He pauses.
“Yes.”
He nods.
“You got it. I can be there.”
Danny and Patty are looking at each other, Cheyenne is looking at Sean, and I’m looking at everyone.
“Thank you, sir. Thank you!”
And with that, he hangs up the phone and jumps up from his chair.
“You’re looking at the new goalie for the Augusta Arsenal!”
And we all scream.
Patty walks me out to my truck an hour later.
“So, I guess everything worked out for the O’Shannan boys?”
He laughs. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him so happy, and that makes me love him all the more. What could be more attractive than a man whose happiness comes from seeing happiness in others?
“It did.”
“And that means you’re comin’ with me on tour again?” I ask as our hips bump.
“I am.”
We reach the truck, and he spins me toward him, stroking my cheeks with his thumbs.
“And you’ll meet us at the Mullet Ridge airport tomorrow morning for Parker’s wedding?”
“I will.”
“And when we get to the island, you promise to share me?”
“I will not.”
I tut.
He opens my truck door, and I climb in, then spin so I’m facing him.
“That’s gonna make you very unpopular with the Janes.”
“I don’t need them to like me.”
“Oh, funny boy,” I say, kissing his nose and rubbing my nails through his scruff. “Ineed them to.”
“In that case, they’re gonna love me.”
I grin.
“Good boy. You’re a keeper.”
He closes my truck door behind me, and I roll down the window to give him a kiss.
“That I am. Good night, Queenie.”
