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to face with Beau, he froze. Turning,
Ethan hugged Kylie and then moved out of the group as fast as his legs would
carry him.
    “What’d
I miss?” Sawyer’s voice thundered from behind them as the group dispersed.
    “Where
are the twins?” Ethan asked. They should’ve been there for this.
    “On
the way. Brendon had to stop and get something,” Sawyer explained, a suspicious
smirk on his face.
    As
though that was the cue, Ethan’s attention was snagged by a bushel of color
coming in through the door to the waiting room. What the hell was that?
    A
round of laughter erupted as they all realized Braydon was coming through the
door, hidden behind a wall of balloons as he tried to squeeze in through the
doorway. More balloons than Ethan had ever seen in one place. Bright jewel
tones – red and green and blue and yellow – hovered above Braydon’s head like a
cloud.
    “What
the fu–” Travis muttered, the curse word cut off when Kylie placed her hand
over his mouth.
    “There
is no way you’re gonna get all of those balloons in that little room,” Kylie
informed them with a beaming smile as the twins made their way toward the
middle of the waiting area where everyone was now milling about.
    Braydon
looked up at his collection, then back to Kylie, a grin forming. “No problem.”
    Pulling
off one of the strings, he handed a single green balloon to Kylie. When he went
to hand one to Travis, the oldest of them all simply frowned at Braydon.
    “No?
None for you? Fine.” From there, Braydon started going from one person to another
– even complete strangers – handing out balloons. There obviously weren’t
enough people in the waiting room, but that didn’t seem to stop Braydon, he
just made his way out into the hall. Ethan knew he’d have all of the balloons
handed out in no time. The guy was crazy.
    “What
are you doing?” Another familiar voice sounded from the hallway. A strangled
laugh followed by, “No. I don’t want a damn balloon.”
    As
he watched his cousin Jared Walker – also known as the new man in charge of
Walker Demolition – make his way into the waiting room, he considered escaping
while everyone’s attention was diverted. Ethan prepared himself for the
confrontation that he expected to come.
    When
Jared looked his way, Ethan nodded in acknowledgement but sent up a silent prayer
that his cousin wouldn’t stop to chat. He didn’t have anything to say to the
guy. Especially after the last couple of conversations they’d had.
    Granted,
Ethan respected the fact that Travis had hired Jared to come in and manage
Walker Demolition now that he was fully immersed in the new resort, but that
didn’t mean Ethan liked the guy. Ok, so he liked the guy, he just wasn’t fond
of the ass chewing he had received on Blake’s behalf.
    Technically,
up until that morning, Blake was an employee of Walker Demolition and Ethan
didn’t understand why he had to be the one to take the heat every time Blake
fucked up. Which had been frequently, Ethan knew.
    Blake
wasn’t the most reliable, didn’t usually come into work on time, and sometimes
disappeared for a couple of days without bothering to even call and let Ethan
know where he was. And despite the fact that Ethan had been dating him – for
lack of a better term – he wasn’t his keeper. Nor was he his boss. Not that
Jared seemed to understand that. So, needless to say, they’d butted heads since
the day Jared showed up right around the first of the year.
    Now
that Blake wasn’t working for them, Ethan wondered if that would help the
strained relationship that had started to develop since the first week of
January when Jared had shown up out of the blue. There was a story behind his
cousin’s reason for relocating to Coyote Ridge, but out of respect to Jared,
Ethan had never tried to get to root of that reason. Watching as Jared shook
hands with Travis and then Curtis, Ethan started to wonder why he hadn’t put
forth the effort.
    It
wasn’t like