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wonderful to see her wearing clothes that fit her body, and to see her hair down when she left her office.
    But it was her eyes that now stunned Trent. He could really see the change inside her when he looked into them. Her confidence and intelligence shone from them now. And when she looked at Maddox or Sean, it was obvious how much she loved them both. She’d been their sub now since March, and Trent wished he could have watched the gradual change in her these past ten months. He loved to see people come out of their shell, and that’s exactly what he would love to do for Ria if she was his to pursue. “Maybe that will change? Maybe someone can persuade her to finally approach Marisol and take the first step toward healing things between them?”
    “So, you agree then that it’s her move to make?” Julie sounded surprised.
    Trent leaned forward and lowered his voice. “Just because I think she’s hot doesn’t mean I think she should get away with what she did. But it’s not my place to tell her that. And, at any rate, my twin has a prior claim on her.”
    Maddox gave him a look of incredulity. “Wyatt has a claim on her? Since when?”
    “Since he had lunch with her yesterday, learned what she’d heard in the alley Saturday night just before Gerry was stabbed, and then talked to Sean about it. He and Ria are having dinner tomorrow.”
    “Wow. That was fast.”
    “Well, technically he hasn’t violated any ethics, right?” Trent glanced around but no one was paying attention to them. “He’s not defending Ned.”
    “No, I guess not then. But he and Sean would know more about that than I would.”
    “Just so we’re clear, your objection then is Ria herself, not me or Wyatt going out with her.”
    Both Maddox and Julie looked uncomfortable, and Trent wondered what the hell was wrong with him. He and Maddox had been friends their entire lives, and Julie was his sub. He shouldn’t be acting this way. But he didn’t like it that they’d all ganged up on Ria. Had one of them ever approached her and tried to talk to her about this? Surely one of the subs could have done that.
    “I wouldn’t say that,” said Julie. “I mean, no one hates Ria, if that’s what you think is going on here.”
    “But none of you have ever tried to be the peacemaker, either. Is that right?”
    Julie glanced at Maddox, who nodded almost imperceptibly. When she spoke again, Trent could tell she was measuring her response. “What you have to understand is that Ria not only outed her brother and her best friend. There were already tensions in her family from Luke’s relationship with Alexa.”
    Julie glanced toward the bar and then leaned closer. “They never accepted Alexa once Luke told them she was his sub, and that Chase was also her Dom. They still don’t believe that there is no sexual contact between Luke and Chase. Luke hasn’t been to Sunday dinner at his parents’ house in about a year.”
    Trent frowned. Sunday dinner with the entire Rodriguez clan was as sacred as the July 4th celebration in Racy. He hadn’t realized things were that bad.
    “And now Rafe is in the same position as Luke,” said Julie. “They already didn’t care for Marisol, but this new addition to her relationship with their eldest son has driven a permanent wedge between them.”
    Marisol was fourteen when Rafe was a senior, and Trent remembered their short-lived relationship. Nothing had actually happened, but apparently Rafe’s parents didn’t believe that, and had forced Rafe to break up with Marisol. Marisol’s parents had reacted the same way. “And I’m assuming they also now believe that since Rafe and Ellis are both Marisol’s Doms, they, too, have a sexual relationship with each other?”
    “I don’t know that for certain, but that was the impression Rafe was left with.”
    “Did anyone ever ask Ria why she said anything to her parents?”
    Maddox shook his head. “No.”
    “Do you think anyone would mind if I took a