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Lucky me. I basically have five siblings who all think they’re my parents because I’m closer to their kids’ ages.
Cooper
You know your kids are all grown ass adults?
Nattie
Just you wait, Cooper. Giving your babies freedom sucks.
Murphy
Dude, Declan. Your babies are grown with babies of their own.
Declan
Nat’s kid is a rockstar, and she still has her on Life360. Don’t give me shit.
Carys
How about Callen’s almost thirty? Are you seriously asking him what he’s doing out this late during football season?
I fucking love my sister.
Dad
Some things never change. Just stop by when you can tomorrow. Just you kids. Text or call before you come. I’m going to bed.
And Callen... don’t drink too much. You were slow yesterday.
I shove my phone back in my pocket and grind my teeth as Killian claps my shoulder. “We’re getting out of here, man. See ya in a few days.”
I nod and look from him to Maddox. “Don’t worry. I’ve got Meatball,” I joke, because when Caitlin moved in with Cupcake, she also came with Meatball. Her mom tried to say Meatball was for Cait, but really that damn dog is Maddox’s dog. Fat, lazy little shit with a strange little mean streak when you piss him off.
“Thanks, man.” He lifts his chin, then looks out at Caitlin one more time. “Keep an eye on her for me?”
“Pretty sure that’s what Jude’s for.” I let my eyes trail back over the fucking wicked little goddess on the dance floor. The way her hips sway. The curve of her breast, along with the fantastic glimpse of side boob she’s giving me, as well as every other red-blooded man and probably most of the women in the room.
Fuck me.
It’s been too goddamn long since I’ve gotten laid.
“Jude’s gonna keep her from getting shot or kidnapped. Not from going home with a piece of shit.”
I silently groan.
The thoughts I’ve been having more and more recently are enough to get me killed.
By Maddox.
And let’s not forget his dad... Sam Beneventi is feared by the whole goddamned city.
Or worse... by his mom, who’s killed at least one person I know of since she moved to Kroydon Hills. She did it to save Declan’s wife, Annabelle, while she was pregnant with the twins. She didn’t hesitate. Killed the crazy bitch with a single bullet. So yeah, I keep my thoughts to myself.
“Thanks, brother,” Maddox tells me, like I have a fucking choice in the matter, before he walks away.
He and I have been as close as brothers since we could walk. Our families are tight, and as the two oldest guys of our generation, we were always together.
When Caitlin came along a few years later, we both took on the big brother role. At that age, of course we would because seriously, we were four fucking years old. We thought she was cool as shit. By the time we were eight, we’d sliced our palms open with Madman’s first pocketknife and called ourselves blood brothers. That made Caitlin as much my sister as his inboth our eyes. So when Maddox declared Caitlin was the worst a few years later, I hopped right on board that train.
