Page 165 of Dark Tangled Truths
“I love you, goody.”
“I love you, baby girl.” Hawk kisses my shoulder, and I lean back into him.
“I love you, Hawk. I don’t know what I would do without any of you.”
“Get a decent night’s sleep for one,” Cam says with a chuckle. “Come on, goody. Chin up. We can’t keep weeping over wounds that have long since healed.”
“Besides, we have things to do.” Damon leans against the wall, watching the three of us. “Movie marathons, series to catch up on, a game of hide and fuck.”
“You can’t just add and fuck to every game.” I shake my head as the guys release me and strip down to their boxers.
Damon walks over to me and flicks the hem of my skirt. “In this case, little devil, it fits. Now if we’re finished saying I love you for the millionth time and rejoicing the fact we all made it out of that fuck show of a house only slightly scathed...”
I shake my head and wrap my arms around his middle, hugging him to me. “I love you.”
He chuckles and wraps his arms around me. “I love you, Evan, but if you don’t run, I’m going to throw you on the bed and fuck your ass.”
I step back and look undecidedly at the door and then the bed.
“You really don’t know what’s good for you, do you?” Hawk says.
“Oh, she knows.” Cam leans against the bed. “She’s just deciding what she wants first.”
I wink at Cam and he winks back.
“One,” Damon says, and I take off out the door. It doesn’t matter where I hide, they’ll find me. They always find me.
Epilogue
Cam
“Third floor, right?” Dad lifts a box out of the trunk.
Mom glances at me as she reaches into the truck to grab something to carry up. I nod. It’s move-in day. I glance around the parking lot as Adam pulls in with the moving van, followed by Paul driving a car with Naomi and Heather. Hawk and Damon ride their motorcycles into the parking lot with Evan on the back of Damon’s. They park next to mine.
We spent the summer in a sad little bubble. Evan went and did her internship, and Damon went off to hockey camp. He’s going to wait a year before entering the draft as a student with the caveat that he wants to finish his degree before signing. Hawk and I went to parties, but it wasn’t the same without the two of them. Finally, we’re all back together.
And living together. Which was a whole thing with Coach Mitchell, but Damon finally convinced him that while the hockey house might work for some, it wouldn’t work for him. Not if he couldn’t be with us.
We aren’t the only ones moving in today. There’s a group of five guys unloading a truck. They’re all tall and fit like athletes.An older woman with brown hair, probably one of their moms, stands in the truck directing them.
Evan comes over to me and hugs me. “I’m so excited.”
I wrap my arms around her and press a kiss to her blond hair. “I can’t wait to wake up to you every morning.”
That was a discussion that took days to resolve. One big bed? Multiple king-size beds? Swapping beds? Do we all want to sleep together every night? Do we want our own space? The apartment is big enough, but we decided the one big bed would work and we have a guest bedroom if someone needs space.
Evan beams up at me before heading to the truck where her mom is helping Adam. Damon and Hawk join me. Damon is eyeing the group of guys.
“Football players?” he asks with a suspicious look.
“Maybe.” I glance at him. “You worried?”
“If they hit on Evan, we’re going to have problems.”
Hawk nods. “Better than a bunch of girls trying to pick us off.”
We’ve had enough with other people trying to come between us. That won’t be happening here. And if someone tries, our girl is real handy with a knife.
