“Are you trying to get rid of me?”
Yes, yes, I was.
My brow arched as he propped his elbows on the island and dropped his chin in his palms. “One might think you were trying to hide something from me.”
I was hiding many things from him. If only I could figure out how to hide myself.
“You have soot on your face.” There was a big smear across his left cheek. It looked a bit like a bird’s wing.
What is she doing right now?
If my father weren’t here, I’d know because I’d be in there instead of out here.
“Don’t worry about that.” My old man waved his hand dismissively. “I want to know what’s new with you.”
My eyes narrowed. I didn’t like that stupid grin on his face. It made me want to bash his head in.
“Come on. There has to be something. Maybe you got a new TV, took a trip, oooor…Maybe you met someone?”
Son of a bitch.
My face dropped. “You talked to Micha?”
Micha just made it to the top of the list for head-bashing. Looked like Riley would be a widow before the wedding. Too bad.
“Logan may have mentioned something….”
Alright, Logan, it was. Prick would probably like it too.
“Though Micha did say you had a date for the wedding.”
“Uh-huh.” That was it. I was killing them both.
“When do I get to meet this cute little thing Logan was talking about.”
Right after I removed Logan’s balls.“She’s a little tied up at the moment.”
“Oh…Well, where did you meet her? What’s her name? Is she nice? Do I hear possible wedding bells…”
He wouldn’t stop until I gave him something, so I barked out, “Her name is Marnie, and if you shut the fuck up, I’ll bring her to dinner tomorrow.”
Shit.
The smile on my old man’s face grew as I silently cursed myself.
Why the hell would I ever suggest some dumb shit like that? This was all Parker’s fault. He had to up and move to Boston all because his wife got into Harvard, leaving me to deal with this shit instead of him. If we ended up orphans, he’d have no one to blame but himself.
My eyes slid over to the knife block on the left side of the island.
“Great.” My old man clapped. “Your brother and sister will be so excited.”
What? Ava, I could see. Miami was close enough to drive. But…“Why the fuck is Parker coming home?”
If Lana hurt him…
“I don’t know, something to do with the wedding.”
Oh, right. I forgot about that.
