“Funny you should say that." Kevin cleared his throat. "I would have told you before, but you were away on assignment. The thing is, I've met somebody." Nash thought of the woman's voice he'd heard earlier. "Haley?"

“Yeah. She's…amazing. We're getting married." Gage's engagement had been a surprise. Kevin's left Nash speechless. He stared out at the tree-lined streets and couldn't think of a single thing to say.

“You want to meet her?" Kevin asked.

“Sure." Why not? His brother had been born wild. Nash figured any woman strong enough to tie Kevin down had to be an amazing combination of sin and steel.

“We're staying at a bed and breakfast in town." Kevin named the street and Nash realized it was the one he'd been on a few minutes ago.

“I'm about two miles away," he said. "I'll be right over."

“A minister's daughter?" Nash said as he stared at Kevin.

His fraternal twin grinned. "Not what you expected?"

“Not even close. What happened to all bad girls all the time?" His brother shrugged. "I met Haley."

“That had to have been some meeting." Kevin grinned. "It was." He motioned to the parlor just to the left of the foyer, then led the way into the formally furnishedroom. Nash glanced around, noting that this B &B seemed larger and more elegant than Stephanie's. There were crystal chandeliers and some kind of tapestries on the wall. Her place was more homey.

Kevin limped to a long, high-backed sofa in a rich floral print. As he settled onto the cushions, he rubbed his thigh.

Nash took a chair on the opposite side of the coffee table. "You've seen a doctor for that, right?”

“When it happened and again back home. I'm healing. In another few weeks I'll be back to normal, but until then it aches from time to time. I know I'm lucky. The bullet missed the bone." What he didn't say was if it had hit eighteen inches higher and a little to the left, he wouldn't have made it at all. Nash didn't like to think of anything bad happening to his brother.



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