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“Fine. Do it for your future father-in-law.”
I gaped at him.
He grinned back.
“Ah… Is there any chance of a few tickets?” I closed my eyes when the words came out of my mouth, feeling like an asshole for asking. “My girlfriend’s father is a big fan.”
“Yeah, I’ll see what I can do,” he replied, like it was something he was asked on the daily. “Home games only, though, and the tickets don’t go on sale to the public until May. Shouldn’t be a problem, though.”
“Well?”
I nodded.
“Get fucking in there!” Beaming at me, Tony held both thumbs up. “I always knew you were worth the trouble.”
Rolling my eyes, I turned my attention back to my phone call. “You do realize she’s fifteen, right?” I said, tone serious. “My sister, Shannon? She’s only fifteen. So, I hope you don’t have any notions because she’s a good girl.”
“I’m well aware, and no, I don’t,” came his cool response, and for the first time, I heard a crack in his polite bullshit exterior. Clearly, I’d hit a nerve. “We’re, uh…”
“Friends?” I offered, amused.
“Yeah,” he answered, sounding flustered. “We’re friends.”
I smirked. “Just friends?”
“Obviously.”
“What kind of a license do you have?”
“A full license.”
“Is your car safe?”
“Yes.”
“How old are you again?”
“Seventeen.”
“So, you’re a lot older than her.”
“I know that,” he replied before adding, “I get it.”
“I hope you do, because there’s a big difference between a fifteen-year-old girl like her and a seventeen-year-old lad in a position like yours.”
“Yeah,” he bit out, still not backing down or rescinding his offer. “I’m aware of the difference.”
“Alright, Mister Rugby, she’s all yours,” I said with a shrug. “Don’t get her killed in that car of yours, ya hear?” And for the love of Christ, don’t hurt her.
“I won’t,” I heard him say before the line went dead.
“Well, thanks a fucking bunch for that, Tony,” I said, sliding my phone into my pocket. “The lad offers to drive my sister home, and I end up bumming tickets for a game.”
My boss chuckled. “Ah, sure if he ends up coming through with the tickets, you know I’ll take ya with me.”
30
Two Pink Lines
