“We had to.” Denver crossed his arms over his chest, causing his muscles to bulge. It was a sight to see, for sure. “Mostly because they were already onto us because of a huge money movement that Gail made a few months ago thinking we wouldn’t notice when we merged with another tech business.”
“How much did she take?” Weaver asked.
“Eleven million.” Sawyer shook his head. “Way too much to go under the radar of the government. But we’re working with the FBI now, and they have access to a few hackers that have a lot freer access to do what they need to now that there’s an active warrant to get into our financials and hers.”
“So…what do we do?” I asked. “What do I do?”
“Keep doing what you’re doing,” Denver suggested.
Boone was already shaking his head, as was Sawyer. “That’s not going to work.”
Denver frowned. “Why not?”
I bit my lip, knowing what was coming.
I sent an apologetic look toward my sister just as Boone said, “Because Nettie is pregnant.”
Chaos, pure and total chaos.
Because Nettie is pregnant.
The room was silent for a long moment as the other three people that hadn’t known the news digested it.
Then Eddy screeched and said, “What the fuck, Nettie!”
My lips quirked as my heart radiated happiness.
I was happy partly because Boone was smiling like the light of God had shone down upon him at my having told him first.
With my sister and I being twins, no one would’ve blamed me for sharing that news with her first. However, when I’d found out I was pregnant at sixteen, I’d told him first then as well.
The bond that we shared would transcend time and even trump a twin sister’s outrage.
“How could you not tell me this?” Eddy threw up her hands.
“It was Boone’s right to know first.”
The same thing I’d said all those years ago when Eddy had posed the same question.
Eddy huffed.
Weaver grinned and threw his arm around her shoulders, pulling her into his side.
“Then I would suggest you staying with Boone until we figure this out,” Denver suggested. “His place is wired for cameras and security. We made the place impenetrable if he wants it to be once we learned what his mother was doing.”
I felt nerves start to take flight in my belly.
I’d fully intended to move into Boone’s house once the baby got here. But again, I thought I had four months to figure out how to steel my heart against heartache.
An impossible task all on its own.
However, as usual, nothing in my life went as planned.
“I…”
“She’ll do it,” Eddy insisted. “She’ll do it, because this is the only for sure way we can keep her safe. The baby safe. She’s not dumb. She is also careful and thoughtful and kind, and would never make her sister worry about her in any way.”
The way Eddy said it had me lifting a brow to look at her in an “oh, really” kind of way.
