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His first call had been to Ronan to let hie, South Dakota the following day to take his rown up on When Mace had asked about the arrange up with Ronan, Mav had si the body transported to the airport in Newark as well as to the reservation froe His next call had been the telling one because after he’d said his narandfather He’d been silent as the other caller had spoken, but when he’d said, “Tell hi her ho up, I’d known the man had likely refused to speak to Mav And I knew that whatever toht e reached the reservation, it would be pure hell for Mav

Once Mace and I reached the kitchen, I threw etables that needed to be chopped for the salad Neither of us spoke as orked, but I didn’tthe salad together, I noticed that Mace wastwo versions of the salance he said, “Cole loves mushrooms and peppers, but Jonas hates them”

I smiled at that “My uncle does that too”

“Does what?”

“Cooks separate meals for his partners”

Mace stilled “Your uncle is involved with two people?”

I nodded “Twohe’s tired of irls, but he does it anyway”

“Girls?”

“Their daughters Two of them”

Mace laughed “Two daughters? They’re screwed”

I chuckled “The fathers or the daughters?”

Mace serator and pulled out a can of soda and offered it to rabbed one for himself and motioned to the kitchen table

“Those girls have ers Ren, Declan and Jagger are the ones in trouble”

“Are they your only family?” Mace asked