“He has feelings,” Vanessa growled at me as she returned to her seat. “So does his dick.”
“I wasn’t saying otherwise,” I told her, so she’d stop threatening me with her big sister glare. “What’s this broad’s problem?”
“I don’t know. I tried finding her online, but her name doesn’t come up in Little Rock.”
“Why there?”
“It’s where she said she lived.”
Vanessa asked, “And you met her where?”
“Here.”
I asked, “Why was she here?”
“To see an old friend.”
“Why don’t you hit up her old friend?”
“I don’t know who the person is.”
Frowning, I asked, “What do you know?”
“Why am I getting this attitude?” Rowdy demanded and threatened me with a mushroom on his fork. “I got the same shit from Nine.”
Nine shrugged. “He barely knew this chick. She clearly gave him a fake name. Why is he whining over a lying skank?”
Rowdy stood up. “Those are fighting words.”
“We can fight after we eat,” Nine insisted. “I’m not looking to get a tummy ache by wrestling too quickly.”
Rowdy shrugged and sat back down. “I know I ought to forget about Katie. She was clearly using me for my fine body and powerful dick. But banging her was magical, and I want to see her again.”
“Aww,” Vanessa said and patted his hand. “You deserve to see this stupid bitch again. Do you have a picture of her or any info we can use to hunt her down?”
“No. Taking a picture of a woman seems skeevy.”
“I still think you should hire someone to hunt her down. Uncle Devin knows private eyes in Little Rock. Why not hire one to see what he can find?”
Rowdy shrugged and looked at me. “Are Nova and the girls moving into the condo?”
“For right now, they’ll be over during the weekends.”
“Aren’t your parents coming up this weekend?” Nine asked.
“Yeah, but they’re staying at Farley’s place, so the girls can have the second room.”
Nine’s dark eyes narrowed before he asked, “If you are a family man now, does that mean you’re moving out of our Rawlins house?”
“Seems so. I don’t know if I’ll get a place in Rawlins. A lot of things are in the air.”
“Well, you’ve been dating for less than two weeks,” Vanessa said while tugging up her overalls and moving the remaining food containers to the fridge. “No reason to talk real estate as long as you’ve got a safe place to rest your heads right now.”
“True. The important thing is I love Nova.”
“Aww,” the three of them said in unison.
“I love her girls, too.”
