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“It’s our favorite,” he said, s at me like we shared a secret “Mom, we should take Cross, he’d like it I know it!”

The kid was probably right but Moon gave him the answer hated by kids around the world “We’ll see, honey”

Unlike ain with mischief in his eyes “Can I ride on your motorcycle?”

I had no fucking clue what to say to that, but I knew enough from Jana, Rocky and Teddy to know that if I looked to Moon it would lued to his

Then I shoved a heaping spoon of cereal into my mouth

Chapter Eight

Moon

“Oh Jana, I came as soon as I heard!” An i eyes stared up at me from her hospital bed Ee to pull her into ht “I’m so happy to see you awake”

She smiled at ht squeeze toldhere today “You saved my life,” she said, her voice suddenly watery and I couldn’t hold er

Tears fell down my cheek as I looked at themuch better How do you feel?”

“Like I’et the hell outta here But now that I’o nuts and they get to lock es under her eyes told me just how much of a toll this had taken on her

“You’ll be ho husband rap you in cotton until the baby is born”

Jana laughed “If he has his way he’ll swaddle me in it forever”

“He h I think the nurses and doctors arewhat a bear he’d been e first arrived at the hospital “Even the guys kept their distance,” I told her, never really sure what to call the Reckless Bastards Calling theuys but saying the gangconclusions, so I stuck with the all-encouys

Jana reached out for ainst the side of the sturdy hospital bed to s easier for her “He told me that you held hireat, but he could’ve gone down a dark path if you hadn’t offered your special brand of co you all over the place” More tears fell and she cried harder as I comforted her