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fixed.
    Drace cooed in
delight as Cade continued to rock him, his drowsy blue eyes staring up with an
innocence that could only be found in a child’s eyes. Eyes so much like Marly’s.
Drace’s features more like his father’s. It made Cade wonder what their
daughter would look like. And he was damned determined he wanted one. A fiery
little bit of temper and beauty like his Marly, driving them all crazy with her
less than logical ways. And his Marly could definitely be less than logical.
    He smoothed a
finger over Drace’s cheek, smiling as the baby giggled and latched onto his
fingers. He was already crawling. Put the little imp on the floor and he would
be off and struggling to find some kind of adventure that was less than safe.
He looked like his daddy. Acted more like his mommy.
    “Did you hear me,
Cade?” Sam stood by the closed door, and Cade knew his brother’s eyes would be
glittering with anticipation and amusement.
    “What now?” He
winced as Drace bit into his finger, the small, barely visible teeth stinging
the hard pad of flesh.
    “Well, at least
they know we’re onto them.” There was laughter in Sam’s voice. Only God knew
how that lightened Cade’s heart.
    Drace yawned, his
little eyelids drifting down as he gnawed contentedly on Cade’s finger.
    Cade snorted. “I
was onto them days ago. Sarah just affirmed it.” Brock had been furious with
himself when he came to Cade and Sam and revealed the nature of the women’s
wishes.
    “We should have
seen it sooner,” Brock murmured.
    “We did, Brock,”
Cade reminded him of their conversation months after Marly’s pregnancy had been
confirmed. “It was our decision to stop. We just didn’t know how far they
wanted to take it.”
    A year ago, it
would have killed something in him to see his brothers and their wives leave
his home. They had been a part of each other for so long, he didn’t know if he
could have survived it then. Drace had changed that, though. The thought of the
other children Marly had talked about wanting had cemented the decision. He
didn’t give a damn what the townspeople gossiped about, but he couldn’t face
the pain it could bring his children. Couldn’t face the thought of raising them
in any way that wasn’t conventional.
    He wanted to take
them to Sunday school. He wanted to join the fucking PTA, for God’s sake. He
could never do that comfortably as long as their lifestyle continued as it was.
Besides, he wanted his wife to himself. As much as he loved his brothers, as
exciting, intense, and filled with eroticism as their sex lives had been, he no
longer needed that affirming bond that had saved them over the years. He needed
Marly. He needed their children.
    “She could have
said something.” Cade could hear the regret in Brock’s voice. “I should have
let her know she had the freedom to do so.”
    Cade looked up as
Sam snorted. “Come on, Brock, they love driving us crazy. You know it and I
know it. And we love it. I’ve called the contractors and they’ll be out here
next week. Let’s let them have their fun while they can. Then they can make it
up to us for not trusting us as they should have. As soon as I show my sweet
little honey what a bad girl she’s been, I’m sure she’ll do just that.”
    Cade hid his smile
as he looked up from his sleeping son to his brother’s smug expression.
    “I think we should
push them just a hair bit further.” He leaned back in the rocking chair,
lifting Drace to his chest, his heart clenching at the gentle weight of his son
resting against him. His hand smoothed over the baby’s back.
    “Yeah?” Sam would
be all for the game.
    “How?” Brock was
always more suspicious.
    “We make them ask.”
Cade kept his voice low. He had no desire to disturb the baby’s slumber.
    Brock moved from
the window until he could face his brother.
    “And we do this
how?”
    Cade watched the
other two men. The changes in them all in the past two years were amazing.