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Cash reached for a grape on Rach’s plate. She picked it up and bit it in half before giving him a piece.
Chase paused in his conversation and looked at Rach. Their eyes met and she gave him a little finger wave. He smiled back.
“It looks like it’s going well between you two,” I commented.
“It’s going slow,” Rach said.
“He flew down for your friend’s funeral to be with you,” Logan said. “That’s not slow.”
Rach’s brow wrinkled. “Well, I’m trying to take it slow. I’ve got a son. We live in different states. There’s a lot to consider.”
“My brother has been in love with you forever,” Logan said. “Kinda hard to take that slow.”
“He lives in Idaho. I live here,” she reiterated. “I don’t want to live through harsh winters. I’ve done that before. But he hates the weather here. My life is here.”
“Sounds like an excuse to me,” Logan said.
“Hey,” Rach said. “Go easy on me.”
“Have you asked him? If he’d consider moving here?” I asked.
“He’d have to change his entire life,” Rach said. “He works with his father and brothers in the family business.”
“Contractor family business,” Logan clarified. “Chase is the numbers guy. But if he moved here, maybe that would get my parents to move here. And if my parents moved here, maybe the rest of my family would move here.”
“Oh, I see how it is.” Rach smiled. “You want your whole family near you. Can you imagine your brothers just walking into your house while you and Smoke are making breakfast.”
Logan chuckled.
“How many brothers do you have?” I asked.
“Four,” she said. “All older. All a pain in the ass. But I miss them. The club is attempting to break into real estate. Might be nice to have a reliable contractor to do business with.”
The two of them started gabbing about the possibilities. I quietly excused myself and took my empty plate to one of the garbage cans.
I grabbed a sparkling water from a cooler and wandered around the side of the clubhouse to momentarily escape.
Doc was leaning against the siding like she wanted a moment of privacy, too.
“Sorry,” I said, turning around to head back the way I’d come.
“You had the same idea,” she said. “You needed some space. Some quiet.”
I nodded. “I can go inside.”
“No, it’s fine.”
“You sure?”
She nodded.
Making a snap decision, I decided to approach and took the spot next to her and mimicked her position.
“This must be a lot for you,” I said.
Doc sighed. “I don’t know what the hell she was thinking.”
I frowned. “Who?”
