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My ears are nearly nue clai myself for the last twenty-four or so hours abruptly coroide and she s, I could probably count all of her little baby teeth She charges at me, her arms open, and nearly causes an old man to fall when she whizzes past him "Uncle Sinn! Uncle Sinn!"

My sister rolls her eyes, but sreets her best friend as I haul Laney up into my arms and spin her around in the air "Squirt! You made it"

She squeals when I toss her around I seriously hope she’s never too cool for this shit Because it’s better than any ht to relieve my pain

I throw Laney’s backpack over one shoulder and carry her in one arht?" I lean down and peck her on the cheek

"Good Except I think the airline ht attendants, the guy next to her, the people in the row behind us, in front of us"

"Nah I think you’re good If they banned people for excessive talking, Alana would have been grounded years ago"

Alana smacks my abs

"By the way, she told everyone on the plane that her uncle was a rockstar and she was on her way to see him I’ers a fes up knew your name and asked if you would be at the airport"

As if on cue, two teenage girls hesitantly walk up to us and ask for s pop out of the carousel, we’ve got a pretty good crowd around us We’ll have to teach Laney about discretion sos, I take the cheapest roo until the sunrise anyway, so I never saw the point of wastingto crash in for a few hours But this tihts we’d be in Austin, soand h space to throw their clothes all over the floor and still walk

Becca puts Laney down for a nap, which I’ is a kick-ass idea as I eye the spot next to her little body on the king-size bed But Alana begs ence last night, I’ down onSo I give in sooner rather than later despite er at least

I open the gate to the pool area for Alana to walk through first and follow behind her, slipping onthe blaze of the afternoon sun onto two open cushioned lounge chairs

"Fine Whatever you want," I say, looking down My phone just pinged with a text from Nolan I respond and look back up just as Alana lifts her cover-up over her head Da the shirt off er next to her It’s only when I’m settled in that I look across the pool and see her And hilasses on that hide her eyes Yet I can tell froht nod, which she returns, and then I setflat There’s no doubt where et my back with the sunscreen?" Alana waited until I settled in, of course

"Lie on your back and you won’t need it"

"If I lie on my back I won’t fall asleep Which et up The sunscreen soaks into her skin al to cover her back

"Can you dosuit, you wouldn’t need to put sunscreen on your ass Seriously, half your ass cheeks are hanging out"

"Shut up and get your hands on my butt You know you’ve wanted to touch it for fifteen years anyway," she teases, jiggling her butt cheeks

Normally, I’d savor the opportunity to lather up a wo out of a tiny bikini bottoreat ass, but after solotion onelse before I lie down?"