Soft Wild Ache (Crown Creek) by Theresa Leigh

Author:Theresa Leigh [Leigh, Theresa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Beau

I'd been planning it forever, but now that it was here, it felt like it was happening too fast.

I walked the perimeter of my childhood bedroom one more time, but I knew I wouldn't find anything I'd missed. The boxes that lined the walls were already filled with all my possessions. What was left behind, what I kept picking up and putting back down again were the things that belonged to my parents, but that I had always thought of as mine. The crazy quilt my great-grandmother had made which had covered my bed since I'd commandeered it at age six. It felt like mine, but it belonged to my mother - an heirloom that she deserved to keep. It belonged to her, not me. Just like I'd always belonged at this house.

But now it was time to move on.

My phone buzzed in my pocket. I smiled a little, even though I didn't check the text messages that were blowing it up. I knew who it was. My oldest brother Jonah had been texting me plans all morning. The idea of getting the band back together had him ecstatic. Of course, being Jonah, he was busy trying to tell me what to do. I knew my text messages would be full of his advice and musings. I'd have time to read through them all later. In my new house.

If Gabe's PA called me back though, then I'd answer. Gabe was somewhere in Asia shooting his reality show, and the time difference meant it was hard to connect. I'd sent him an email, but I never really expected him to write back. Gabe wasn't one for sitting down and methodically committing his thoughts to paper. Finn had jokingly suggested we hire a skywriter to catch his attention, and I'd actually given it some serious thought.

Finn wasn't saying it aloud, but I could see that spark of excitement in his eyes when I talked about it.

And then there was my sister.

At first, I thought I'd need to clear it with my brothers first. Then I'd dismissed it as unnecessary. The idea of shutting Claire out of the band was not ours. In fact, we'd fought our old manager when he'd declared us the King Brothers and left our sister out of it. I'd always felt like we should have fought him harder, given how things ended up.

Now that my future was in my own hands, I had no problem asking Claire to join us. The only problem had been the ringing in my ears that persisted long after she'd finished shrieking, "Yes!"

The house. The tour. It was all falling into place. Careful thought and planning had gotten me here.

Of course, Rachel hadn't been part of the plan.

At this, I smiled and stopped fiddling with the hem of the crazy quilt. I stood up and smoothed my hand over it, leaving my bed made for my mother to find for probably the first time ever. No, Rachel hadn't been part of the plan, but she was something I wanted to start planning around.

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