Zeke had nearly had a coronary over it. Silly man. Reyes sending her a gift didn’t mean anything. Well, nothing more than he’d wanted to rile Zeke up.
She’d pushed to get out of hospital as quickly as possible, but Zeke hadn’t let her leave until she’d been properly discharged. They’d had several arguments about that, and she was now owed a spanking once they had moved into Zeke’s cabin.
He was having renovations done on his cabin to make it more accessible for her. He’d also bought a hot tub, and was turning his second bedroom into a special playroom for her.
“Look, I know I haven’t reacted terribly well to you and Zeke being together.”
She raised an eyebrow. “You bellowed like a bull for days.”
He grimaced. “Yeah, well, you’re my baby sister. No fucker is good enough for you.”
She grinned at him.
He shook his head. “I do like that you smile more. You seem really happy, sweetheart. And that’s all I want for you. So I’m going to try to stop being so hard-headed, as Charlotte accuses me of being.”
“I am happy, Clint. Zeke’s good for me.”
“Yeah. I see that now.” He frowned and crouched down, reaching for her hand. “I feel like I failed you all these years.”
She gaped at him. “What are you talking about? Clint, you and Kent are the best brothers a girl could hope for.”
“I never realized you felt so guilty over everything. That you felt like a burden. I should have done something. I would have, if I’d known.”
“Clint, no. It was something I had to work through myself. Besides, I happen to know that I take after my big brother in the hard-headed department.”
They grinned at each other.
“I love you, Eden.”
She smiled, blinking back tears. It wasn’t like Clint to be so open with his feeling with her. “I love you too, big bro.”
“And if Zeke ever does anything to hurt you, tell me and I’ll break the jerk. Taking away my baby sister, who the fuck does he think he is?”
She rolled her eyes. “We’re still going to be living on Sanctuary. We’re not going far.”
“Did you show her yet, you bastard?”
She glanced over her shoulder to find Kent striding down the passage. Clint straightened.
“You were supposed to wait for me.” Kent scowled at Clint.
“You’re late,” Clint barked.
“Two minutes! I’m two minutes late!” Kent leaned down to kiss her cheek. “Bet you can’t wait to move out, sweetheart.”
“Don’t see why Zeke can’t move in here. No reason to have his cabin renovated when Eden has everything she needs right here,” Clint grumbled.
She and Kent just rolled their eyes at each other.
“Let’s show her,” Kent said eagerly.
“All right. Sweetheart, remember when you got home from the hospital and you asked me to get rid of all your toys?”
She nodded sadly. “I wish I hadn’t now. I can remember that gorgeous dollhouse that I got for Christmas when I was seven.”
Clint opened the door and cleared his throat. “Well, you might be glad now that I didn’t listen to you.”
Kent pushed her chair into the room and she looked around in wonder at everything. There were boxes filled with dolls and their clothing and furniture. There stood her dollhouse. Next it was her dolls stroller and high chair. Tears dripped down her face in shock.