Chapter 14

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Genny had spent three days at the Barratt—hiding with Chantal. From Chantal’s big brother Chad. Chantal had found that amusing.

And very ironic.

Especially since Chantal was busy trying to evade Genny’s own older brother, Gene. He seemed to be very determined, too.

Those two boys had just gone mad or something. That was the only explanation.

Three days at the Barratt still hadn’t cleared her head. Not that she had been there that whole time. Mostly just to sleep, after the first night. And to interrupt whatever plot her brother had where Chantal was concerned.

Gene was most certainly up to something.

Chantal was practically jumping out of her skin.

Genny was of two minds on how to proceed with the knowledge that her most commitment-phobic brother was trying to seduce one of her two best friends in the entire world. One, tell Chantal to run like hell as fast as she could in the opposite direction. Or two, help Gene out as much as possible, because she loved her brother and she loved Chantal, and if Gene would just open up a little, she could see the two of them being good for each other.

And Calvin. Gene’s son was awesome. Genny loved getting to be a part of his world every single day. She’d moved in with her brothers when Calvin was three. And had helped take care of him ever since.

Calvin already adored Chantal, anyway. Chantal would visit Genny on her days off right after Calvin would come home from preschool. Some mornings she was there to drive him to preschool and drop Genny off at the hospital. Calvin knew Chantal very well.

Chantal would make a wonderful mother to Genny’s nephew.

So what was a girl supposed to do?

At the Barratt, she’d watched the three of them together when she got a chance.

They looked like a family. Gene watched Chantal like he already adored her. Which was kind of crazy—they’d been fighting each other for years.

Gene had a history with women that was a bit concerning. It was hard to forget that. Still, the way he’d watched Chantal—Genny had never seen him look at a woman like that before.

Now Genny was back at her own home, in her own bed.

And trying to come up with some sort of plan regarding what to do about Chantal’s brother. He was just as worrying as her own. She and Chantal had discussed the two lunatics in minute detail. Trying to figure out what wacky weed the two had gotten into, to go… so… hunter-caveman lately.

The odds that Genny’s brother and Chantal’s brother would both turn so determined with their sisters’ best friends at the same time was a bit… well, odd. It just didn’t happen that way.

At least not in real life.

They still had no answer.

But that Gene and Chad were both hunting, how weird was that?

And what was Genny going to do about Chad now?

She had to go back to work tomorrow. He was probably going to be there. She was going to have to come up with a plan.

Fast.