Hank was looking at his feet…and smiling.
Vance and Hector were looking at each other, still nothappy.
Luke was watching Mo.
Ren smiled at me.
I turned to Tex.
“Well?”
Tex stared at me.
Then he came at me.
First, his hand went to the top of my head.
Once there, he used it to shove my face in his chest.
That was when his arms went around me.
I closed my eyes and put my arms around him.
Yeah, I didn’t need to be my dad’s best girl.
I just needed Tex around.
“It’d be my honor, Lottie,” he low-boomed into the top of myhair.
Yeah.
All I needed was Tex.
And Mo.
And the Hot Bunch.
Life taketh away.
But if you’re open to it, it also giveth.
And I had a lot.
“Now put some clothes on, girl,” Tex ordered, let me go,spun me around, and gave me a gentle push toward Mo.
A knock came at the door.
“Christ,” Mo muttered, the soft look he was giving me afterwatching the Tex hug turning to an impatient one.“I’ll get that.You getdressed,” he said to me.
“All right.I’m going,” I replied.
He went to the door.
I went to the stairs.
I was up three of them when I heard.“Good, Mo.Glad you’rehere.We need to ask you a few questions too.”
This meant I pivoted and went right back down to watch Moushering in Mitch Lawson and Brock Lucas.
