“Well, I’m afraid Sarah doesn’t.” Yet.

“Why not? What’d you do?”

“You want the list?”

“There’s a list?”

Gavin grimaced.

“But she’s let you stay around since . . . everything. So that’s good, right?”

“It’s very good.” Odd, actually. Then again, he hadn’t really given her a choice. He’d just . . . stayed.

“She thinks you’re too much like our dad, doesn’t she?”

Gavin blinked. “So, you’re a mind reader?”

“No, a sister reader.” His brows drew together over the bridge of his nose. “She had it tough in high school. Made a lot of lousy choices that resulted in consequences she can’t shake to this day.”

“She said something about that. Said she’d tell me about it soon.”

Caden’s brow reached record heights. “She did? Well, then you’re more special than you think you are.” He paused. “She hasn’t dated many guys. Really dated. Like longer than one date. There was one guy in college she decided to let her guard down with who was a jerk. Another guy in the Army dumped her when he got promoted—so I guess make that two jerks.”

“Dumped her? Was he crazy?”

“Greedy. The general had a hand in the promotion. Thought he was helping out his future son-in-law. When the future son-in-law didn’t need either of them anymore, he said goodbye.”

“Ouch.”

“After that, she kind of swore off guys and focused on her career.”

Gavin blew out a low breath. “A career she no longer has, thanks to her own father.”

“Right. I tried talking to him, but he wouldn’t listen.”

“I did too. He accused me of collaborating with you and ganging up on him.”

This time it was Caden who grimaced. “He’s stubborn.”

“A family trait apparently.”

“I believe we’ve already established that.”

Gavin rubbed a hand over his jaw. “Is Sarah going to be okay with you telling me this stuff?”

“I didn’t tell you so you could rat me out.” He sighed. “I want Sarah to be happy. I’m just trying to help you understand her a little.”

“I’ll take all the help I can get in that regard,” Gavin said.

“And if you break her heart, I know places to bury a body that no one would find.”

Gavin wasn’t sure whether to laugh or not. He met the man’s eyes—and decided not to laugh. “What happens if she’s the one who breaks mine?” She’d almost done it once. While she hadn’t broken it before, she’d sure left it hurting.

Caden clapped him on the bicep. “Then we can drown our sorrows together.”

“Our sorrows? Who broke your heart?”

Caden shook his head. “That’s a story for another day.” He nodded to the porch. “Looks like Sleeping Beauty has awakened.”