Page 56 of Rowdy & Kat

“So, what’s it going to be?” Rowdy asked Farley. “Do you want to hang around a bunch of foxes you already know, or would you like to spend time with these new foxes? Plus, my handsome little boys. As a bonus, a little part of you is dying to know who will crack first, Goblin or the fur twins.”

Farley smiled and nodded. “I keep waiting for him to go after them. What are their names?”

“Witchy and Wicked,” Maria said before Rowdy could answer.

I smiled at how she pretended to be casual, but my sister’s mind was very obviously on the handsome biker.

The ensuing conversation revolved around pet talk with Farley sharing how he hadn’t been around when they found the litter of Chihuahuas, which was why he didn’t have one.

“We prefer cats,” I told him, winning a grunt from Rowdy. I smiled at my handsome boyfriend and stroked his jaw. “Cats use boxes. Since we didn’t have a suitable yard, a dog wasn’t really an option.”

“But you love Goblin, right?” Rowdy said in that little boy whine he got whenever he was messing with me. “He’s like your third son, isn’t he?”

“I’ve known him for an hour, so of course, he is.”

“You won’t be an evil stepmother to him, will you?”

“Maybe, but I promise to be more like Cinderella’s evil stepmother than Snow White’s evil stepmother.”

“I don’t know the difference.”

“We didn’t watch any of those princess movies in our house,” Pax explained as he took a seat in a nearby chair and sighed. “None of my little princesses were interested in such things.”

“Not even Sabrina?” Rowdy mocked. “Didn’t a Disney movie help her understand she was gay?”

“No, it was that ‘Baywatch’ show,” Bebe replied as she shoved herself next to Pax in the chair. “She said none of the half-naked men gave her a lady boner. The half-naked ladies, on the other hand, had the right stuff.”

Rowdy grinned at me. “Sabrina has impeccable taste in women. She said you and Maria were curvy in all the best ways.”

Sharing his smile, I admitted, “I’m weirdly proud of that praise.”

“You should be. Sabrina’s a cool chick with lots of qualities, and she finds you bangable.” When Farley frowned, Rowdy shrugged. “Your sister isn’t a horny lesbian like mine, so you can’t relate.”

“You have a sister?” Maria asked, seeming startled by her own voice.

Farley’s scowl immediately disappeared. Now smiling, he replied, “Her name is Zadie. She lives at the Sorority House part-time and in Rawlins the other half of the time.”

“Is she older or younger?”

“Older. She’s always watched out for me.”

“Farley and I know the power of older sisters,” Rowdy said and kissed my cheek. “I grew up feeling safe when I was running around the neighborhood. People feared my older sisters in Little Memphis, just like they feared Zadie down in Rawlins.”

Maria’s eyes widened, and she glanced worriedly at me. Knowing where my sister’s head had gone, I asked, “Is your sister scary like Rowdy’s sisters are scary?”

“I don’t think Zadie’s scary at all,” Farley replied.

Rowdy pointed out, “Well, she did try to neuter a kid at school that bullied you.”

“Zadie just likes to talk tough. She’s really sweet.”

Rowdy looked at me and shook his head. “He wears rose-colored glasses when it comes to his sister.”

Farley insisted, “Zadie isn’t like Sabrina. She wouldn’t actually neuter a guy for bullying me. She only made the threat to get him to back off.”

“Did it work?”

“No. Guys like him aren’t afraid of women.”