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Though why my estranged twin asked me to meet her in an establishment where she clearly wasn’t welcome was another question I was too tired to ask.
“I’ll be damned. It’s nice to meet you, Naomi.”
I couldn’t help but fall just a little bit in love with him right then and there.
Every single person was looking at me like they were really not happy to see me.
So you’d better get out of my way and leave me alone, Viking.”
“Thank you for being nice to me on the worst day of my life.”
“Go away.” It felt almost good to be rude for once in my life. To take a stand.
“Next to your manners?”
I felt like screaming as loud as I could for as long as I could. But I’d tried that a couple of times in the car on the long drive here, and it hadn’t helped.
It was a solid plan. It was only missing one thing. My car.
“What’s my problem?” I repeated. I wanted to kick him in the shins and steal his coffee. “Nothin’ wrong with my hearing, sweetheart. No need to yell.”
“My problem is while I wasted five minutes of my life getting to know you, my car was towed.”
I also threw some blame in Agatha’s direction too for good measure, since she’d been the one to text me that Tina had just walked her “trouble-making ass” into the cafe.
that promised more than a handful of nice surprises.
I didn’t waste time doing things that didn’t matter. Like making small talk or apologizing.
It felt complicated.
“Has anyone ever told you you have the personality of a pissed-off porcupine?”
“Excuse me while I go cry myself a river.”
“A witness saw me get in this truck, so I’d think long and hard about murdering me at this point,”
“You have no idea, sweetheart. I’ve got plenty of reasons to be pissed, and a lot of them involve your waste-of-space sister.” “Tina may not be the nicest of people, but that doesn’t give you the right to be such an ass. She’s still family,”
Neither’s worth crying over.”
Not because I was a gentleman but because some perverse part of me liked being close.
“Yeah. That’s the way it’s done on Long Island,” I deadpanned. “It’s how we show our neighbors we trust them.”
“Dunno. Just said I was your problem now.”
“I’m sorry. He’s been like this all morning,” I explained to Nash. “Honey, he’s been like this his entire life,” the chief countered.
but in my experience the only way to make sure a mess was cleaned to my satisfaction was to do the cleaning myself.
“If my presence bothers you that much, why don’t you take an extended vacation?”
“You and me are gonna talk later,” he promised, looking none too happy.
Note to self: Don’t rush the physical affection.
But I grabbed the remote while she wasn’t looking,”
“This place ain’t Tina’s anymore. Legally you can’t crash here. Morally I can’t let you try. Got it?”
I climbed up on the seat and tried to think of other things that I needed to do.
“Jesus, Daisy. Get some sleep. You’re babbling like an idiot.”
But Post-Nap Naomi wasn’t pretty. Or coherent.
Coffee. I definitely needed coffee.
There were a lot of things that hadn’t pleased Warner Dennison III. Things I should have paid more attention to.
It was such a Tina gesture that it took away what remaining breath I had.
You don’t need to stand sentry like some ugly gargoyle.”
“Oh, fuck you, man. You pissed her off first.”
I’ll bring Naomi and Waylay to you.”
“Fuck off. We’re over forty. Shit hurts.”
The mouth he’d used to lay on the charm with Naomi.
“You can’t take care of a woman like that. She’s got class. She’s smart.” “She’s needy as fuck. Right up your alley,” I shot back.
but she was funny as hell.
But looking at her petting my needy-ass dog with an arm full of flowers made everything else start to fade away.
“You’re an idiot.” Nash grinned, then winced.
“Oh, yes, I am. Seven sharp.”
“No way,” Waylay said, crossing her arms. “Fuck no,” I agreed.
His name was on the title with mine.”
fast, dirty, and casual.
