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No. She’s not mine to mess with. The whole point of our arrangement is to prepare her for their…big date.
“What’s he drivin’ now?” I ask.
“An ice blue Aston Martin. This car is sick.”
I’m going to be sick.
Charlie doesn’t care about this stuff. She’s not superficial.
I hate that an image of Charlie sitting in the passenger’s side of his ‘sick new ride’ comes to mind. She’s in her pale blue silk bridesmaid dress, conveniently matching the car, her hair blowing in the wind.
Fuck this is messing with me.
“A little flashy,” Dad comments.
Dad probably made more money in his career than a guy like Landon will see in a lifetime playing a professional sport. He never spent his money on things like fancy cars. Just proves that Landon is not the kind of guy Charlie needs.
Bet he wouldn’t build her a mobile library.
Fuck, quit it.
Chase shrugs. “Which is weird because he’s not the type. But then again, a lot of people in this town pegged Pepper all wrong.”
Levi nods. “True. I mean, what are we supposed to think when the rich girl from town ends up engaged to a wealthy politician?”
Chase shoots his gum across the table and Levi catches it. “You’re disgusting. And predictable.”
Levi’s doorbell rings and Dad gets up. “I’ll get it. Anything’s better than listening to you fools.”
I watch him leave the room and turn to my brothers. “So, if Dad is here, who’s Jackson with tonight?”
Levi sighs. “Sleepover at his friend Luke’s house. Becky said she’d be happy to have him spend the night.”
"And?" Chase probes with a grin.
Levi grumbles. "And that I should 'feel free to stay over' as well."
Chase laughs as if this is the first time he's hearing it. "That's going to be a classic."
“Rebecca Callaway’s house? That was better than leaving him with Tess?”
“Does anyone even know where Tess lives?” Levi asks defensively.
Chase and I exchange a questioning glance. “Dad might. Isn’t that kind of thing on a job application?”
“Nope,” Dad answers, stepping back into the room with three large hockey players behind him. Though not quite as large as Dad. “All I need to know is that she’s good with the customers and shows up on time.”
“That’s going to come back to bite you in the ass,” Levi mumbles.
Chase greets his friends and we agree to start a new game.
Dad nudges me. “Let’s grab a drink in the kitchen.”
I stand and follow him there.
Dad doesn’t drink so I know this is about something else. “What’s up?”
“I’m sorry about last week. How’d things work out when you left?”
