A Dirty Dozen Christmas [The Dirty Dozen 7] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Marla Monroe

Author:Marla Monroe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2012-12-02T16:00:00+00:00

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Parker pulled into the drive at the house and sighed. She hated that her past life was causing problems for her friends. She would never have called those other women her friends. They’d been causal acquaintances at best. She supposed even back then she had known they were enemies, but the better you know your enemy, the better off you were. Like someone said once, keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.

She finally opened the car door and stepped out of her vehicle. She wasn’t surprised when Allen met her at the door. His dark eyes held his concern. How did he always know when she was upset? Did she make it that obvious? She would have to figure out how to alleviate his worry. She didn’t like how all of her past was falling down around them, threatening to ruin their way of life.

“Hey, babe. You look upset. What happened?”

Shane walked up just as Allen closed the door. He looked from one to the other of them with a questioning expression. Parker sighed and taking both of their hands led them into the den where she sat down.

“How’s Addison?” She wanted to know if her precious little girl was okay first.

“She’s fine. She took a nice nap and is in her playpen right now. I have the monitor on me.” Shane pointed to the mobile monitor on his hip.

“So what’s going on, Parker?” Allen asked.

“Caro and her friends showed up at the restaurant and threatened us if we don’t step back from the orphanage.”

“How did they know where you were?” Shane’s angry question mirrored her own.

“I don’t know unless someone is following one of us. Either way we’ve got a problem. They are going to try to expose us and not in a good way.” She wrung her hands.

“Easy, baby. Don’t let them upset you like this. They aren’t worth it.” Allen rubbed a hand up and down her back in a soothing motion.

“It is my fault that they are focused on the group. Were it not for me they wouldn’t even know the Dirty Dozen existed.”

“Enough of this, Parker. I won’t have you making yourself sick over it. No one in the gang will blame you for anything. We all agreed that you were a part of us and we would weather whatever came of it.” Shane obviously wasn’t going to put up with her self-flagellation.

Parker nodded and rested her head on his shoulder. She couldn’t help but worry about how everything was going to end up. She knew Caro and her followers too well. They wouldn’t think twice about the potential harm their actions could cause. All they cared about was themselves and what they wanted.

“You could use a nap, babe. Let’s go upstairs and lie down.” Allen stood up and pulled Parker to her feet.

“I’ll watch Addison while y’all relax. She’ll probably get fussy about being alone soon.” Shane grinned up at them from his position on the couch. He pulled off the mobile monitor and set it on the coffee table.

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