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"OK, what will we do on our date?"
"How do you feel about making sandwiches and then driving down to the beach to watch the turtles hatching? I can't guarantee we'll see any, but I've heard some researchers have been down there over the last couple of days waiting for the last few nests before the season is over."
"You want to take me for a picnic to watch baby turtles?"
My heart squeezes so hard I crutch the blanket to my chest and remind myself to breathe.
I couldn't plan a better date even if I tried.
"Is that stupid? Would you rather go out to dinner? Silas knows the manager at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Cancun. He can get us a table if you want."
"No!" I say quickly. "I'm sorry if I made you think I didn't want to go, I just wasn't expecting you to suggest that for a date. I can't think of anything I'd rather do. It's perfect… I can't wait."
He smiles and then disappears back into his closet for a minute and then reappears a second time in a gym shirt, covering up his body so I can't see all my favorite parts.
"Then it's a date," he says, bending down to pick up a pair of running shoes off the ground before heading for the door.
I nod, trying to not giggle like a schoolgirl with a crush.
"Stay naked and don't leave this bed until I get back. Got it?" he asks playfully, pointing his finger at me.
He opens the bedroom door and lifts an eyebrow at me as if he's waiting for the answer.
"I'll be here. As naked as you left me," I say.
"Good girl."
He dips out of the room, closing the bedroom door behind him as he goes.
I listen for the garage door to open and the Jeep to rev up to life. Seven doesn't take long to back the Jeep out and take off towards the gym.
I decide to keep my word and stay in bed. After all, who knows how he might reward me if I do what he says.
I pull up my phone to see if Sheridan has responded to the last chapters I sent her, but I haven't seen anything yet.
Instead, I see a text from my mom.
Mom: How's the weather there? Are the beaches still intact?
Brynn: It's a little worse in Cancun but it's fine here. The beaches are still in good shape.
Mom: Do you think your father would like it there? He's so picking about vacations.
Would he like it here? It's hard to imagine anyone would hate it here.
Brynn: Yeah, I bet he would.
I hear a knock on the front door, and though I told Seven that I wouldn't move, I doubt he meant in this situation. For all I know, it could be Cammy at the door and she got locked out and needs help to get back in.
I flip the sheets off and grab a shirt out of his closet, pulling the large shirt over my head.
I'm not exactly trying to prove to Cammy that we slept together last night, but she's the one showing up bright and early in the morning after she tricked us into sleeping under the same roof.
If it grosses her out to see me in her uncle's shirt, then maybe that's the hard truth of her actions that she needs to see.
I hear another knock at the door. This time, a more anxious knock.
"I'm coming!" I yell out to Cammy.
