Colton was shaking with laughter as he wiped Kieran’s belly clean. Then looking at his brother, said, “Now I know what to get your pup as a gift…matching onesies.”
“Fuck off,” Logan said, helping his mate up from the exam table.
“Make sure they’re pink,” Kieran said to Colton. Then, taking his mate’s hand, he said, “Macushla, I have to stop in and see Theo first so will you go get Queenie from our bedroom and take him to your studio? I’ll be there shortlybut Theo and Quin need my help with something top secret…oh, and let Queenie out of his cage cause I think he needs to stretch his wings…oh, and don’t forget to keep the door closed and maybe the windows, too, or otherwise you’ll have to shift and fly after him to make sure he gets home safely. Gee, I think I got the hang of being a parent, don’t you?”
“Uh-huh. You’re going to be a great father, babe,” Logan said, kissing the back of his mate’s hand.
“Thanks,macushla! C’mon, I can’t wait to show Theo and Norm our squirt!”
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“Hey, this is a pretty cool set-up,” Sawyer said, prowling around Zane’s computer room. “Are all of these set up for gaming?”
“Nope, that’s for my gaming,” replied Zane, pointing across the room. “The rest I use for programming.”
“And research,” David said.
“Oh yeah? What kind of research?” asked Sawyer.
“Right now, Jackson wants me to find mom’s friend,” Zane replied.
“How can you do that if you don’t know her name?” asked Sawyer.
“Well, in this case, I’ll try to access mom’s phone records for that day and go from there.”
“Holy shit!” Sawyer exclaimed. “You can do that? I thought that stuff was private.”
“It is…at least on the Internet, but I use the dark web,” said Zane, pulling out a chair for David. “Here, babe, this is your new computer.”
After sitting, David watched Zane fiddle with the laptop, then squeaked when a picture of him appeared on the screen. “How did you do that?”
“I made your photo the screen saver,” Zane smiled.
“I don’t know what that means, but why can’t I have a picture of you instead?” asked David.
“You can but let’s do that later, huh?” Zane said, while opening up a program. “This is a program I wrote for you to learn how to use a computer. Using the mouse…this is the mouse…you move the cursor on the screen around…that’s the arrow…and when it’s on the ‘start’ box, you click the mouse…like this. Now the program will take you through the basics, showing you how to use the computer.”
“You wrote this for me?” asked David. “When?”
“While we were in Scotland,” Zane chuckled. “You’re sort of the guinea pig…”
“Guinea pig? You mean like Móndaslu?”
“No, no,” laughed Zane, “not like your pet. I mean like a test subject. When I was doing it, it occurred to me that it might be useful for the boys in Cody’s home. It’ll give someone who’s never used a computer a good basic understanding of it and what it can do. I’m pretty sure I covered everything but if something isn’t clear to you, then I’ll know that part of the program needs some tweaking.”
Nodding, David said, “Okay, it’s nice to be able to help you out.”
Giving his mate a quick kiss and handing him headphones, Zane replied, “You’ll be a big help, babe. Use these to block us out.” Then heading for his gamingcomputers, he said, “Sawyer, c’mon, are you ready to have your ass kicked?”
“You wish,” Sawyer chuckled, sitting down next to his cousin on the love seat. Taking the game controller from Zane, he leaned back, staring at the big TV screen mounted on the wall. He smirked, knowing there wasn’t a chance in hell his cousin could beat him.
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Leaving his mate, Jackson went downstairs to the hospital. Spying Colton and Ian outside Dakota’s room, he headed over to them. “Hey, got a minute?”
“Sure,” Ian replied. “What’s up?”
“How’s Dakota?” asked Jackson.
