But the best thing to come out of this crazy journey Grandpa had sent me on was ending up with four amazing guys, who themselves ended up being as close as brothers. It was so funny that Mr. Jones had arranged for me to meet three of them, and that we met in the different ways we had. He told me Cordy had made him swear he’d fix me up with each of the guys. He did his job pretty well, if you asked me. Linc was the delicious icing on the cake.
To celebrate our good fortune, and to sprinkle Cordy’s ashes in the Pacific Ocean as he’d wanted, I got everyone to agree to give me five days so I could surprise them with a trip somewhere warm and tropical.
* * *
“Hey, bitches!” Matty screamed as he boarded the small jet I’d chartered to take us to the Hawaiian island of Kauai. He wore a huge sun hat and sunglasses with rhinestones. His Louis Vuitton suitcase was so heavy he could barely lift it. Linc took it from him and put it in the luggage closet.
“Thanks, handsome,” Matty said to him, batting his eyelashes. I’d included him in the trip because, well, nothing would have been possible without his involvement. And the guys thought he was a hoot.
“You’re welcome, my man,” Linc said, smiling.
So of course Matty was invited. He loved the guys, and they loved him back. Well, not in the way that they loved me, but still.
“We’re just waiting for Win, and then we can take off,” I said.
The pilot and co-pilot emerged from the cockpit. “Have any of you flown private charter before?” the pilot asked.
“No, but we’re really excited,” I said. Nat and Brose, making themselves at home at the bar, nodded in agreement.
“I’m
excited, too,” Linc said, looking at me and licking his lips. When the pilots weren’t looking, I opened my legs just enough to let Linc see I was wearing no panties under my dress. After a couple discreet glances, he squirmed in his seat, a sure sign he was dealing with a growing erection.
“Sorry I’m late,” Win said breathlessly as he boarded. “Hey, darlin’.” He bent to kiss my cheek. The pilots looked from me to him, to the other guys. They had no freaking idea make of our happy little family and the flamboyant Matty.
The flight attendant pulled the plane’s door closed, and we buckled in for a five-hour flight.
Chapter 30
Garnet
Good lord, I’d heard Kauai was amazing, but there was no way words could ever do it justice. Gigantic palm trees fluttered in the warm breeze, the sandy beaches sparkled, and the air smelled like flowers. Paradise didn’t begin to describe it.
And I was in heaven, being here with my guys.
“This is off the hook,” Brose said as we arrived at the secluded beach house I’d rented.
I opened the door with the key the housekeeper had given me, and we all gasped.
The back wall of the house was all glass and overlooked an infinity pool, which overlooked the ocean.
“Oh. My. God.” My feet felt glued to the floor, that’s how blown away I was. That is, until I heard a small commotion behind me.
I turned just in time to see Nat removing his clothes—his boxers were the last thing to hit the tiled foyer—and he took off running for the pool. Butt naked.
“Sounds good to me!” Linc yelled, stripping and running after him.
The last two, Win and Brose, looked at each other and shrugged. Before I knew it, they were naked too, and running across the house like madmen.
I looked at Matty, who just shook his head. “I’m going for a walk on the beach. You straight people are just too weird.” He pulled his hat low on his face and left us.
Well, who was I to ruin a good time?
I stripped off my clothes and ran for the pool, where my guys were hooting and hollering, and splashing and making cannonballs.
Before I joined them, I watched the scene with a full heart and eyes filled with tears. Funny how life switches directions on you, whether you want it to or not, and when you least expect it. In a few short months, I’d gone from fending off online creeps and their dick pics, to being part of a loving family. We still had a lot to learn about ourselves and each other, but until then, we had each other.
And that was more than enough.
THE END