Chapter Three
Drake was making coffee when Devon walked in.
“Hey, I thought you’d sleep in.”
Drake shook his head. “No, I’m still on military time. I doubt that will ever change.”
“Shit. Do you feel better?”
“Yes.”
“I thought today, if you wanted, I could show you what we’ve done to the building and fill you in on some of our thoughts.”
Drake leaned back against the cabinet and sipped his cup. “You guys have done so much already, and I know I haven’t seen the majority of it.”
“We got lucky. Travis and Kane gave us the name of the construction contractor they used, and we got even luckier that one of their jobs had fallen through. They took over here. We wanted them to get a few offices done, the gym on the first floor, and then start on the condos. They had the offices and gym done within the week and started working on three of the condos in the building.”
“That’s great.”
“Are you going to want one of the floors for a condo?”
Drake shrugged. “It doesn’t matter to me. I’ll spend the majority of my time in the office.”
“We’ll talk more about that later. Think about the condo, although you’re more than welcome to stay here as long as you want.”
“I think…” Drake’s voice trailed off when Emma came around the corner in a little nightgown and walked into Devon’s arms.
“Good morning, baby.”
She wrapped herself around his brother. “Good morning, Daddy.”
“Are you waking up, pet?”
“I wanted to wake up with you,” she complained.
“I’m sorry. Let’s go in and get you dressed, and then we’ll get you fed.”
She nodded and turned, and that was when she saw him and smiled. “Good morning.”
“Good morning, honey.”
“I’ll be right back to help with breakfast,” Devon told him.
Drake nodded and watched the two walk off. He decided he needed to think about getting his own place sooner rather than later because it was too hard to see them together. It reminded him of things he’d never have again.
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