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.It wasn tanything big; I had found a charm that hadsaid #1 Mom on it and I couldn t helpmyself.While on the road with the band, Ifound a few other charms that made methink of Mags and added to the bracelet.Ijust hoped that she like it.Jaks was up dancing around while wavingsome kind of toy when I heard Mags gasp.I looked over at her and found her staringat me with tears trailing down her cheeks.I wanted to go over and hug her but I knewshe wouldn t let me so instead I justoffered her a smile, which she didn treturn.Instead she stood up and left theroom, I looked over at my sister and sheoffered me a smile, but it didn t help.Shortly after that everyone started heading off to their other engagements, I took thatas my own exit and slipped out andheaded home for the rest of the day, alone. Chapter 19MagsI pulled into the driveway of Devi s houseand saw Drake getting out of his truck.Ididn t know why he was here; I hadn tseen him since yesterday morning.When Ihad come back to the family room almosteveryone had left, including Drake so Inever got to thank him for the amazing gifthe had given me.I had needed some timeaway from everyone after I had opened it.He had given me the perfect present, and Ididn t know what to think about that.We had left shortly after that and Devi hadcalled me this morning to come over andtalk about some of the legal stuff that wasgoing on; I guess Drake was coming over for the same reason.I opened the door andgot out of the car to find Drake alreadypulling Quinn s car seat from the backseat. Morning, Drake. Morning, Mags. I reached over and put a hand on his armand looked up at him. Thank you for thebeautiful bracelet, I murmured. You re welcome, baby, he whisperedthen turned around and walked towardsthe front door.I followed behind wondering what I coulddo to fix the tension that was now betweenus.He walked in and I followed behind heading towards the living area andlooked around.Drake opened his mouthbut I shushed him. What the hell? Imuttered. Devi, where are you? I yelled. In the kitchen, she yelled back.We headed that direction, but I stillcouldn t get over how quiet it was, herhouse was never this quiet. Hey, where is everyone? Hmm, what do you mean? she saidwhile going straight for Quinn who wasstill strapped in her car seat. Uhm, your house is quiet. Oh, Seth took the kids to run an errand. Okay, something was not right. Hey Sweetie, come see your Aunt Devi, she said taking the car seat from Drakeand setting it on the table.Next thing Iknow, she s spun around, grabbed mywrist and I heard a snap then a startled What are from Drake and another snap.I looked down and saw what had made theclicking noise.My best friend had justhandcuffed me to her brother. Devlin, I swear to god if you don t takethese off I am going to& but Drakestopped when he saw the look on Devi sface. Sorry, can t take them off. Why not? I asked quietly thinking of thebest place to hide her body. Don t have the key. What do you mean you don t have thekey? Drake seethed. I.Don t.Have.The.Key, she enunciated. Geesh and to think the parental units saidyou were the smart one. Where is the key? I asked trying toremain calm.She shrugged and tilted her head to theside. Not really sure. What the fuck Devi? Drake yelled. I warned you, fix it or I would handcuffyou together, you didn t fix it so handcuffsit is.Now me and this sweet girl aregoing; talk to you later. Then she ran outthe door with my daughter and all I coulddo is watch in stunned belief. I swear I am going to strangle her thistime, Drake muttered.I was still watching the door waiting forher to come back laughing and unlockingthe cuffs, but she didn t. Aw fuck, I finally yelled. Glad you finally rejoined me, darling. Drake Unlock the fucking cuffs, Seth, I bit out.He was laughing. I can t. What do you mean you can t? Because, he pointed at the chest in theirbedroom he was currently digging throughand pulled out four sets of handcuffs, allof ours are here. So see if their key will work. He shook his head. Don t think it will. Why not? Uhm these are custom made, hesnickered. Fucking try it anyway. Okay, but they won t work, he muttered.He attempted to unlock the handcuffs withthe key he had. Try the other keys. What other keys? You held up four sets of cuffs, right? He nodded. Yeah, but the same keyworks on each of them. Fuck, I am going to kill her. Seth, why do you have custom made handcuffs? Mags asked. Wedding present from X. She nodded like this made completesense.After she finally realized that Deviwasn t coming back, she started rantingabout where to bury the body, but for afew minute she had been calm, eerilycalm.I sighed. Fine, guess we will find somebolt cutters or something and get out ofthese. Seth started shaking his head. What? I asked. Bolt cutters won t work; these are madeby the same place that made ours. Okay and that means what? Custom made, titanium handcuffs with only one key to unlock them is what theyspecialize in. I sighed.Okay then. So how do we getout of this? Seth looked at me. Work out your shit? We are. Apparently not or my wife wouldn t ofdone this, he stated. Your wife is a lunatic. No, my wife is watching two people sheloves hurting and she can t stand it.Soshe s doing what she can think of to keepthem from hurting each other. At least I know Quinn is okay, Magssaid. How can you be so calm? I asked. She shrugged. Cause Devi will let us outwhen she s ready and not a second before,not any real point in arguing about it. Fine, I bit out. What do we do now? Try not to kill each other, she chirpedthen yanked my arm hard as she walkedout of the bedroom dragging me with her.Oh this was going to be a terrific fuckingday. Chapter 20MagsGetting into Drake's truck handcuffedtogether was an interesting event.Heended up wrapping an arm around mywaist and picking me up, sliding us bothinto the driver seat with me sitting in hislap, and I couldn t resist giving a littlewiggle that caused him to growl.He slidme over the console and into thepassenger seat where we attempted tofasten our seatbelts one handed not aneasy task. So where are we headed? I asked. I have no idea, what did you haveplanned today? Uhm, hang out with Quinn and get somework done, but I can t exactly do thatnow. Drake nodded
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