She inhales a deep breath and wipes hereyes dry. “It sounds great, but—”
“It’s a big move, huge with a lot of consequences to consider, and you need time to think it over, right?”
She nods. “Riggs.”
“Yeah.”
“I’m really sorry for being such a bitch earlier.”
“You weren’t being a bitch,” I insist. “You were confused, frustrated, angry, sad, all of those things. I get it, so stop worrying about things that don’t matter and concentrate on what you want to do next.”
She nods with a big breath. “Thanks.”
“No worries. Now, there’s something we need to do.”
“What?”
“Let Ash know what we’re considering. He’s part of this too.” I pull out my phone.
“You want to do this over the phone? I think it would be better in person. Rhonda is going to want to be a part of this too.”
I consider that for a moment and she’s right, if for no other reason than to include her best friend. “Why don’t we all go to lunch and talk it over? I’ll text him.”
Ash and Rhonda are seated at the table in the restaurant waiting for us when we walk in. They’ve already ordered drinks and appetizers for all of us.
“What’s going on, bro? Tell me you’re not going to be a daddy… and what happened to your sleeve?”
We barely sit down, and he opens with that? “The shirt is a long story.”
Maddie’s eyes are wide as saucers as her brows are peaked in high arches. “How did you know?”
Ash narrows his gaze at her for a moment then slaps the tableexcitedly. “Are you kidding me? I’m going to be an uncle?”
“Hold on,” Maddie tells him. “We’re not sure it’s your brother’s. We did some crazy things in Vegas. Well, one night of crazy.”
“What did I tell you about threesomes?” Rhonda says with a scolding tone. “You have to make sure they both wear condoms. Or was it more than a threesome?”
“A few more,” Maddie says nonchalantly, like this is all absolutely normal for her. She takes a sip of her water before turning to her friend with, “It was pretty wild, and after a while, I didn’t know who was doing what. There was a lot going on. You know how it is.”
Rhonda nods. “All guys, or girls too?”
“Two other girls. You know me. I like to mix it up.”
It’s like these two planned this ahead of time and I can’t resist. “I can’t believe she talked me into it. I was a little uncomfortable with everything at first, but hey, after enough alcohol, well, it was a night to remember, that’s for sure.”
Ash turns to Rhonda. “I can’t tell if y’all are serious right now.”
“It’s not a joke, babe,” Rhonda says in a slutty tone as she runs a seductive fingernail up his forearm. “Why, is it something you’d be interested in? Because I could get some girls to come over later. I haven’t brought it up because I didn’t think you’d be okay with something like that.”
“Hell yeah, I’m okay with it.”
“Wrong answer,” I tell him shaking my head. Man, he walked right into it too.
Rhonda slugs his shoulder. “Are you kidding? I’mnot enough for you?”
Ash looks bewildered. “Wait, this was a setup?” He stops as if thinking it over before turning back to her. “Not even one girl?”
“One word,” she says with a narrow glare that could make a man’s manhood limp as a used condom. “Cuckold!”
