“You were distracted. You’ve always handled it, and that’s not fair to you. So the brothers took care of it.” “And how are we affording this?” Ryder glances at Ren. I blanch. “No,” I mutter. “He’s not paying for everyone—” “It’s decided already,” Ryder says. “He’s a professional hockey player, Freya. This is a drop in the bucket to him. Besides, Ren’s generous, and it makes him happy. The house is his teammate’s, and he’s opening it to us for the week, free of charge. Ren’s contribution—which, I’ll acknowledge, is not small—is financing airfare when we settle on a week that everyone can do. We
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