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Chapter Ten
The days areslow under lockdown at the Devils’ compound. We were only given a short time to pack, so we don’t have much with us. Beth and Jamie are still running Beth’s marketing business via laptops, so that’s keeping them busy, but the rest of us are slowly going crazy.
Chloe and Jesse step into the room and we wave them over to our little corner.
“I just heard from Noah,” Chloe says, sounding a little breathless as she tries to get the information out quickly. “The boys are all okay and things at home are currently quiet.”
The little redhead is clutching her phone to her chest like it’s her lifeline. It probably is, since Weed is her world.
“It still freaks me out hearing you call him Noah.” Sofia wrinkles her nose.
Chloe’s smile is a little distant, as if she’s locked in a memory of him. “It took him some getting used to at first, too.”
“You two are good together,” Beth says, rolling her glass between her fingers.
“I think we’re in a good place now. Or we were before this lockdown situation.”
“The good news is it won’t last forever,”I sign, and Sofia translates.
“I hope not. I’m already missing Noah. Is that pathetic? It’s pathetic, right?”
“It’s normal,” Beth tells her. “He’s your guy.”
Sofia shifts a little beside me and I shoot her a glance. I know her and Weed had a thing long before Chloe came on the scene. It wasn’t anything serious, but it must still be weird for my sister. I’m not sure if Chloe knows, or will ever know and Sofia isn’t the kind of person to rub someone’s face in it, so it’ll never come out.
“How are you holding up, Jesse?” Beth asks the teenager.
He shifts his shoulders, his head ducked a little, his dark hair curtaining his face as he does.
“Okay, I guess.”
“You guess?” Sofia jokes and he flushes a little, lowering his head again. Does the kid have a crush on my sister? She’s far too old for him, but it’s sweet.
“I should have stayed in Kingsley and helped the guys.”
“Kid, you’re sixteen. You’re exactly where you should be,” Chloe tells him.
“I’m not a kid. Even Weed thinks I’m a man now,” he grumbles, sounding exactly like what he’s protesting against.
Oh boy. Chloe has her work cut out here.
“Yeah, and Noah said you had to come here. Don’t you think he might have sent you here for a reason?”
Jesse’s brows draw together. “What reason?”
“To help the prospects and Charlie keep an eye on things here?”
He mulls this over for a moment, then stands a little taller. “Right. Yeah. I’m getting a drink. Does anyone want one?”
“Non-alcoholic, Jess,” Chloe tells him, earning an eye roll.
“Sure.”
“I’ll have another ginger ale, please,” Beth tells him, while Chloe asks for a bottle of water.
He takes off for the bar and the Devils’ prospect behind it. As soon as he’s out of earshot, Chloe sags into her seat.
“I could kill Noah for telling Jesse he’s a man now. It’s all he ever says.”
