Twins for the Bull Rider

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Authors: April Arrington
flamed.
    Dominic stepped away. “I’ll be back in a minute.”
    Logan cast one last look at the boys before leaving the room. Closing her eyes, Cissy sighed. Wisps of the boys’ hair moved and tickled her chin. She dropped her cheek to the top of their heads, rubbing it back and forth.
    How had they ended up here? And in the middle of the night with an almost stranger?
    She cringed. There was no way she could pay for her car being towed, a new tire and room and board for the night. What would Logan and Dominic do when they found out she was broke and had no place to go? Would they throw them out? Or worse, call Family and Children Services?
    Clutching the boys tighter to her chest, she whispered an apology when Jayden whimpered. “It’s okay. Everything’s gonna be okay.”
    And if it wasn’t, she’d make it okay.
    The cell phone in her pocket buzzed against her thigh. Cissy’s hands curled tighter around the boys. The incessant vibrations persisted despite her attempts to ignore them.
    Keep our boys together, Cissy.
    She firmed her features. She’d make it okay. She had to.
    * * *
    â€œA RE THEY YOURS ?”
    â€œHell, no,” Dominic spat.
    He winced at the harsh words that burst from his mouth. The warmth from Jayden’s body still lingered on his right side. And it wasn’t the kids’ fault his brother had turned into a cynical ass.
    It was just like Logan to come out with guns blazing. This was the exact reason he’d put off coming home for so long this time out. Dominic gritted his teeth and flicked his eyes over the room to rein in his temper.
    Not much had changed in Raintree Ranch’s main office over the past year and a half. It remained organized, controlled and presentable. Just like Logan.
    Shoving his fists into his pockets, Dominic stared his brother down. “Those boys have to be at least five. For God’s sake, Logan, is that what you think of me? That I’d abandon my own flesh and blood for the first years of their life?”
    â€œI don’t know, Dom,” Logan returned, eyes piercing into his. “You just hit twenty-five. And you sure as hell left a trail in your wake. You probably don’t know what you’ve left behind.”
    Dominic straightened. “Oh, I’d know. That’s one chance I don’t take.”
    Logan maintained his stance behind the mahogany desk. Hands flat on the counter, head lifted. “Mistakes happen.”
    â€œYeah,” Dominic sneered, “and don’t you know it, big bro?”
    That got a reaction.
    Logan shoved off the desk, rounding it and bringing his face so close it blurred. “If you came home just to stir shit up, you can haul your ass off right now. Don’t have time for it. Some of us work for a living.”
    â€œAnd I don’t?” Dominic jerked his chin up. “Whose work produced the money to build this place to begin with?”
    â€œI wouldn’t call getting thrown on your back by bulls and buckle bunnies actual work.” Logan stepped away and narrowed his eyes. “But heaven forbid we ever forget that you still cut us a check every month.” His brows rose. “Want to see ’em? I haven’t been cashing them. Just stacking them up all nice and neat in a pile and locking them in the safe so you’ll have proof you did your part when the time comes.”
    Dominic’s gut roiled. “You’re a real bastard when you want to be, Logan.”
    â€œYeah,” he said, nodding, “and you love it. Makes it real easy to sweep back in here and be the charming hero every couple years. Tell me, how many times did you call Pop over the past year and a half?”
    Dominic spun around, then strode to the window and hunched his shoulders. “He has you.”
    â€œHe sees me every day, you know? It’s not me he wants to talk to. It’s you.” Logan’s scornful laugh crossed the room to

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