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“Tell Lyric I said hi!” Jynx calls over the phone from the other car.
Lyric giggles, “I heard her. I was calling to see how it went?”
“It’s a long story,” I say and then check the time, noticing that it's around dinner, “do you want to come up to ours to eat, and we’ll fill you in?”
Chapter Nineteen
“Definitely,” she replies. “I know that this is the best decision, sticking close to home, but I want to work a case with my besties.”
“I know, but I have to admit, I’m really glad you weren’t there today, and Dominic and the guys are going to feel the same way,” I reply.
“Oh, now I’m really intrigued,” she replies, sounding curiously happy and not worried like a normal person would be. “Are you guys back?”
“No, nearly though. About twenty minutes,” I reply.
“Great, we’ll meet you up at yours. My men just got back from their job; it was simpler than they thought, and they've already sent the reports to Trick,” she replies.
"Great, thanks. I'll look over them later," Trick replies.
"Okay," she replies and then promptly hangs up.
“Is she okay?” Jynx asks from the other car. We’re both a bit more worried about her than we’d typically be now that she’s pregnant.
“Yeah, she’s meeting us at ours for dinner and debriefing. Are you guys coming?” I reply.
“Yep, and I’m hanging up now. Love ya,” she says and then promptly does just that.
“I hope she never changes,” Rage chuckles.
“I highly doubt that she will. She hasn’t since we were kids,” Atlas replies with a fond smile.
“That’s true.” Rage grins.
“Can you drop me off at mine?” Pete asks as we approach our road.
“Sure, are you not coming to dinner?” Cash asks from the driving seat.
“I am, but I’ve left Shadow at home for too long, and I know I had Ezra stop by and let her out a couple of times, but I still feel really bad, and I want to grab her and bring her up if that’s okay?”
“Yeah, of course,” Trick replies for all of us.
“Great,” Pete grins as he hops out of the car and grabs his stuff before shutting the door behind him and moving towards his car to put his laptop and stuff in before he rushes to his house.
Once we get home, Rafe immediately disappears into the pantry to find something to make for dinner, even though I suggest that we get takeaway and have an easy night. He refuses to do that on the simple principle that we’ve been eating gas station snacks and drive-thru food today, and we don’t need any more junk, his words, not mine.
“He insisted on cooking then?” Lyric asks as she walks through the door and inhales deeply.
I chuckle, turning around on the couch so I can see her properly, “Of course he did. We’ve already had drive-thru food today.”
“It smells fucking awesome,” Creed grins, “what’s he making?”
“We have no idea,” Jynx answers this time, “he was in the zone, so none of us wanted to interrupt him and risk being yelled at.”
“Gotcha,” Dominic chuckles.
Creed, however, is clearly feeling brave as he says, “I’m too curious. I’m going to have to go and see what he’s making.”
“On your head be it,” I chuckle, and although it makes him pause, it doesn’t deter him enough to stop him.