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“We started dating years ago, before I even went to Italy. I thought she would have moved on by now. Gotten married, found herself some other schmuck to be with her. I had no idea she would get borderline obsessive with me.”
“What do you want to do about it?”
“I’m doing it. I’m ignoring her, not allowing her near me or the restaurant. I’ve put out a statement that we are no longer together. Hopefully, eventually, she’ll take the hint. Right now, I can’t worry about her. I have a restaurant I’m trying to open in a few months. All my energy needs to be on that. If anything comes up, can you handle it?”
“With regards to Lizbeth? Sure. Whatever you need. I’ll try to coordinate with Rosie and keep you out of it.”
“That would be incredible. If I didn’t have to worry about her, if I didn't even have to think about her, it would be wonderful, and a huge load off me”
“Glad to help out.”
JD leaned back in his chair and sighed. “Thanks, brother. That means a lot.”
“What is family for? I’m glad to do it. It’s nice to use my work to help you. Though I would be happier if you never got into the situation to begin with.”
“You and me both. I’ve learned my lesson. This is it. I’m done with women for a while. They’re nothing but annoyance and frustration. The joy is not worth it.”
“You’re giving up women completely? I couldn’t have heard you right,” I said.
“For now, yes. I don’t need the distraction. There’s too much going on with gettingBennett’sup and running. It needs all my concentration.”
“That’s very mature of you. Do you think you’ll stick to it?”
“Dude. I’m here twenty-six hours a day. It won’t be hard.”
“Okay then, consider the matter handled. Can I help with anything withBennett’s? Want me to handle the publicity or anything?”
“You’re busy enough at work with Morgan quitting and dealing with Lizbeth for me, you don’t have to add my restaurant. Rosie’s doing great with everything. If she has any questions or needs help, I’ll tell her to contact you, but she should have it. Speaking of that, what are you doing here? You don’t have time to be checking up on me.”
“I’ll always have time for you, brother.”
“Were you just coming by to talk about Lizbeth, or did you have another reason?” he asked suspiciously
“Can’t I just come by and say hi? See how things are going? See if I can do anything to help with the Lizbeth bullshit?” I asked.
“Certainly, but that could have been handled with a phone call, even with Rosie. You need something, advice maybe?” JD asked and glared at me.
“You like it when everyone thinks you’re the dumb child when you might be the smartest one of all of us.”
“Don’t let Bailey hear you saying that,” he said.
“Oh, Bailey is the smartest by far. I was talking in comparison to the three brothers.”
“No, you’re the smartest in that you’re smart to keep your head down,” JD said.
“Walker is good at that, it’s just hard for him to do considering who he is and his position in the company.”
“You were smart enough to not take it.”
“It was never mine to take. We all knew Walker was the obvious choice to run Bennett Liquor since we were kids. It wasn’t hard to just stay out of his way,” I said.
“Was it? Really?” JD asked me and held my gaze.
“Yes. I never wanted it. I would think you of all people would understand.”
“Because I never wanted anything to do with the company as a whole?”
“Yes, but also because you knew where your strengths were, and it wasn’t in Corporate America. It took a lot of guts to do this and I’m proud of you.”
