Maybe here. Down by the park or near River, Charleigh, and Nolan’s house. Where they could have friends. A support group. Family, the way Daisy had never really gotten to have.
Then I could keep an eye on them after everything went down.
Yeah.
That sounded like a good plan. Made sense.
“Thinkin’ you might get another for while you’re here.”
It might be fucking painful, but I was gonna do this. Set Daisy at ease. Show her that no matter what, her children would be cared for.
Then I was going to end that motherfucker long before he had a chance to get to them.
I’d figure out the rest after that.
“That sounds like a pretty good plan,” Colin rambled easily.
I hesitated, wondering what the hell I was doing, drawing them deeper into my life, but I figured if I was actually going to marry Daisy, I needed to play the part.
So I forced out the confession, “I have a nephew who’s a bit older than you. His name’s Nolan. A niece named Maci who’s really close to your same age, too. Then we have two little ones…Finn and Luna. Luna is just a tiny baby.”
Their faces flashed through my mind.
I kept my distance from them as much as I could. Had done my best at not getting too close.
Dedication was one thing. Loving was an entirely different story.
But there was no stopping the affection that pulsed through me when I thought of them. What it would be like to introduce Daisy’s children to the family.
I immediately regretted allowing myself the vision.
Something so beautiful wasn’t meant for me.
Excitement streaked through Colin’s expression. “What? You got kids you didn’t tell us about?”
Amusement rolled through me.
Kid was fuckin’ cute.
“Well, they’re not really mine. They belong to my brothers.”
Brothers not by blood but by the loyalty we’d forged.
“How many brothers you got?”
“Four,” I begrudgingly answered.
I didn’t dish this kind of intel on my life.
And this kid seemed to have the power to pluck it right out of me.
Colin gave me an emphatic dip of his head. “Well, we should probably get some friends if we’re going to live here, so I think we should go meet ’em.”
Yeah. Introducing them seemed like a solid plan.
“And what about that pack?”
“As long as I get a patch for helping you, I think it’s a good idea because you’re really big, and I think you probably have the best ideas. But I don’t even need a patch because I just like helping you.”
