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relaxed standing there in jeans and a T-shirt. He was just as sexy out of uniform as he was in.
    “Everything okay?” Aiden asked. Jake nodded.
    “All taken care of. We can leave any time.”
    Aiden nodded, turning back to Cael. The kid was slumped in the hospital bed, looking sad.
    “You’re leaving?” Cael asked in a small voice. Aiden looked to Jake, who just raised a brow. The kid obviously thought they were leaving without him.
    Aiden smiled. “ We are leaving,” he said firmly.
    Cael looked confused, and then his eyes widened. “We?
    You mean --? I’m going, too?”
    “Well,” Aiden began, then sighed. He didn’t want to lie to the kid, but he also didn’t want to worry Cael unnecessarily. He sat down on the edge of the bed and took one small hand in his. “The truth is, Cael, that so Dream a Little Dream - 46
    far Max has eluded police. We’ve all decided that for everyone’s safety it would be best if you weren’t here at the hospital. You’re being released.”
    Cael looked confused again. “But…”
    “We were hoping,” Aiden interrupted quickly, not wanting the kid to get the wrong idea, “that you would come home with us. Where you will be safe.”
    Cael looked so stunned that Aiden didn’t know what to do. Did he offer comfort or give the kid time to process everything? He and Jake really hadn’t thought about Cael refusing to go with them. He gave Jake a pleading look.
    Jake came over to the bed, laying a reassuring hand on Aiden's shoulder.
    “Cael, we don’t blame you for any of this. Everything that’s happened is the fault of the people who hurt you.
    We want you to come home with us. We think it the best thing for all of us.”
    Cael watched them with a small furrow between his brows. “What if he comes back?”
    Jake, bless him, just smiled. “We’ll protect each other, how ’bout that?”
    They both waited, Aiden not even daring to breathe as Cael thought. There was a long, tense moment before Cael seemed to make a decision.
    Finally, he nodded. “Okay,” he said quietly. “But I need Dream a Little Dream - 47
    to get my stuff from my room.”
    Aiden shared a quick smile with Jake. There was something about the kid that just seemed to fit with them. It worried him and made him feel warm at the same time.
    “Fair enough,” Jake said.
    Aiden nodded. “Let's check you out and get you home.”

    ***
Home.
    Cael was near giddy with excitement the entire way out of the hospital and back to his own room. They were going to take him home. He hadn’t seen this. He’d known they were going to let him go, but not that he would get to go home with them.
    He felt shivery just thinking about being in the same house as those two gorgeous men. Even after all that had happened, he still found himself wanting. It was strange, so very strange.
    Reaching his little room, Cael turned back to the men following him.
    “Can I…alone?” he asked softly, gesturing to the room behind him. “I won’t be long.”
    They shared a glance and then nodded.
    “Sure,” Dr. Turner said. “We’ll wait out here for you.”
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    “Thank you.”
    He retreated into the room, stealing one more quick peek at them both before closing the door. As soon as it was shut, he moved quickly.
    Cael grabbed his backpack, the same one he had before he had been admitted for observation, then hurried over to the small dresser. After stuffing his clothes and other meager belongings into the bag, he tossed it onto the bed and then went back to the dresser. Cael carefully wormed his way behind the dresser, ’til he was between it and the wall, and pushed the dresser aside, revealing a covered air vent.
    No one knew it was there. It was his secret place, where he hid his drawings so others couldn’t find them. Now he was leaving, so he was going to need them. He never knew if the dreams were going to come true.
    Cael quickly popped off the grate and reached in, taking out three completely