She laughed.
Eve did too.
“I like talking because I like to gossip. What can we talk about? Oh, I know…Gene is back. Do you think he’s going to slap the taste out of Tommy’s mouth?” he asked, going there.
Maura sighed.
“Do you have to be a grandma? What’s next, Zayn? Knitting?” she asked.
He laughed.
“I mean, I make cute babies, so I could probably make a cute hat too.”
Jagger rolled his eyes.
“You make adequate babies. That child is cute because of Stella. Who are we kidding? Tulip is pretty and has blue eyes. Science did that, not you and your slightly questionable sperm.”
He sputtered.
“I made that baby with the motion of the ocean and these hips. That sperm found the egg. That takes skill. The major had to put out signs for your sperm, so they didn’t go the wrong way.”
Jinx laughed.
Jagger actually did too.
The man was just so absurd.
That was his charm.
Jinx defended the man since he was like a father to her.
“Your job took thirty seconds, Zayn. Stella made that baby. You supplied the baby juice. Aren’t you getting too old to keep making babies?” she asked, busting his ass.
He gasped.
“You used to be nice, Jinxy. Rogue made you angry and bitter,” he joked. “You should have found a nice guy. I know a few people…”
The man’s voice came over her vest.
“Her husband is listening to you, dumbass. Knock that shit off or I’m stealing your kids. They are right here next to Uncle Rogue. If you try to set my wife up, I’m giving yours guns. An endless supply of guns.”
Well, shit.
Zayn didn’t want that. An armed Stella was a dangerous Stella—to any bystander.
That shut him up pretty fast.
When the com clicked back on, they heard a different voice.
“We found something, Major,” Remmy said, stopping the jackassery.
“What?” she asked, talking to him through MATE on her vest.
He clued her in.
“Well, Calyx contacted one of her old waitresses, and she asked her about those two particular men. Apparently, the twoMarines you are looking for, the living ones, were absolutely mercenaries forBlackStone. They worked for Donore.”
Well, that meant theyREALLYhad to get to them. They might know where the asshole was.
