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scheme to make them pay. Darcy’s punishments were usually subtle and straightforward enough that Thomas usually got the message right away. Though they rarely fought about anything serious, so he didn’t have a lot to go on.
    Up until now their biggest disagreement had been about his leaving wet towels on the bathroom floor. She’d complained about a dozen times. When he hadn’t changed his ways, she’d decided to take matters into her own hands. She’d waited until he was in the shower, then she’d snuck in and stolen all the towels leaving behind a few face cloths. Buy the time he’d finished his shower, she’d hidden every towel they owned. After a merry chase around their apartment that had ended up with them in bed, he’d promised not to leave wet towels on the floor anymore.
    He wished this could have been fixed with one of her quirky lessons. For all he knew she may have tried, and when it didn’t work she saw leaving as a last resort. Instead of coming here and winning her back on his own merits, he’d used his connection with her brothers. It seemed he was just making one mistake after another, but he wasn’t giving up until he got it right.
    What he had with Darcy was worth fighting for, even if he had to fight with himself. No more shortcuts or excuses. The next time he got her alone he was going to come right out and apologize and ask her to forgive him. He figured being sorry had to count for something.
    “So did you make any headway before I called?” Rhett asked breaking him out of the bubble he’d been lost in.
    “Barely, but I thought I might be getting close.” Thomas knew that for the second time since he’d gotten there, any ground he’d gained he’d just lost.
    “She let you ride here with her, so she might not be as mad as we think.” Cale’s reasoning made sense in a weird way.
    “The girls should be all right in there with Lulu. Why don’t we head into town for a while?” Jarrett reminded him about what Darcy had told him earlier.
    “So someone really was lurking around here?” If so, he wasn’t sure he felt comfortable leaving them alone if that was the case.
    “It was probably just an animal on the porch.” Rhett sounded willing to let it go at that, but the way his gaze zeroed in on the house told Thomas otherwise.
     

Chapter Eight
     
    “So how long do you plan on staying mad?” Darcy hoped her question would get her sister talking.
    Her sister didn’t answer as she got up and walked over to the fireplace. She stood there, staring at the flames. Darcy thought she was going to have to repeat her question when Scarlett let out a sigh and shrugged her shoulders. Darcy wasn’t about to leave it at that.
     “Okay, let me ask you this. Is there a guy that you’re interested in?” This time her question received a brief almost imperceptible nod.
     Her sister sure in hell wasn’t making this easy. “Want to tell me about him?”
    “Them,” Scarlett said softly.
    Darcy gasped. “What? Them as in how many?”
    “Just two. Not at the same time, but there’s two guys I’ve been considering.” Her sister’s confession kind of made sense if the guys were the two Darcy had in mind.
    “Thinking about in what way? Like take me to bed and ravage me, or let’s start picking out wallpaper together? Don’t just sit there, tell me everything. ”
    Scarlett burst into laughter. Darcy figured that was a good start. She needed her to stop sulking if she was going to get her to talk. It took a few minutes for her sister to get herself under control, but once she did Darcy didn’t waste any time.
    “So these guys are they hot? Oh, the guy at the store, is he one of them? Who is the other one? Do either of them know about our brothers? Wait, do they know about each other?” Darcy had peppered her with question before she realized she wasn’t giving her a chance to answer.
    “Is it my turn?” Scarlett asked when Darcy finally managed to bite her tongue.
    Darcy