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Though if you had asked Callum, no one would ever forget what had happened. I wouldn’t. I was still just excited to be here.

“Hey, Teagan, do you know where the extra boxes are?” Rune asked, a frown on his face.

Teagan looked up from her phone, where she had been texting rapidly, her eyes wide, and shook her head.

“What?”

“The boxes?

“Oh, they’re in the back. I’m dealing with a stupid distributor issue. I’m sorry.”

“I’ve got it,” I said, since my hands were empty. “That corner, right?”

“Yes, but are you sure you should be going alone?” Teagan asked, and I narrowed my gaze.

“Not you, too.”

“Just stay in sight of people, okay?”

“I will. I promise. I don’t want that to happen again.”

“Because it won’t,” Rune growled.

However, I was the only one with my hands free to actually go get the boxes. So I made my way down the hall, in clear view of everyone, and walked into the storage area.

I went to my tiptoes, angling for the boxes, wishing I knew where the damn step stool was, when the door snicked closed behind me.

Crap.

I leaned back down, looked at the closed door, and really hoped it would open from the inside. If it didn’t, I was going to have to deal with the razzing from the rest of the group for far too long.

I moved forward, only a little worried that the door wouldn’t open when I accidentally stepped on a piece of glass.

Frowning, I looked down and realized there was far more glass than I had thought.

And I looked up and realized the window had been broken. Again.

I opened my mouth to shout and ran towards the door.

But when a large body slammed into me, my head hit the concrete.

And then there was nothing.

Chapter 19

Callum

I nearly dropped the case of beer at Rune’s words and narrowed my gaze at him.

“Are you serious right now?”

Rune just grinned. “No. Maybe. You guys look good. Settled. And the fact that I know that she’s never truly alone and will be safe with you around helps me sleep better at night.” He blinked at me before sighing. “She was an oops baby. If you ask Mom and Dad, that’s what they say because it makes Felicity laugh. None of us were planned. We just showed up, surprised the hell out of our parents, and stayed.”

I snorted. “You know that’s the same with my folks.”

Rune frowned. “You never talk about your mom. You know that, right?”

“I do with Felicity.” I paused. “Maybe because it’s Felicity and the fact that she has the same job my mom did. But I talk about her with Felicity. She’s been gone for over two decades. And I still don’t believe that she just fell. Nor do I believe that my stepmom just left town and never turned back.”