Page 45 of Temporarily in Love

“Good for you.”

“What are you doing waiting tables? Your dad said you’re a big shot lawyer now.”

There was that phrase again. I made a lot of money, and some people knew who I was because of Chad, but big shot, I wasn’t so sure.

I shrugged. “Just helping out the bar for a little bit.”

He pointed at me. “You tell that dad of yours not to sell.”

“That’s what I’m trying to do!” I told him with a smile.

Brian cashed Mr. Davies out, and I waved goodbye to him. I waited for Brian to pay attention to me. “What?” he asked.

“Do we know any good photographers?”

“Why?”

“Declan’s working on the website, and our photos are oolllld.”

“Lachlan,” Killian said. “We can get him to do it for free.”

Brian grinned. “We can bully him into it.”

Lachlan was their youngest brother. He was the quietest of the Murphy bunch. I always felt sorry for him since they bullied him so much. That was the curse of being the baby in a big family. Or his brothers were just a bunch of dicks. Both were probably true.

I waved them off. “Doesn’t matter. I’ll pay him. Felix is going to do a new logo for us too. Gemma thinks we need to lean into the Irish stuff.”

“Is that why we have Shepard’s pie as a special today?” Killian asked and made a face.

I nodded. “You have a problem with traditional food? Where’s your heritage?”

Killian stuck out his tongue at me. “Yeah, it’s fucking gross.”

“I’ll talk to him,” Brian said to me, ignoring his brother.

I nodded. “Okay, good. I’m thinking we need a photo of Mom and Pops, our food, and the bar. I’ll ask Declan if he’s looking for something specific.”

“Mmmhmm,” Brian said and gave me a look.

I nudged him. “What gives?”

“Heard you didn’t come home the last two nights.”

“Oohhh,” Killian teased.

“You guys are dicks. It’s none of your business,” I snapped.

I forgot how living in a small town could be such an enormous pain in my ass. Because your family could be all up in your business all the time. Especially mine. When my sister married Brian Murphy, I forgot he came with four annoying younger brothers.

Brian cashed me out, and luckily for me, happy hour started, so Killian got busy. I was glad about that because I couldn’t deal with either of them getting on my case about Declan. I truly didn’t know how long it would take to get my parents back on their feet, but I’d be here as long as they needed me. Not like I had a job to get back to.

I took off my apron and went into the office. My dad was at the desk punching in some numbers.

“Dad.”

He turned to me. “Hey, sweetheart. Thanks for helping. You didn’t need to.”

I handed him a wad of cash from my tips. “Here.”