Page 25 of Brazen Obsession

Finn and Wyatt look down at the marble floor. That’s one conversation I’m not looking forward to. We’ve always taken care of Sara, but we’ve also taken care of Bitsy. Especially when Tom was being a dick during our teenage years.

She’s more our mother than our birth mothers.

“What if she isn’t accepting of this relationship?” Finn asks the question weighing on all of us.

Yet another reason we never moved on Sara was that her mother is our rock. None of us wanted to lose her or Tom or Sara. They’re our family. It would have crushed us. But we’re past that now. Sara is ours.

“She’ll come around,” I say, rubbing the back of my neck. I’ll do anything for Sara, except leave her. No, Sara’s ours and Bitsy will see we’re the right choice for her daughter. That together we can love a woman like Sara the way she needs to be loved.

Drew and Sara come up the stairs, hand in hand.

“What did you think, pip?”

Sara smiles and glances at Drew. Her green eyes sparkle with happiness. “It’s a really nice apartment. Natasha was feeling a little tired, so Tom said they’d explore the upper floors later.”

“I asked my parents to leave the furniture down there, since it was mine.” Drew releases her hand and she comes over to me and wraps her arms around my waist.

I rub a hand down her back. All this is happening so quickly. I’m worried about the size of this house. Bigger and more spread out might not be better right now. In the future, when we need our space, it will be a must. But right now...

Yes, the estate was huge, but it was in the middle of nowhere. That made it easy to see if someone was approaching. This house is massive. Too many points of entry.

“Security system?” I ask.

Drew nods. “I’m having them switch it over to my company name, but it’s the same one my parents used. Similar to the one installed at Sara’s.”

Which we know Peter’s men know how to get around. Fuck.

“My dad has men on the house.” Finn claps his hand on my shoulder. “If you want, we can put a tracker in Sara.”

Sara opens her mouth. Maybe to protest, but then she thinks about it. “Maybe not in me?”

Wyatt steps forward, already typing something on his phone. “I’ve heard of jewelry that has GPS tracking in it.”

“I like jewelry.” Sara’s smile returns. But as her eyes scan the empty rooms beyond the foyer, it slips a little at the vastness of the house. “How are we going to fill this place?”

Drew steps close to her and holds her against his side, leading her to the left. We all turn to follow. “My parents have some things in storage we can use, but if you want, I’ll give you my card and you can go nuts shopping.”

“I do need an excuse to hang out with my friends.” Sara glances back and meets my eyes.

“As long as one of us goes with you.” I nod at her.

She grins and Drew leads us through the kitchen. The dining room. The family room. The living room. An office that’s big enough for at least two desks.

The doorbell rings and we all pause. We stand in the entryway about to head upstairs.

“It is our house,” Sara says and starts toward the front door.

Finn grabs her waist and pulls her back against him. “Not so fast, flower.”

“Hey,” she says.

I move to the door with Wyatt beside me.

“We need to take precautions.” Finn’s voice is soft, but he’s right. We don’t know who knows we’re here. Hopefully it’s just Tanya with Peabody.

When I open the door, Tanya lifts her head to look up at me. She smiles and holds Peabody’s wiggling body toward me.

“I am so glad you’re back.” She sighs. “He missed his people.”