Mistletoe (K19 Security Solutions 3)
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Chapter 11
Ava and Razor
“How was shopping? Whoa, what’s all this?” Razor asked when he opened the back of the SUV.
“Most of it is Zary’s, but I bought a few things and so did Aine.”
Razor unloaded the packages onto a luggage cart. “Gunner called while you were out. He said we’re going to spend Christmas at his mother’s house instead of on the island.”
“Did he say why?”
“Space. His mother’s place is a lot bigger. In fact, this will be our last night here. We’ll move over there tomorrow. Which bears the question, why did you bring all of Zary’s purchases here anyway?”
“To wrap it all tomorrow. She was going to come here—”
“Slow down, Avarie,” he said, pulling her into a hug. “We have this room reserved for another three nights. I just thought you might want to spend the extra time with Zary.”
“Is his mother sure about us staying there?”
“Wait until you see this place. Oh, and your mom and my mom are already there. I guess I should’ve told you that first.”
“We did see it,” said Aine. “When we dropped Zary and Odette off. We just didn’t go inside.”
“Then you know it’s like a luxury hotel.”
“If you’re sure…”
“Positive. It’ll be great. You two
head to the suite. I’ll have the bellman help me bring the sleigh full of presents up there.”
—:—
“Are you okay?” Ava asked her sister.
“I’ll be fine. It isn’t like I’ve ever had a boyfriend at Christmas. This year is just like all the others.”
“You still have a boyfriend; he just can’t spend Christmas with you.”
“Do I? I don’t even know at this point.”
Ava knew Aine was heartbroken that she hadn’t heard anything from Striker since Thanksgiving. When she’d asked Tabon about it, all he said was that wherever he was, he was in deep.
“Can you ask Doc?”
“I did, sweetheart,” he’d said. “There’s nothing I can tell you.”
That meant he knew, but she shouldn’t ask any more questions.
“I wish I could wave a magic wand and get him here, sweetie,” she told Aine.
“Me too. But, Ava, can we stop talking about it?”
“Of course.” She looked at her phone and saw that Odette was calling. “Hi,” she answered.
“Change of plans. Did you unload the car yet?”
“Tabon is doing that right now.”