No Place Like Home (Siren Publishing Ménage and More) by Diane Leyne

the dryer and made him some toast and coffee for the road while he showered. Then she saw him out the door. He stopped and gave her a quick kiss. “I don’t know if we’ll ever see each other again, so I just wanted to say, you are an amazing woman, Cassie. I know, someday, you’ll find the man for you.” And then he left before she could reply.
    Which was just as well. She didn’t know how he would react if she told him she had found two men who were right for her.
    She hummed to herself as she stepped into the shower and lathered up. She was going to take special care getting ready, rubbing in the special grapefruit-scented location into her skin and carefully drying her hair so it didn’t frizz. Then she sat down and waited. They hadn’t set a particular time. She waited some more, brooding on the fact that she hadn’t been able to find them Friday. The optimistic part of her tried to make excuses. Surely there was a logical explanation, and she was not going to panic or jump to conclusions . But when the clock struck 10:00 a.m. and there was no sign of her men, no call, no text, nothing, her temper and fear boiled over. Her first impulse was right. They were bastards, she decided.
    She stomped down the steps and knocked on her friend’s kitchen door. Annie gestured for her to come in. She rushed forward, hugging Cassie when she saw the tears in her eyes. “What’s wrong?”
    “Where are those two bastards?” Steve pointedly picked up the two little ones and tiptoed out of the room. “They were coming to take me out today. And they said they were working all week, but when I went down to the courthouse and the jail and the law office, they weren’t there, and no one knew where they were. Have they found someone else?” She sobbed on Annie’s shoulder. “I can’t bear it if they break my heart again. I don’t care if they are your brothers. This time I’m going to kill them.”
    Steve reentered the kitchen, this time without the little ones. “I thought you were back with Craig? I was surprised to see him leave early this morning.”
    “What are you talking about?”
    “I was on the phone with Markus last night when I heard you in the background talking about having a naked Craig in your apartment. You and Annie were shouting. I think he might have heard as well because he hung up on me. And then this morning I went out for a run and I saw him leaving. And, I guess I should have mentioned this, Annie, but I think I saw Jackson sitting in his cruiser across the street watching Craig leave. The cruiser was gone when I got back.”
    Cassie could only stare openmouthed. But Annie knew what to do. She whacked her husband in the arm, several times. “And you never thought to say anything? And just why were you on the phone with Markus anyway?”
    “He wanted me to tell Cassie that they were still stuck in Seattle, but that they thought they would be getting a favorable ruling for their young offender diversion program and to tell you they’d be back midday on Saturday.”
    “And...”
    “And then Cassie got back with Craig, so I didn’t think she’d care.”
    “I did not get back with Craig. If you are going to eavesdrop, at least eavesdrop on the whole conversation! He came by to apologize. We aren’t getting back together.”
    “But he stayed over?”
    “Yes. On the couch. That’s why I borrowed the clothes. Did you think he’d need a T-shirt and sweatpants if he was sleeping in my bed with me?”
    “Oh. Good point.”
    Annie hit her husband on the arm one more time for good measure. “Cassie, what are you going to do? You know their hearts must be breaking. And you know the boys aren’t going to chase you if they think you’ve chosen someone else. They can be pretty pushy, but they would never try to break up a couple. You are going to have to go after them.”
    “You are right. Wish me luck.” Cassie headed out the door, determined to fight for her men. She’d lived in fear that