Inked Babies: Epilogue to Inked Brotherhood by Jo Raven

Author:Jo Raven [Raven, Jo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-11-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Tessa

The boys and I end up going over to Erin’s place, where Audrey and Megan have already arrived. Dakota will be by later, apparently, and right now the apartment is a big playground with toys strewn everywhere and babies in various stages of sleep and alertness.

“You can sit with us, if you’d prefer,” I tell Miles while an excited Teo runs to play with Jax and Scott. “With the adults.”

He shoots me a grateful look but hides it quickly under an attempt at disdain. “It’ll all be girl talk. I’ll just read.”

“What are you reading?” I glance at his smartphone, but he puts it away quickly. “Ebooks? Do you have an app for that?”

“Yeah…”

“What kind of books?”

“Uh… thrillers.”

He’s not a good liar. I lift a brow at him. “I won’t tell Dylan if you tell me.”

“Of course you will.”

Damn, he’s right. “Is it a big secret?”

“No. Just… stuff.”

Okay. I wonder if I should let it go or worry. “It’s not porn, is it? Or anything else that’s weird and violent?”

He laughs. “No, it’s not.”

“Okay, buddy. I’ll trust you, but eventually I hope you’ll trust me enough to tell me.”

He nods and turns away. I watch his slim form as he wanders to a corner and slides down to sit on the floor, his back to the wall, pulling out his phone.

Sigh.

He’s growing up so fast. He’s a sweet kid. I’ll never be his mom, but I hope we can be good friends. He likes me, I think. Generally he seems to trust me.

Fingers crossed that won’t change.

“Cute kids, Dylan’s brothers,” Erin says, holding up Isabella who’s just drunk her fill of milk and now needs to burp.

“Good kids, too,” I say fondly. “Oooh, gimme the baby!”

Erin smiles and passes me her daughter. I put her to my shoulder and lightly pat her small back to get her to burp. “You’re an expert now when it comes to babies.”

“I’ve had lots of practice,” I reply, “with Audrey’s and now yours.”

“How about you guys? Getting hitched? Caught the baby bug or not yet?

“Not yet,” I lie.

To be honest, the baby bug has bitten me, pretty badly. It’s a fever, getting worse by the day, burning whenever I look at Dylan’s brothers, or my friends’ babies. While I was away on my last trip, it was all I could think about.

The doorbell rings, and Dakota comes in with baby Emmanuel. He’s such a cutie. I trade Isabella for him, as she starts getting sleepy, and cradle him in my arms.

Awww God. “How is baby boy today?” I croon, and Dakota snickers. I look up at her as she takes a seat across from me. “You okay, girl?”

She nods. “The guys have left to check out the house in Wausau, and Zane…” She swallows hard. “I’m not sure. He’s confused, too, I think. He was starting to believe it had all been in his mind, and if it turns out it wasn’t…”

Her words hang in the air between us, leaving a trail of ice.

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