup is.”
    “I’m surprised they haven’t
come out yet,” Sassy said as she tangled her fingers with his.
    He gripped her hand, thankful
for the anchor. She’d always been his anchor even when she’d been the one on
the run. Without her…well, he hadn’t been