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came in. Donny quickly scanned them all for
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injuries. When he saw none, he let out a sigh of
relief.
 Did you find him? Donny asked.
 No, we followed his tracks for miles until they
led to a road and vanished. He must have had a
car parked there and shifted, then drove away,
Tiber said in disgust.
Donny let out a grunt of disappointment. They
had been so close this time, too. He was so damn
sick and tired of having to look over his shoulder
all the time, worried that the black wolf might be
lurking there. Donny just wished the thing would
either die already or move on to different pack
lands.
Tiber cocked a brow when he saw that Donny
was covered in sleeping kids.  Did you make
some new friends while I was away?
 Something like that. They needed comforting,
and of course, they had to gravitate to the nearest
Omega. They were all so cute, I just couldn t say
no.
The children began to stir. When they saw their
fathers, they all got up and ran to them. Free of his
buddies, Donny got up, then stretched the kinks
out of his back. He wanted to get back to his cabin
and take a nice, long hot bath. He might even go
all out and add some bubbles. Kelly had bought
him some strawberry scented ones, and he wasn t
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too ashamed to use them. Hell, he would even
take a trashy, gossip magazine with him to read.
 If you re done with me, I m going to go back
to my cabin. It s been a long day for me, and I just
want to wash up and crash, Donny said.
Tiber patted him on the shoulder.  Sure, we can
catch up tomorrow. We need to talk about that
dam.
 Ohhh& boy. Can t wait, Donny drawled out
sarcastically.
He ducked to avoid getting swatted in the back
of the head, then left the main cabin. Making his
way to his much smaller cabin, Donny drew a
bath, making the water as hot as possible. He
added some of Kelly s bubbles, then undressed
and got in.
He was just settling down for a good soak when
his cell went off. Donny wondered who in the hell
could be calling him. Usually only Tiber rang him,
and Donny had just got done talking to him.
Picking up the phone, Donny was shocked to see
that it was Proctor.
Well, wasn t that a pleasant ending to his day.
Answering the phone, Donny said,  Miss me
already?
 How did you guess?
 It happens all the time with me when I hang
out with people. It s my winning personality.
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Proctor s warm chuckle filled Donny s ear.  I
see low self-esteem isn t a problem with you.
Oh, if he only knew. Low self-esteem and I are best
friends.
 I must admit I didn t expect to hear back from
you so soon, Donny said.
 I didn t expect to be calling you so soon,
Proctor countered.  I should be doing everything
to keep my distance from you. Not only are you
way too young for me, but I m leaving in three
weeks. I have no business starting anything with
you.
 What if I want you to start something
anyway? Donny countered.
 And what if I m afraid of hurting you?
 I m a big boy. I don t break that easily.
There was a long pause before Proctor said,
 Damn it, why do you have to be so irresistible?
 I don t know. I just can t help myself.
Somebody told me today it was in my blood, and I
was born that way, Donny replied, thinking back
to his conversation with the elderly lady.
 Are you free tomorrow?
 I have some work I need to do during the day,
but I can be free for dinner. Would that work for
you?
Donny held his breath while he waited for
Proctor s answer. He so wanted to see the man
again. More than anything that Donny ever
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wanted in his entire life. There was just something
about the detective that called to Donny like no
other ever had.
Finally, Proctor said,  Sure, I ll pick you up
about five-thirty. Would that work for you?
 That would be perfect. Donny did a little
happy dance, making the water splash.
 I can t wait to see you again.
 I can t wait to see you, either. I ll be counting
the hours, Donny replied.
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Chapter Six
roctor was excited. After a week of seeing
PDonny every day, they were finally going to
have a chance to have some real alone time. Josh
and Connor were leaving for the evening, and
they had given Proctor permission to have Donny
over for dinner.
Proctor was in the kitchen getting the
ingredients together for the meal when his friends
came downstairs. They were both dressed in their
best. Proctor noticed how they often touched each
other and the way they often glanced at each other
with love in their eyes. Before, he d never been
envious of that, but now he found himself wanting
to have a piece of that in his life. While being a
bachelor was fun, lately it d gotten dull and a bit
lonely.
 We re getting ready to go. You sure you don t
want to join us? Connor asked for what had to be
the tenth time.
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 No, I m looking forward to having Donny to
myself. Every time we ve been out, it s been in
public. I feel like we haven t had a chance to really
get to know each other, Proctor replied.
Connor and Josh exchanged uneasy glances.
Proctor paused in what he was doing to stare at
them. He was really getting sick of them doing
that. It seemed it was becoming a common theme
between them.
 Is there something you guys aren t telling
me? Proctor asked.
Connor hedged a bit before he said,  Isn t
Donny a bit young for you?
 Sure, he s not as old as the guys I usually date,
but we just clicked. Is that a problem for you?
Proctor asked, somewhat surprised by Connor s
question.
He would have thought that Connor would be
the last one to have an issue with something like
an age gap. His buddy was usually laid back
about that kind of thing. Plus, since when in the
hell had Connor cared who Proctor dated?
 I just don t want to see you get hurt, Connor
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