Fallon glanced over at me. “Want to come home with us?”
I looked up at Maverick and he nodded. “I’ll come get you in a little while.”
“I don’t mind staying.” I gripped his hand, not knowing if I should or shouldn’t leave his side.
“I should stay here with my mom, and I don’t know how long this is going to take.”
* * *
I calledthe hotel and booked my room for another night so I wouldn’t have to worry about getting my belongings before checkout. Helping Fallon clean up the kitchen after she finally got Leilani to sleep, I felt more at home than I had in a long time.
“It’s pretty amazing how apparent it is that all of you are a family, not just friends.” I dried off the pot Fallon had just rinsed as she smiled at me.
“We are extremely lucky. I don’t know what I would have done if Dane didn’t rescue me from my darkness and bring me into his family. The Steeles are amazing. The rest of them are too. I am truly blessed.”
I stared off, getting lost in my reflection in the stainless-steel cookware.
“You know, Maverick wants it all too—the family, kids, settling down. He’ll never admit it, but I can see through all the pain and darkness. It’s like a mirror showing me how I was all those years ago.”
Her words bored into my bones and I just stared at her.
“He’d kill me for saying that to you, but I know it’s why he wanted you to go on tour with them so badly. I think he’s scared if he lets you leave, he’ll never get all that.”
“Am I crazy for even being here?”
She shook her head. “You’re the only woman I have ever seen him look at the way he does. Dane told me this morning after Maverick left to go to your hotel that he hadn’t seen Maverick look at someone like that since his sister. I think that says it all.”
“That was over fourteen years ago.” I couldn’t believe Maverick Steele, the gorgeous bassist of The Hysterics, hadn’t had a girlfriend or someone he cared about since high school.
“That’s why we’re all rooting for you.” Fallon winked. “He’s fucked up, I will give you that, but there is a diamond hiding under all that dust—promise.”
“Do you think it could really work out?” I felt so foolish asking, but I had to.
Putting her hand on my shoulder, Fallon whispered, “If I could have my happy ending with Dane, I have faith in one for you with Maverick.”