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“Cute?” she spits. “Ugh! I knew him from fucking high school. We used to…”
“Uh, oh. Am I sure I want to know?”
She throws me a dirty look. “I was going to say write letters.”
“Letters?”
“Yeah, you know, pen and paper, stamps.”
“I have heard of them.” I laugh. “So, what happened?”
“He got some fancy-ass job, and I moved on. Then he didn’t like that, but I told him to go fuck himself.”
“And you had no idea he was coming to town?”
“I knew he and Leroy were friends, but Dallas is so wrapped up in his own ego, I figured he’d never come to Saddle. Now he’s got a fucking job here!”
“At the mechanics?”
“No, at the high school?”
I frown. “Is he a teacher?”
“He’s a football coach,” she huffs. “And a damn good one at that.”
“Oh, did he ever play?”
She sighs again. “Yes. For the Dallas Cowboys, if you can believe it.”
“Holy shit. Sorry, I’m not up on sports.”
“Yeah, well, his ego follows him wherever he goes. Don’t worry about that. I have no clue why the fuck he’s taken a job in Saddle. He could do anything.”
I snort. “He’s looking at you.”
“Shhh!” she scowls. “Just because you’re all loved up with that silver-fox hottie.”
“Someone had to take him off the market.” I shrug. “May as well be me. Mahini adores him, so telling her wasn’t a bad thing. She told me she and Kayla would be kind of sisters if me and Decker get married.” I laugh at the memory.
Onyx side-eyes me. “Do you think you’ll get married?”
“I think it’s a little early for that conversation.”
“Never say never, huh?”
“I like where we’re at; taking it slow, day by day.”
“I love your attitude. We’re unconventional.”
Once the boys are done with Onyx’s motorcycle, we head over to the clubhouse. Today is the day Lanzetti has agreed to meet with us and a few others.
Finally, after weeks—if not months—of all this crazy shit, we finally put a face to a name.
Pressure from the town, council, and the sheriff has weighed on Lanzetti Farms. We all know we don’t have the mayor on our side, because he approved this project.
We agreed to meet on neutral territory, with Sheriff Calloway and his deputy present.
The entire town probably wants to rip Lanzetti to shreds, just as we all do, but we need to hear him out at least.
