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Authors: K.F. Breene
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three kids looked up with full mouths, chocolate smeared on faces, fingers, and clothes.
“Great.”
Chapter 4
“He’s fine, he’s fine!” Becky said after Jace had left, waving away Rachel’s concern as she bustled in and out of the dining room setting plates. “Jason is great with kids. Take a load off; he can handle it. Plus, maybe it’ll push him to make some of his own.”
“Was that your chocolate?” Peter muttered to Cassie quietly.
“Yep. I didn’t want to bring it down here in case it all got eaten tonight,” she murmured.
“Where’d you put it?”
“On the queen sized bed.” She sent him an agitated glance. She didn’t know what was worse—Jace taking the fall for her, or having to sleep in the same bed with Peter for a week. Sexually and touching-wise, it’d be fine. She knew this. But she hated people in her bed. She didn’t sleep well, ended up tossing and turning, and then pissed the other person off when she kept them up.
“They’re kids. You have to hide that stuff.” Peter took a sip of his wine.
Rachel asked about helping set the table. Jenn and Becky waved her to stay seated. Roger took over dancing the baby around the kitchen as Jenn helped with the table.
Nick leaned toward them. “So big brother is covering, huh?” A wicked grin lit up his face. In an exaggerated whisper, he said, “I have better ears than you think I do.”
“Shut up, Nick, ” Peter said with a smirk.
Nick’s smile burned brighter. To Cassie he said, “Jace used to always take the blame for something Pete did. He got in trouble by himself, he got in trouble ‘cause Demetri and I set him up, and he got in trouble for Peter. The guy was always in trouble.”
“And you didn’t feel bad ?” Cassie asked.
“Nope.” Nick leaned away with a smug smile. “Payback for that big fucker beating us up all the time.”
“Nicolas! Language!” Rachel leaned across the table and gave Nick a slap on the arm.
He laughed and touched his phone, lifted it, and said, “Smile, this is going on the Internet.”
“Demetri, beat you r brother senseless,” Rachel called, ducking behind the table with her hands in front of her face. “I look terrible, Nick! You are going to get it!”
“Nick, send me the worst one,” Demetri said.
“You guys!” Rachel laughed as she peeked up, waiting for the camera to harmlessly go back onto the table.
“Jace used to always take Peter’s side because Peter was the smallest. Isn’t that right Demetri?” Nick asked with a beaming smile.
Demetri stopped stirring for a moment and turned toward the table. “What’s that?”
“Didn’t Jace always team up with Peter and it’d be them against us?”
“Still does. Wait until whiffle ball.”
Nick turned back to Cassie. “Demetri and I win now, obviously, because we’re all on equal footing.”
“Oh yeah?” Jace said as he entered the room, that challenging glint in his eyes. “You’re on equal footing with me?”
He held up his arm and flexed his bicep, his mountainous muscle bulging out. Rachel’s eyes popped. She glanced across the kitchen to Jenn, who was also looking. The two girls shared a moment before Rachel bent to her wine, trying to hide a smile.
“Don’t try to impress the ladies!” Nick hollered. “Just wait until you don’t have any free time to play with your weights.”
“Dinner time, you laggards. Get into the other room.” Becky shooed Jace out of the way with her dish cloth.
Nick bounded up, phone at the ready. Jace had him first, his own phone out and pointed at the other. “Photo bomb!” they yelled at the same time, snapping pictures of each other as they barreled into the other room.
“They act like they’re still going through puberty,” Peter said with a smile.
“How are you doing?” Cassie murmured as they got up. Rachel exited the other direction to yell for her kids.
“Get Lesley, too,” Jenn called, taking Emma from
“Great.”
Chapter 4
“He’s fine, he’s fine!” Becky said after Jace had left, waving away Rachel’s concern as she bustled in and out of the dining room setting plates. “Jason is great with kids. Take a load off; he can handle it. Plus, maybe it’ll push him to make some of his own.”
“Was that your chocolate?” Peter muttered to Cassie quietly.
“Yep. I didn’t want to bring it down here in case it all got eaten tonight,” she murmured.
“Where’d you put it?”
“On the queen sized bed.” She sent him an agitated glance. She didn’t know what was worse—Jace taking the fall for her, or having to sleep in the same bed with Peter for a week. Sexually and touching-wise, it’d be fine. She knew this. But she hated people in her bed. She didn’t sleep well, ended up tossing and turning, and then pissed the other person off when she kept them up.
“They’re kids. You have to hide that stuff.” Peter took a sip of his wine.
Rachel asked about helping set the table. Jenn and Becky waved her to stay seated. Roger took over dancing the baby around the kitchen as Jenn helped with the table.
Nick leaned toward them. “So big brother is covering, huh?” A wicked grin lit up his face. In an exaggerated whisper, he said, “I have better ears than you think I do.”
“Shut up, Nick, ” Peter said with a smirk.
Nick’s smile burned brighter. To Cassie he said, “Jace used to always take the blame for something Pete did. He got in trouble by himself, he got in trouble ‘cause Demetri and I set him up, and he got in trouble for Peter. The guy was always in trouble.”
“And you didn’t feel bad ?” Cassie asked.
“Nope.” Nick leaned away with a smug smile. “Payback for that big fucker beating us up all the time.”
“Nicolas! Language!” Rachel leaned across the table and gave Nick a slap on the arm.
He laughed and touched his phone, lifted it, and said, “Smile, this is going on the Internet.”
“Demetri, beat you r brother senseless,” Rachel called, ducking behind the table with her hands in front of her face. “I look terrible, Nick! You are going to get it!”
“Nick, send me the worst one,” Demetri said.
“You guys!” Rachel laughed as she peeked up, waiting for the camera to harmlessly go back onto the table.
“Jace used to always take Peter’s side because Peter was the smallest. Isn’t that right Demetri?” Nick asked with a beaming smile.
Demetri stopped stirring for a moment and turned toward the table. “What’s that?”
“Didn’t Jace always team up with Peter and it’d be them against us?”
“Still does. Wait until whiffle ball.”
Nick turned back to Cassie. “Demetri and I win now, obviously, because we’re all on equal footing.”
“Oh yeah?” Jace said as he entered the room, that challenging glint in his eyes. “You’re on equal footing with me?”
He held up his arm and flexed his bicep, his mountainous muscle bulging out. Rachel’s eyes popped. She glanced across the kitchen to Jenn, who was also looking. The two girls shared a moment before Rachel bent to her wine, trying to hide a smile.
“Don’t try to impress the ladies!” Nick hollered. “Just wait until you don’t have any free time to play with your weights.”
“Dinner time, you laggards. Get into the other room.” Becky shooed Jace out of the way with her dish cloth.
Nick bounded up, phone at the ready. Jace had him first, his own phone out and pointed at the other. “Photo bomb!” they yelled at the same time, snapping pictures of each other as they barreled into the other room.
“They act like they’re still going through puberty,” Peter said with a smile.
“How are you doing?” Cassie murmured as they got up. Rachel exited the other direction to yell for her kids.
“Get Lesley, too,” Jenn called, taking Emma from
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