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“I have a question, though.”
“What?”
“Why the fuck does he still have access to Liam?”
It stings, but it’s well-deserved. “Because he loves Liam,” I answer. “And as flaky as he’s become, until today, he never did anything to put him in danger.”
“That you know of.”
My heart stalls. “Yeah,” I whisper as I take another sip. “That I know of.”
Scott looks at me across the table, all of that smug amusement gone from his eyes. Now, they drip with concern. No judgment, though. That’s good.
I catch myself from staring too hard into them. “Anyway,” I say, clearing my throat. “What’s the, uh... what’s the sitch with Sonya’s mother? Is she still around?”
“Yeah,” Scott answers. “She’s still around. We divorced a few months back. But we’re on good terms. Still friends. Just couldn’t cut it as husband and wife, that’s all.”
“Why not?” I ask, far too curious not to. “What’d you do?”
“Me? Nothing.”
“Uh-oh,” I say. He chuckles. “What’d she do?”
“Nothing,” he repeats. “No, she’s a good woman. A great mother. We still love each other. It’s just that she realized far too late that she wants to have sex with other women more than she wants to have sex with me.”
My mouth sags. “Oh. That’s rough.”
He chugs his beer. “Yup.”
“But… you know, I get it. Women are nice.”
“Women are very nice,” he says, nodding.
“Nice and soft and…”
Scott furrows his brow. “I can pass along her number if you’re interested,” he says with that smirk.
“No,” I say, cracking a smile. “No, thank you. I’m just… trying to be supportive.”
“Thanks, neighbor.”
“You’re welcome.”
“We’re kind of like you and Mark, in a way. Got too caught up in the romance of Kiss County far too young, unfortunately.”
“Yeah,” I say with a sigh. “I can see that.”
“The fallout hasn’t been easy,” he says. “But every day is a little bit better. A little bit brighter.”
“Is that why you moved to Small Town?” I ask.
“Partially. That and I needed a change of pace. I always heard that life can get pretty slow down here.”
“You heard correctly.”
“Always wanted to run my own shop, too, and I just happened to drive by and see that storefront was for sale, so...”
“It wasn’t for sale,” I say, annoyed.
