He could tell from the way Alex had suddenly become evasive that she was avoiding the fact that she still cared. And like his brother, Cash refused to believe that the special bond they had formed no longer mattered to her. It was a real—the kind of love that only came around once in a lifetime.“Why wouldn’t I be?” she returned a little too quickly. “What’s not to be happy about? I have my own place, a job I enjoy, and friends who don’t judge me.” Cash noticed that she’d made a concerted effort not to blink now that she’d been called out on something that was a dead giveaway when she wasn’t being completely honest. “That’s all fantastic but that doesn’t exactly answer our question. Are. You. Happy?”“Of course, I am.” This time when she spoke, however, Alex didn’t look either of them in the eye. “Well I haven’t been,” Cash replied. “Rusty either. Not a day or night has gone by when we haven’t wanted to bring you back where you belong—by our sides.
