Dammit.
That’sherstubborn voice.
She’s far less likely to break.
“Do what you think you have to do,” I grumble. “But I still object.”
“Noted,” Laney says.
“We’ll be over with breakfast in an hour,” Theo adds.
“How’s your hand?” I ask him. He insisted last night it wasn’t broken, but it was definitely swollen.
“Fine. Definitely fine enough to bring you breakfast.”
I roll my eyes. “I love you both, but I don’t like you right now.”
“We can live with that.”
“Em?” Laney says. “We didn’t know it was Jonas until a few weeks ago. And we didn’tknowknow. We strongly suspected but didn’tknow. And that was the week Bash had strep. You had a lot on your plate that was more important.”
“I told them to quit jumping to conclusions and to let you have your secret,” Theo says. “My fault no one told you we suspected anything.”
I growl.
Laney growls.
“Quit being the damn martyr,” I tell my brother.
“Sabrina had every intention—”
“Of asking me if I wanted to know if she had accidentally found out something that she knew I wanted kept a secret,” I finish for her.
She told me so last night after the reception, which would’ve felt very normal if I hadn’t spent the entire time wondering if Jonas would sweet-talk his way into the speakeasy.
“You two are okay?” Laney asks.
“We’re very okay. I told her I would’ve said she was wrong no matter who she guessed until the moment he showed up in town. I just—”
“Want Bash to have a normal childhood and you couldn’t do that ifanyoneknew who his father was?”
“Yes.”
“We’ll make sure he has a normal Monroe childhood,” Theo says.
That makes me laugh out loud. Bash has enough of the male Monroe genes in him that I know the next forever part of my life will be filled with heart-stopping moments and probably bailing him out of jail a time or two as well.
“Thank you.”
“Is it fair to ask for details now that he’s here?” Laney asks.
“I’ll give you details. Eventually. Promise.”
“You don’t have to.”
“I know. But I think it’s about time.”
“We can put out word that I hate him because he wants to make a movie about my life,” Theo says.
