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“I’m good, baby girl. I have a question to ask you and Tires about Leilani.”

I look up at him smiling, “Dad, are you finally going to ask her to be your old lady and marry you?”

He looks at me kinda shocked then smiles. “Yeah, if it’s okay with you and Coop. But by that smile on your face, I take it as a yes from you.” He laughs.

“Absolutely. Coop and I have talked, we both wondered if you would ever ask her. Hey Coop! Come here a sec, please.” He walks over to us smiling.

“What’s up, Sis? Dad?”

“Dad wants to ask Leilani, finally.”

Coop breaks out into a huge smile and does that man hug thing with Dad. “About damn time!” We all three laugh.

“Saige, I need you to make me a big cupcake that you know she likes, then put this ring on top of it. Then put it in a gift box. Can you do that for me?” I smile and nod yes, thinking of what flavor to do, then it hits me. Leilani loves pineapple and coconut. So I am going to make a pineapple cupcake with a coconut rum frosting. She said that those were her favorite when she lived in Hawaii.

“I’ve got the perfect flavor, Dad. Don’t worry. I got this.” He gives me the box with the ring, and I slip it into my purse. I hug them, then go get a bowl of cereal. I just get done eating my Cookie Crisp when Cotton finally comes in the room.

“Hey, are you ready to go?” he asks.

“Yeah. Sloane and Bexley are already there.” He nods as we walk out to his truck. The ride to the shop is a quiet one filled with tension. He’s gone back to snippy for some reason. I’ve no clue what happened when he went to his room this morning up to now, but I just have to brush it off.

Twenty-Two

Cotton

I was almostin my room when Dayna came around the corner, and ran over to me, putting her arms around me. “Oh, Cotton, you look so good with no shirt on. You know how you could look better? With those shorts off and me on you.”

I pull her arms off of me, shoving her away, yet again. “Didn’t Stone have a talk with you last night? One about leaving me alone, about causing trouble, and that if you didn’t stop, you would be out on your ass?”

She crosses her arms over her chest and sneers at me. “None of you will throw me out. I’ll leave you alone for now, but eventually, I’ll have you. You’ll love every minute of it too.”

“Don’t hold your breath, bitch.” With that I slam thedoor in her face and lock it. I need a shower. I grab some clothes, then turn the shower on. I get in letting the water run down my back, trying to ease the tension. I close my eyes and when I do, I see Saige curled up on me. God she is beautiful and felt so good in my arms. Her rubbing her fingers along my chest. Damn, my dick is rock hard at just the image, remembering how she felt. I grab my dick, giving it a squeeze, running my hand from base to tip. I keep my eyes closed, picturing Saige as I rub one out. I imagine her on her knees, my dick in her beautiful mouth. Her sucking on me, looking up into my eyes, while playing with her clit. Holy shit! That’s the fastest I have ever cum. I spray the wall in long spurts, moaning her name. Oh man. The tension I felt is slowly releasing. I hurry to get cleaned up, knowing that Saige is waiting on me.

I check in with Tech right quick before I go get Saige. “Hey, man, anything new?”

Tech looks up at me shaking his head. “Not really. Just the same stuff. I’m running a new program to see if I can’t find this bastard. I’ll let you know if it works.” I give him a nod then head out to the common room.

Saige is sitting at a table talking to Coop and her dad, eating a bowl of cereal. Ten to none it’s Cookie Crisp. She says she buys it for Bethany and the kids, but she eats it more than they do. They’re all smiling, I hope shealways has that look on her face. I wish I was the one putting it there. Dayna is standing in the corner watching me, and she sees me looking at Saige. She gets the ugliest sneer I have ever seen, before walking away. I see more trouble headed our way. I am so irritated that I am short with Saige again, and don’t talk all the way to the bakery. Pulling in, I see that Loki and Wolfe are here, along with Bacon. He’s been a good prospect for the most part, he takes his duties seriously. Especially since he has been assigned to watch over Saige.

“Hey since Wolfe and Loki are here, I need to run an errand. I’ll be back in a couple hours.”

“Oh okay. Thanks for the ride. Be safe.” Bacon comes over, opens her door, helping her down, and I get jealous of his hands being on her. I want to rip them off his body and beat him with them. I drive away without looking back. Knowing that I’ve hurt her again. I could see it in her eyes when she looked at me. Damn it!

The cemetery is quiet. I walk in between the tombstones until I get to the one I am looking for. It has some leaves and little twigs on it that I brush off. I kneel down. “Don, I sure wish you were here. Maybe if you were, I would feel like I was worth something, that I would be worth being with someone, could protect them without screwing up their lives. I miss you, bro! Why did things have to go down the way they did?” I stare at thetombstone for a bit, getting lost in my thoughts, after half an hour, I walk back to my truck. I just sit in it. It’s not until I feel something wet hit my arm that I realize I am crying. I wipe the tears from my face, start the truck, and turn to leave. I just drive around for a bit, then see the pizza place that Saige goes to. I call in, placing an order for several pizzas to be delivered to the bakery, and head back to it. I know that they’ll need something for lunch, and I am starving.

I walk in through the back and stop at the table Saige is working at. She has a pan of cupcakes that smell amazing and she’s putting coconut frosting on them. I see a ring box on the table, so I pick it up, opening it. “Who’s this for?” I ask.

“Oh hey, that’s going on top of this huge cupcake, then my dad is going to give it to Leilani. These others are going to be at the clubhouse for the party. I have a few boxes over there ready to go. Dad is going to ask her tonight.” I must have a goofy look on my face or something, because Saige starts laughing.

“What?” I ask.

She just shakes her head, “Here, try this. I can hear your stomach from over here. At least I hope it’s your stomach. Otherwise there is a bear in my shop. “

I take the cupcake from her laughing. “Thanks. I’mstarving. I ordered some pizzas and salads for lunch. They should be here soon.” I bite into the cupcake. Wow, the flavor just explodes in my mouth. “What is this called? I think this is my new favorite cupcake.” I eat the other half in one bite, reaching for another one. Saige is still laughing at me.

“Those are the strawberry lime. I think you just ate the whole strawberry in the middle without even knowing it was there.”

I nod. “So what other flavors are you doing for the party?” I ask around the bite of cupcake I just took.