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it. Fang put
his paws on Kyle’s lap, his nose pointing upward, his little tail
pinwheeling. “Dad, just tell her what’s going on.”
    Travers glanced at Megan, then at
Kyle. Then back at Megan. “You’re right,” he said. “I’ve been
meaning to deal with it since I found out about it. It’s just been
so crazy here.”
    “In a good way, I hope,” Zoe said with
a smile.
    Megan frowned. What she had seen in
the last few hours hadn’t been all that good.
    “I’m sure you can help him during the
next few days,” Travers said.
    Megan stiffened. She had a hunch she
wasn’t going to like what was coming next. “The next few
days?”
    “Zoe and I are getting married, and
then we’d like a few days to ourselves. Can you stay? We’d really
like to get this over with—”
    “Such a romantic,” Zoe said with a
smile.
    “You’re the one who said Elvis chapel
and black roses,” Travers said.
    She shrugged. “And I meant it
too.”
    “Mom and Dad won’t like that,” Megan
said.
    “They didn’t like it when I got
married the first time,” Travers said.
    “And they were right,” Megan
said.
    “What I mean is that they had the big
wedding with me and Cheryl, and look what good it got
us.”
    Kyle’s cheeks got even
redder.
    “I think it got you a lot of good,”
Megan said, looking pointedly at Kyle.
    Travers reached over and
put a hand on his son’s shoulder. “I just meant me and your mom,
Kyle. You know you’re the most important person in my
life.”
    Kyle nodded, but his gaze didn’t meet
his father’s. “I would much rather have Zoe for a mom anyway,” Kyle
said bravely.
    Of course he would. Cheryl
hadn’t been a mother at all. She had had dreams of home and family,
but when the realities had hit her—the tiny apartment, the lack of
money, the fussy baby—she had fled, leaving Travers to raise Kyle
alone.
    Megan had disliked Cheryl
even before Travers had married her. Cheryl had seemed shallow to
her, almost emotionless. Megan had somehow known from the moment
she had seen her how much Cheryl would hurt her brother.
    Megan looked at Zoe. She liked Zoe,
even though she wasn’t sure she wanted to.
    And her brother was
clearly head over heels in love with her.
    “Kyle,” Zoe said, “I’m not sure it’s
right that we cut you out of the honeymoon. I mean, you’re going to
be a big part of this relationship, and maybe—”
    “Go along on a trip where you’re
supposed to just have sex and junk?” Kyle wrinkled his nose. “I
don’t think so.”
    “I didn’t mean that you’d be around
for the private parts,” Zoe said, digging herself in deeper. “I
just meant maybe we should rethink the honeymoon part, and take a
family trip. It’d be fairer. After all, this is a surprise for you
too.”
    “No, it’s not,” Kyle said.
    “We didn’t know until a few minutes
ago,” Travers said.
    “You knew from the minute you met,”
Kyle said. “You were just scared, that’s all.”
    He sounded contemptuous, and
oh-so-much-older than he really was. He also sounded like a little
boy who was trying to be strong for the adults around
him.
    Megan’s heart went out to him. “Of
course I’ll stay with Kyle while you two go off and have sex and
junk.”
    Travers glared at her, but Zoe gave
her a fond smile.
    “And I think I understand why you want
to avoid the big wedding. But wouldn’t it be nice to wait a few
days so that the whole family can come? I think Mom and Dad would
like it, and I’m sure Zoe has family who would want to be
here.”
    “No,” Zoe said softly, “I don’t. But
there are a few friends that I wouldn’t mind asking.”
    Travers looked at her with surprise.
“I’m sorry. I just assumed that we’d do this fast. You said Elvis
chapel.”
    Zoe smiled at him, and the
smile was still fond. Megan would have been ripping his eyes out.
Of course, that could be because he was her brother and not the guy
she wanted to spend happily ever after with.
    “I think fast is