5
Piper
“What?” I looked around. I could see nothing beyond the soft circles of light from the lanterns, but that didn’t mean someone couldn’t see us. “Here?”
If I could hear the screech in my voice, then they could, too.
“There is no one about, I assure you,” Lane replied. “In Jasper, there is only a short amount of time when the weather is warm like this. I enjoy bathing outside when I can.”
Spur wiped his hands on a cloth he retrieved from the railing. “You never bathed outside before?”
“When I was small, yes, but with five males in the house, they put the tub by the stove in the kitchen and hung a sheet to give me privacy.”
Lane came over to me and held out his hand. “We are definitely not your brothers and you don’t need privacy with us.”
“Oh, yes, I do!” I cried.
“Where’s th
