“I see that.” I smiled. “You’re very talented, Ori.”
He chuckled. “Thanks. Teddy’s given me a great start.”
“He showed me how,” Teddy said.
I heard the front door slam and Violet came running into the kitchen, shrugging off her jacket. “Sorry I’m late. I had a flat.”
“Why didn’t you call me?” Sundance demanded, pulling her in for a hug.
“Because my dad showed me how to change a tire,” she sassed, then turned to me, pulling me in for a hug. “Hi, Wyatt. Welcome to the crazy.”
Sundance pulled his phone out and fired off a text to someone.
“Hi, honey,” I said. “For someone who had to haul a tire around, you look like you just stepped out of a magazine. I love your sweater.”
And she did. She wore skinny jeans with knee-high boots, and a V-neck sweater that showed off her curves.
She chuckled. “This old thing?”
Drake laughed and I grinned at him.
“What’d I miss?” Violet asked.
“Location joke, sis,” Drake provided, and salted the water for the pasta.
“Hi, Teddy,” Violet said, and my brother smiled at her, holding his hand out. She shook it and then looked over his shoulder at Orion’s picture. “That looks great, Ori. Did you draw a squiggle for him, Teddy?”
“Yeah,” he said proudly. “I helped.”
“Looks like you did a great job.”
My brother beamed under Violet’s attention and my heart melted as I watched them.
“Can I do anything, Drake?” I asked.
Sundance wrapped an arm around me and gave me a squeeze. “You can relax.”
“Yeah, I’m good, Wyatt,” Drake said. “I actually prefer to work alone.”
I leaned against my man and he kissed the nape of my neck. “You’re learnin’.”
I rolled my eyes, but didn’t move away from his touch.
A few minutes later, the doorbell rang and Sundance released me. “Letti, keys, baby girl.”
“Why?” she asked, even as she fished in her bag for her car keys.
“Aero’s gonna replace your donut.”
“This could have waited, Dad,” she countered. “You didn’t need to call Aero. You didn’t need to call anyone.”
Sundance held his hand out and Violet slapped the keys into it.
“Be right back,” Sundance said, and left us while he went to talk to Aero.
“Just let him do his thing, Letti,” Orion said. “You know you’ll never be able to argue.”
“No, I know,” she said. “I just wish he hadn’t…”
