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“So, are the Everses performing?” I asked Rowan, pointing at the phone in her hand.
“If they are, she didn’t post anything about it.” Her phone vibrated with an incoming text fromBrad.
“Ugh,” she said, dropping the phone on the table.
“Is that dickface again?” Poppy shouted.
Rowan nodded.
“Give me the fucking phone,” Poppy said, holding out her hand.
“No, thank you. I only called him back because of the last thing you did to help me.”
“I’m not going to talk to him. I’m going to block him since you’re too chickenshit to do it.”
“I’ll just ignore him like I have all week.”
“Is that your ex?” I asked.
Rowan nodded.
“Is he bothering you?”
Rowan said no at the same time Poppy said yes.
Poppy leaned over Theo and reached for Rowan’s phone. When she still couldn’t grab it, she crawled into his lap and bentover the table, her black-clad ass right in his face. Theo shut his eyes, looking pained, and Aiden laughed into his beer. Poppy swiped Rowan’s phone and went back to her seat.
“Good luck opening it,” Rowan said.
Poppy held the phone to her face and relaxed her features. “Ha,” she said, showing Rowan the open screen. “Still got it.”
“How did you do that?” Rowan asked. “And what do you mean still? How long have you been opening my phone with your face?”
I glanced between the sisters and noticed how similar they looked apart from their hairstyles and clothes. I really was the world’s biggest idiot for not noticing the family resemblance when Rowan came to my office.
Lauren returned with three new drinks. Brandi followed her with a tray holding Theo’s drink, a pitcher of beer, another of water, and a new stack of cups.
“Thanks, Brandi,” Lauren said, “I’ll see you and Max at story hour.”
Brandi turned, but Aiden shouted, “Wait,” and held up another twenty.
Brandi took it with a smile and left.
Lauren glared at him. “I tipped her.”
“So, she got tipped twice,” Aiden said. “I hope you put those on my tab.”
“Why would I do that?” Lauren yelled.
Poppy stopped fiddling with Rowan’s phone and stared at her. “I don’t think I’ve ever heard you snap at someone.”
“Me either,” Rowan said.
“Here,” Lauren said, shoving a cup of water at Poppy. “Drink this, and I’ll give you another raspberry mojito.”
Rowan let out a huff, but Poppy grabbed the water and chugged the entire glass in one go.
“Ok, then,” Lauren said with a laugh and slid her another pink drink.
