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provided by Jessie Evans, but he didn’t want to risk waking Mikayla, so he ground his teeth together and nodded instead.
    “Jessie is claiming that none of our marriages to Mikayla are genuine and that we provided fraudulent information to the courts.” Fuck. The woman wasn’t satisfied with trying to take their money and assets. Now she was trying to throw their asses in jail as well.
    John nodded again, this time too worried he wouldn’t be able to control his temper if he so much as opened his mouth.
    “I think,” Lachlan continued, “that there is a logical explanation. We just have to find it.” John nodded in agreement and moved to take the ear piece off. Twelve months ago, if Mikayla had woken and found them talking on the communicator in complete silence, she wouldn’t have let up until he’d relayed the conversation word for word. He wasn’t so sure her reaction would be the same at the moment, but he didn’t want to risk it.
    Swallowing down his anger, John finally managed to speak in a level voice.
    “We need to see the doctor again day after tomorrow, and then we were planning to head back to home.”
    Lachlan nodded, relief obvious on his face. “Good,” he said, “we’ll hire female security staff as soon as we can, but with the vitamin supplement, we should at least be able to protect Mikayla if things get out of hand.”
    “I’ll let you know when we’re leaving,” John said carefully, hopefully giving Lachlan the message not to call while Mikayla was around. Jessie Evans had already done enough damage, and until they knew what the hell was going on, he’d rather Mikayla not be involved. Considering the way she’d reacted when Brock had basically hidden her in the clothing store while John dealt with Jessie’s unexpected appearance, he felt fully justified in protecting her this way. She’d been angry when they’d hidden the original court case from her, but that was before she’d had several months of doubting herself. She was just beginning to find her true self again, and John was determined to give her time. They’d explain it all later, hopefully when it was all sorted out.

Chapter Six

    “Welcome home, little one,” Lachlan said as he pulled her into his embrace. “I’ve missed you.”
    She smiled happily and very nearly bounced from husband to husband as she greeted them all after stepping off the cruiser. She looked happier than she had in months, and Lachlan smiled gratefully at Brock and John. Whatever they’d said or done had worked. She was back to being the woman they’d married, not the stressed, timid woman she’d become in the past few months.
    Ryan and Ty wrapped themselves around Mikayla and did their usual disappearing act. Lachlan smiled. Hopefully, Mikayla had gotten some sleep on their trip because she wasn’t going to get any with those two. She waved over her head, obviously more than happy to go along with the twin’s plans.

    * * * *

    Mikayla giggled happily as Ryan and Ty rushed her from the room. She suspected that the others were merely waiting for her to get out of earshot before they discussed their trip and her reactions in minute detail. She loved that they cared so much, but even now, when she knew that most of her emotional issues and concerns had been blown out of proportion by a lack of vitamin D, she couldn’t help worrying that she wasn’t the woman they needed.
    Surely they deserved a woman braver than her. She’d never considered herself a coward before, but everyone had a breaking point. Maybe she’d found hers. Put simply, the thought of becoming pregnant again filled her with mind-numbing dread. Somehow, in her head, pregnancy had become synonymous with fear and anguish, not the beginning of a new life. Even knowing on an intellectual level that her anxiety was higher than the situation warranted still didn’t give her the ability to overcome it. She just hoped she could hide it long enough from her husbands to get over