“Can you?”
“Run?”
Tabon nodded.
She pulled back from him. “Am I getting that big?”
“No.” He laughed and pulled her closer. “No one would even be able to tell that you’re pregnant. I just meant, is it safe?”
Ava shrugged. “I don’t know why it wouldn’t be.”
“We’ll try a short one tomorrow.”
Ava scrunched her eyes. “Feeling out of shape?”
Tabon laughed again. “It doesn’t matter what kind of shape I’m in, you’ll always outrun me.”
“You got that right.”
—:—
When they got back to the house, they saw a car pulling through the gate.
“Who’s that?” Ava asked.
“Looks like Mantis.”
“I didn’t know he was coming.”
“Me either. Shit.”
“What?”
“Dutch and Alegria are coming too.”
“And?”
Razor told her what he knew about their past.
“Oh. Who invited Mantis?”
Razor shrugged. “No idea. Maybe Gunner.”
“This will be awkward.”
“It isn?
??t like we all haven’t been in the same place at the same time before. Although…”
“What?”
“I think Dutch was keeping the thing with Alegria a secret.”
“Thing?”
“I’m not certain, but I think they’re together.”
“Why would they keep it a secret?”