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He laughed. Then doubled over. “Damn it. Don’t make me laugh. It hurts.”
“Sorry.” I sat down next to him. “You might want to shave those off and start over.”
“This is going to mess with my sex life,” he said. “How am I supposed to get women with no eyebrows?”
“We could draw eyebrows on you with a pencil. That’s what I do.” The image of that amused me. It felt great just to sit with him, to see him acting like his usual self.
“I told you not to make me laugh.” He shook his head. “Can you imagine that? I’d scared the gators right out of the bayou if I had Instagram eyebrows.”
That made me laugh. “Probably.”
“What’s going on with you?”
I shrugged. “Nothing.”
“I heard tell you have a thing for Mac.”
I turned and eyed my mother in the kitchen, who was dishing out ice cream for Marigold and my father. “Mama! That was not your information to share.”
“What are you talking about?” she asked, feigning ignorance.
“You’re a terrible liar, Jenny,” I told her.
“Don’t call me Jenny.”
I rolled my eyes and fell back against the couch. “Me and MacKay are just friends.”
“Have you ever been in love?” Conway asked.
“What?” I asked, caught off guard. “What are you talking about?”
“Have you ever been in love? Because I’ve never seen it.”
“No, I haven’t.” Until now.
“Until now.”
Damn it. I put my feet on the ottoman next to his. “Maybe. Or maybe it’s just that I’ve had a crush on him since I was thirteen.”
“Maybe. Or maybe you were just meant for each other? Maybe that’s the reason you’ve never been in love and the reason Mac had bad relationships. You two are supposed to be together and nothing could come in the way of that.” Conway said.
It was an interesting thought. It kind of hit me hard, actually. Like a semi-truck.
“That seems a little romantic for you, Con.”
“Listen, yesterday I was just minding my own business and then boom. Literally. I skirted the edge of a lightning strike. That voltage hit the ground and caught me in the periphery of some serious electricity, sending me flying out of my shoes. So yeah, I’m feeling a little romantic today.”
There was a horrifying visual. I patted his leg. “I’m so sorry. I wasn’t trying to tease you. It just didn’t sound like you.”
“I might just believe in fate now.”
That gave me pause. “Did you see anything when you got knocked out?” I asked, curious. He definitely sounded different. There was an unusual edge to his voice. It was like he was sharper.
“Nope. I woke up naked in a field. I don’t remember a damn thing. But I can tell you this. If I was in love with someone I would grab her and hold onto her with both hands.” He looked over at me. “Life is short, Faithie.”
I nodded, my throat too tight to speak. I swiped at the sudden tears in my eyes.
“Oh, and weird fact,” he said. “Apparently, after it happened I got up and started walking, ripping my singed clothes off of me. The Beaufontaines next door saw me and when they ran out to help, I was singing a Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty duet. Both parts.”
