Free Holidays With the Walker Brothers by Nicole Edwards

single clue as to what she might want.
    “Surprise
me,” she whispered. “As long as it comes from your heart, I’ll be the happiest
woman in the world.”
    Crap.
    How
did you buy a girl a present with your heart ?
     

Chapter Nine
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    Travis
     
    December
16 th
     
    “And
how exactly do you intend to get all of that done in one week?”
    Technically,
Travis still had ten days, but that was a moot point because he had no idea how
he was going to do it. But, in his defense, Gage said it was possible.
    Travis
stared across his kitchen table at Sawyer, wondering whether this meeting
could’ve been put off just a little longer. Especially since forty-five minutes
and two cups of coffee had disappeared while they waited for their other
brothers to arrive.
    Of
course they were going to be late. It always seemed to work that way. When
Travis had things to do, places to be, his younger brothers always managed to
make sure he spent unnecessary time with his thumb up his ass.
    “Did
you at least set everything else up for delivery online?” Sawyer questioned,
leaning back in his chair as though he didn’t have a care in the world.
    No. “Yes,” he lied.
    “You
are so full of shit,” Sawyer said with a grin. “Kylie’s gonna kick your sorry
ass if she doesn’t have a present under the tree.”
    Technically,
Kylie’s gift wouldn’t fit under the tree, nor was he able to move it, but he
fully understood Sawyer’s point. And shit, Travis would kick his own ass
if Kylie didn’t have her present. And then he’d kick Gage’s for telling him
that he could make it happen.
    With
so much going on lately, time had somehow slipped through his fingers, and he
had managed to do the unthinkable. How in the hell would he explain to his wife
that he only half ass got her something for Christmas? An IOU certainly
wouldn’t work.
    Grabbing
his phone, Travis flipped through the screens until he found the ongoing text
conversation he had with Gage.
    Did
you place that order we talked about?
    There,
at least the ball was back in Gage’s court now. Not that it would matter, this
gift was something they’d been working on for a while, but since it was a
two-parter, it required a little creativity, so they hadn’t jumped right in to
get the last of it taken care of.
    The
sound of boots on hardwood made Travis turn to look toward the swinging door
that led from the dining room to the kitchen. Waiting patiently to see who had
finally decided to grace them with their presence, he simply stared.
    When
the door was pulled open, he knew immediately that it wasn’t one of the twins.
They pushed the door in, rather than pulled.
    Huh,
such a strange thing to have noticed , he thought to himself.
    “Son
of a bitch,” Zane muttered after the door came in and slammed into his ass.
    Been
there.
    Travis
hid his grin.
    “’Bout
time,” Sawyer said by way of greeting their youngest brother.
    “Shut
it,” Zane retorted. “In case you haven’t noticed, the rest of us have jobs.”
    Travis
roared with laughter as he leaned back in his chair, pushing it back on two
legs. “Nice try, kiddo.”
    “Fuck
off. I didn’t see your ass there this morning.”
    “Where?”
he asked. “The resort? Well, your ass might want to get up with the chickens if
you want to see me in the morning. I was there. I was also gone before your
lazy ass probably even rolled out of bed.”
    “Yeah,
well…” Zane let the sentence hang as he moved to the refrigerator and grabbed a
bottle of water before returning to the table and grabbing one of the other
chairs. After turning it around backward, he flopped down on it and downed half
the water in one gulp. “Where’s the rest of ‘em?”
    Million
dollar question that one was.
    As
if on cue, Sawyer’s phone vibrated on the table. He snatched it up and grinned
as he read whatever the message was that he received. Travis wanted to throw
his coffee at him.
    “Ethan’s
on his way,” Sawyer