Aisling shook her head.“Wherever she wants, that’s where we’ll live.”
“I know I don’t get a vote, but I’m kinda hoping Florida wins.”
Aisling finally looked at her.“Ye mean even after Peyton wouldn’t let ye disembowel me when yer starkers hubby pulled a gun on me in yer kitchen an’ I drank outta yer favorite coffee mug?”
Dewi grinned.“All right, I forgive you.”
Aisling laughed, longer and harder than she’d expected, her soul feeling a little lighter than it had in…
Well, since that night when people knocked on her mam’s door, bearing the grimmest of news.
“All joking aside,” Dewi added, “you know we can’t kill her, right?”
Aisling nodded.“I swear that while it’s a temptin’ fantasy, it’s not on my list of things to do.I won’t even poke her hard.”
“Okay.”
“Peyton and Trevor questioned her,” Aisling added.“I trust both of ’em.And I guess she was powerless against Faegan.It’s surprising she was able to stand up to him to keep them from handin’ Tamsin off when she was younger.”
“Yeah, I’d like to know how she managed that,” Dewi said.
“So would I.But it means she’s not a total cunt.I give her credit for that.”
“Not to mention, Donnel kind of fucked her over.”
“Ye mean he completely fucked her over,” Aisling said.
“Yeah,” Dewi said.“Hey, look at that, we’re on the same side.”She grinned, making Aisling laugh again.
“In retrospect, I’m glad Carl didn’t get me fired after I tried to make a bomb in the backyard with the kids.”
Dewi’s eyebrows shot skyward.“You tried to make awhut?”
“Don’t worry.Nothing large.Would’ve just a bit of smoke.That was before everything sorted itself.”
Dewi laughed.“Well, good luck getting rid of Carl now.You’re probably his fifth favorite person in the world.”
“Only fifth?”
“Well, first, if you’re not talking immediate family.”
“Ah, I get ye.”Aisling looked out the window again.This wasn’t Ireland, and she’d never lived in Wales.Not full-time, anyway.But it was pretty.
Still…
It wasn’t Florida.
“I do kinda hope Tam decides we’ll stay in Florida,” Aisling said.“I like the warm.”
“Most people bitch about how hot it is,” Dewi teased.
Aisling shrugged.“Not as hot as some of the places I served on deployment.”
“Well, we’re happy to have you,” Dewi said.“The kids love you, and we haven’t even started untangling that mess yet.Imani, Dania, the twins.And trying to impress upon Bebe that she can’t just shift whenever she wants to.Plus, making sure she learns how to do it properly.She can’t live her entire life under a Prime command.That’s not right.”
“True.That would likely be the best angle to show Tam,” Aisling said.“That the kids need her.Trevor already reiterated to me that they’re happy for us and honestly mean it when they say it won’t hurt their feelings if we want to live in the States.Elizabeth will be hella busy with the littlest ones, anyway.”
When they circled a small pasture with a large square made up of heavy gravel, Aisling immediately spotted the awaiting Land Rover and the man standing next to it.
