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Just then, the other woman raised her hand and Lilac spotted a large rock on her ring finger.
Raid’s fiancée?
“I know he is,” she replied quietly, bending down to pick up the cold medicine.
Ryleigh wasn’t feeling well, which was worrying. Because when Ryleigh got ill, she usually got really ill.
At least they had a warm, dry place to stay thanks to Linc. He’d been working night shifts, so they hadn’t seen him much. Which Lilac was kind of relieved about. She didn’t need him asking too many questions.
She’d really thought that Tanner would turn up at Dirty Delights last night. When he didn’t appear, she’d had to battle with her disappointment and relief.
Maybe he really had thought of her as a brief fling. It was better that way, right?
It wasn’t like she’d come here for him . . . to rekindle things with him. All she was here to do was to find a safe place for her friends. For Kye.
Then she was going to take care of Stefan.
“Then why did you ghost him?” the woman asked.
Wow. Okay. This wasn’t what she’d expected. She pushed back a wave of fatigue. They’d sequestered Ryleigh in one bedroom, then Opal and Kye had the other bedroom while she was on the sofa. Opal looked after Kye while she was working, then when Lilac got home, she took over.
Which would generally be fine since Kye was a good sleeper. But these last few nights, he’d been really unsettled. It could be because he missed Ryleigh. Or just a stage. Or it could be that he was feeling under the weather too.
Please don’t let him get sick.
She didn’t know if there was anything you could do if a one-month-old baby got ill. She’d have to ask the pharmacist.
“Look, I get that you’re just trying to look out for Tanner, and I’m glad he’s got good friends and family. However, it’s none of your business,” she told her.
The other woman stared at her in shock as if she hadn’t expected Lilac to tell her to butt out.
God. She just wanted to sleep. But even if Kye was doing okay, sleep was hard for her to come by.
Maybe it would help if you ate something.
Shut up, brain.
“You need to tell him why you ran off. And why you’re here. It’s not fair to leave him wondering. Why are you here?”
“Wow, you’re nosy, huh?” Opal asked as she walked up, carrying Kye.
Shit. This was just what this situation needed.
The other woman blinked at Opal. Today, she was wearing thigh-high boots with a pair of daisy dukes and a tight corset-like top.
“Who’re you? And why are you giving my best friend here the shake-up?” Opal asked.
“Shake-up?” the other woman said.
“She means shake-down,” Lilac explained. “This is my friend, Opal. And this is . . .”
“I’m Hannah.”
“Well, Hannah, if you don’t mind, we got some shopping to do. This place is fucking stocked, considering we’re in small-town Texas, huh?” Opal said loudly. “This town is too cute. Did you know they even have a sex toy shop?”
Lilac sighed as everyone in the pharmacy turned to look at them in shock. Reaching over, she took Kye from Opal, pressing him against her chest. She kissed the top of his head, then glanced up to see Hannah staring at Kye softly.
“You should have told him,” Hannah said. “He’s a good guy. If you were in trouble, he could’ve helped you.”
