Chapter 104

• Watching the brothers and the two women, I came to realize they were meant to be my brothers and sisters—maybe not of blood, but of the heart. Overwhelming emotion came close to smothering me. Chase looked at me. I leaned closed and kissed his lips softly. “It has to be now, Chase.”
• It was a delayed moment before he realized what I was saying and then he turned to his family. “Everybody out. Now.” He moved to the edge of the bed and motioned to the door. “Thanks for coming, go bathe, all of you stink.” He was pushing Troy along with a hand on his shoulder.
• Mitz appeared in the door with a bottle of wine and two glasses. She paused, her full hands resting on her hips. “All of you out. Chase needs time to recuperate.”