“Come on. Let’s get out of here.” Sasha gathered her things and Cassidy pulled her cover-up over her bathing suit and slipped into her flip flops, happy to join her friend and leave this hedonistic nightmare behind.

***

Dash huddled in the corner of the overly large sofa in Xander’s family room. While grumbling about too many people in his house, Xander had moved the band and Linc to a space with more sitting room. Status quo for his bestselling thriller author brother, whose books were made into hit movies, and liked a more solitary life.

Why Xander put up with Dash and his shit was beyond him. But Dash loved his older brother and always had. He’d pulled the same crap when they were kids, sleeping on the floor of Xander’s bedroom until his mother bought a trundle bed so Dash was more comfortable.

Xander had grumbled then too, Dash thought wryly. But if his life went to hell, Xander would be there and not say I told you so.

Dash’s cell rang, silencing everyone. He pulled out the phone from his pocket, glanced at the screen and his heart began to pound harder in his chest.

“It’s the lawyer,” he said to his audience, men he trusted with his life. Men who’d been waiting to hear the news along with him. The band for the publicity reasons Dash had thrust on them, and along with his brothers, they cared.

Palms slick with sweat, Dash took the call, putting it on speaker because he didn’t want to have to repeat the news if was bad. “Peter, talk to me,” he said to his attorney.

“Got the paternity results in my hand,” the man said.

At that moment, Sasha walked in, Cassidy by her side. Because why shouldn’t the woman who affected him on a soul deep level witness his humiliation?

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