Page 18 of Guarding Bristol
“Figured.Bring me home a slice of lemon sour cream.That’s the price of my silence.”
“That’s extortion.”
“Whatever you want to call it.You owe me.”
Chapter Seven
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Tristan stopped cleaninghis weapon as Cassie came through the door of the indoor shooting range.Her short black hair was wispy around her face, a long-sleeved black shirt and cargo pants molded to her long, lean build.
His day was made already, and it was barely eight a.m.“Morning.What’d you get up to last night?”
She set her bag down next to him and unzipped it.“Watched a true crime documentary while eating the most awesome piece of pie Bristol brought me.You?”
He was ridiculously pleased that she’d been home watching TV instead of out with someone.“I went back-to-school shopping with Carly and Gavin.”His only niece started at her new school tomorrow.
“How’d that go?”
“It was incredibly expensive.For Gavin.”
She laughed.“I’ll bet.But eighth grade is a big deal.It’s tough enough for girls that age, let alone for someone starting middle school in a new town.She needs all the confidence she can get when she walks into that building.”
“I agree.Which is why I convinced Gav to allow a full makeover while we were at it.”
She stopped digging out her gear to look at him, interest gleaming in her stunning silver eyes.With her dark hair and pale complexion, they almost seemed to glow.“What’s that entail, exactly?”
“New haircut and style, manicure, some light, age-appropriate makeup, perfume, new clothes and shoes.The works.”
Cassie gave a low whistle.“And what did your totally chill twin think of that?”
“Funnily enough, it was the perfume that put him over the edge.He was all, ‘I don’twanther to smell good on top of looking likethat.’He thinks she’s growing up too fast and wants her to stay twelve forever.Which is hilarious, since he’s only been a dad for three months.”
Neither Gavin nor Autumn had known the truth until recently, due to DNA results for Carly’s family genealogy project for school of all things.It was wild that no one had ever seen the similarities between her and Gavin before that.
“And what about you?”
