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Maddox shakes his head as the song changes, and Killian joins us. “She went on a date with him last week,” Maddox tells me.
“Ross?” Killian asks as he looks back at the girls. “She’s bored. He’ll be gone by the third date like all the rest of them.”
West End’s newest bartender puts three more beers on the gleaming mahogany bar and smiles at Maddox, like she’s hoping he’ll tip her by bending her over that bar later.He won’t. He never fucks around at work.Smart man.
“Hey, are Kenzie and the girls coming tonight?” Killian asks us he looks around.
“Nah, man,” I tell him. “I helped her hook up her TV in the condo earlier. She’s moved in and set up and she starts her new job at the hospital with Wren tomorrow. But it will be nice to have her back from DC.”
Maddox looks up and grins. “Pretty sure we’re all getting together to celebrate her being home after we’re back from Vegas.”
My phone vibrates in my pocket as Maddox and Killian discuss getting out of here to head to the private airstrip nearby. I pull it out, wondering who the hell is texting this late on a Saturday. Pretty much everyone I talk to is somewhere inside this bar for Cait’s birthday.
Dad
Can you all come over tomorrow?
Declan
What time?
Of course, my oldest brother is the first to answer. Par for the course. Dec’s always been the overachiever brother. He’s the oldest of my three brothers and two sisters. He followed in Dad’s footsteps on the field and eventuallyoffthe field. Now he coaches the Kings too. Rumors have been swirling he’s going to be Dad’s replacement for head coach when the old man finally retires. Not thatthat’shappening any time soon.
Murphy
We won’t be back from Alabama until early afternoon. It has to be later in the day.
Guess Murphy went to see his son Finn play football this weekend. Murph is the same age as my sister Nattie and Brady. They all went to school together, and that’s how our parents met. That’s also why my siblings are all twenty years older than me. I was a surprise.
Nattie
Like a family dinner?
Cooper
We bringing the kids?
Carys
I can bring dessert.
Did I mention my brother Cooper married my sister Carys?
Because that’s not awkward as fuck to try and explain to people.
Coop was already out of the house when Mom and Carys moved in with Dad. So technically, they were stepsiblings, but it’s not as gross as it sounds. Not that it’s easy to wrap your head around when you’re a kid. Luckily, I’ve had twenty years to get used to it.
Callen
Just tell me when and where.
There. Answered. I just wait for them to tell me what to do.
It’s always how we work.
Declan
Aren’t you out with the kids? Better not overindulge, Callen. The season’s started.
