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get any sleep and tomorrow was a school day.  She was too stuffed for apple pie, even if it did smell incredible.
    They all talked, the conversation steered away from herself and towards the various jobs that they all held.  James, John, Alek, and Aaron were police officers in the sheriff’s department along with their nephew Eryx.  Their brother Rhett lived and worked on a farm in Ashland, and their nephew Ethan, as well as Grant, Ray, and Wesley, all worked at the farm with him.  Even in the winter, she was told, there was always something to do there.  Grant had planned to get his real estate license because he’d sold real estate in King, but the market was so bad that he felt his time was better spent actually working than sitting in a crowded office not making any money.  And working on the farm helped him to have more time with his kids, something she respected a great deal about him.
    Dylan, Chase, and Hunter worked at the only bar in town, a country joint called Kickers.  Dylan cooked, Chase tended bar, and Hunter was a bouncer.  Tristan and Micah, the shyest ones of the group, worked at a home improvement store.
    Sam felt like she fit right into their world, as if there had always been a place for her within the walls of the boarding house and all she’d had to do was open the door.  She stayed until it was time for the kids to go to bed.  They begged and pleaded for her to read them a story, and she willingly did.  After one story turned into three, Grant and Aaron firmly reminded the boys that Sam had to teach in the morning.  She kissed each one on the forehead and said goodnight.
    Aaron got her coat and purse as she thanked James and John for dinner and said goodbye to the other lions.
    John asked his brothers, “Will you be back tonight?  Do we need to get the kids up in the morning?”
    Aaron shrugged into his coat and said, “We’ll both be back.  I have to clock in at six in the morning, and Grant is meeting Rhett at the farm at seven.”
    That news hit Sam in the face like a wet towel, dousing her hopes for another romantic visit to the bedroom with her two hunky boyfriends.  She had forgotten all too quickly that not only did they both have children they needed to be there for, but they both also worked, and so did she.  She couldn’t stay up all night with them, even though she would willingly go to school red-eyed and exhausted just to snuggle with them for a few hours.
    Both men held one of her arms as they led her down the front steps and towards Grant’s truck.  She sat between them on the bench seat of the truck as Grant pulled away from the house and headed towards her apartment.
    “You got quiet.  Is something wrong?”  Grant asked, squeezing her thigh gently.
    She pursed her lips for a moment and said, “Nope.  I’m just tired, I guess.”  Which wasn’t entirely a lie, but it also wasn’t the entire truth.  She was sleepy because she’d had two nights with little to no sleep, but she wasn’t so tired she wouldn’t be willing to stay up with them.  She reminded herself that making them feel guilty for their duties to their family was no way to start out their relationship.
    Grant pulled his truck into an empty parking space next to her car and turned off the truck.  Turning towards her, he said, “There isn’t a whole lot that bothers me, Sam, but not being truthful is right at the top.  Did we say something that upset you?  Were the others staring at you too much or something? We can talk to them about it, but they’re just not used to seeing a woman be so open and talkative.”
    She stopped him before he said anything else that he might think of that they had done wrong, when in truth no one had done anything.  She was being petulant and silly, and she needed to get her head out of her ass.
    “I swear, it’s nothing you or anyone else did.  I wasn’t ready for the night to end, and I felt like I was was being ridiculous about wanting to spend