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answer her phone outside in a lightning storm, I try her brother’s. Then C.J.’s. No one is answering. My fists curl ready to plow a hole in the wall, knowing I fucking shouldn’t. Shakily my fingers dial another number. The Kid’s. It rings twice before going to voicemail.
    Frustrated, I let out a roar before my phone vibrates in my palm.
    Kid: Will text back soon.
    Thankful someone finally responded, I land back on the bed, hands folded behind my head, eyes closed in disbelief.
    Maxx is fucking pregnant? I don’t wanna be a dad. I can’t be a dad. You know what fucking Kellars do. My bloodline fucking kills those they love the most. I’d never lay a finger on the Kid, or a new kid, or any kid for that matter. Or Maxx. But that fucking curse…what do you mean curses aren’t real? How else do you explain those deaths at the hands of men that share my DNA?
    Unsure of how long I’ve been laying in silence, I’m surprised to hear a knock at the door. I shut my eyes tight and yell, “Go away, LC!” The knocking occurs again and I shout, “I mean it, LC! Fuck off!” When the knocking turns into damn near pounding I hop off the bed, and open the door. “For fucks sake, LC—”
    “Is LC the reason Mom’s ready to go home right now?”
    The Kid tries to hold back a smile but can’t. Relieved to see him, I greet him the way I should’ve Maxx. With a tight hug, I say, “It’s good to see you, Kid.”
    “You too,” he hugs back.
    When I pull away, I notice he looks like he raided my closet for his choice of outfit.
    Glad that hasn’t changed.
    I give the hair on the top of his head a rub. “You need a fucking haircut.”
    “Mouth.” His reminder makes me laugh. “And I know. Aunt Erin basically chases me around the house with clippers and scissors.”
    “Sounds about right,” I agree shutting the door behind him. Proudly, I admire how much more he’s filled out in just the couple weeks I’ve been gone.
    No, he doesn’t look like a brand new person, but he’s definitely an inch taller and a couple inches wider. Do they always grow this fast? Did I fucking grow this fast?
    Before I can say anything else, he asks, “Who’s LC?”
    “My very annoying, very fired after today, personal assistant.”
    “Did you sleep with her?”
    Taken a bit off guard I growl, “No.”
    “Did you want to?”
    “Kid.” I take a long breath before I snap at him similarly to the way I did Maxx. “Not your place.”
    “It becomes my place when Mom comes in crying in a rage of tears telling me to pack my shit because we’re flying home right now.”
    Kid’s got balls I’ll give him that. More evidence that he’s mine, huh? Not that we needed it.
    “No. I didn’t wanna sleep with her.”
    “Then what happened?” I shrug and flop back on the bed. When Dean lands beside me, he says, “Look. She almost didn’t even let me come see you.”
    “Where are y’all staying?”
    “Can’t say.”
    “Kid—”
    “It was part of the deal,” he answers sounding defeated. “If I promised not to tell you where we were I could come by and see you before our very early changed flight tomorrow.”
    “Which flight?” The sarcastic look on his face makes me shake my head. “Maxx has that covered too, doesn’t she? Can’t tell me that either.”
    “Nope.”
    Swallowing my nerves I ask, “Do you know she’s pregnant?”
    “Yeah!” His excitement makes me feel like an even bigger dick.
    Is everyone excited about this baby thing but me?
    “I got to go with her to the doctor!”
    “When?”
    “The day after you left.”
    “She’s been pregnant that long?” I shout, and he looks frightened for a moment. Realizing I probably sound like his old man used to, I try to calm myself back down. “So that’s what was wrong with her before I left? She was…she was…”
    “Yeah,” Dean answers trying to hide a smile. “Uncle Luke and I went with her to the doctor to confirm. Word to the wise. Don’t play with the