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“Sorry to hear that. Is your dad still alive?”
“No. He’s been gone a long time now.”
Jackson nodded. “I know what that’s like.”
I bet he did. I suddenly had this desire to come clean and tell him who I really was, but right then, Brodie and all the women came back out.
“Great chatting with you, Ash. I’m serious about getting together to jam. Come by the bar tomorrow night. We start playing at eight.” Jackson and Lena got in their SUV and headed out. Mel and I followed Brodie around to the back and up the stairs to the cottage above the garage. It was small, but it did have a kitchen. It even had one of those stackable washer and dryers installed inside a closet.
“This is the bed,” Brodie said as he yanked on a handle in the wall and a fully-made bed with sheets and a comforter flowed out. “The pillows are in the closet by the bathroom. The bed doesn’t close all the way when you leave them in.”
“Looks comfy.”
“It’s not too bad. There are clean towels in the bathroom, and in the kitchen you’ll find some staples such as salt and pepper and other condiments. I suggest taking inventory before you go out for groceries if that’s what you want to do. There are plenty of pots and pans for cooking, just make yourselves at home. I only ask that you put all dirty dishes and pots in the dishwasher, add a little soap—it’s under the sink—and hit the start button when you decide you want to check out.”
“Thanks. We’ll be sure to take care of everything. I appreciate your hospitality.”
“No problem. I’m glad the place was vacant for you. The same goes for me about jamming with us. I overheard the end of your conversation with Jackson. I’m always up for that.”
Brodie and Gabrielle left shortly after they clued us in on everything we needed to know about the small cottage—if you could call it a cottage. I closed the door to our new temporary living quarters. A one-room studio apartment with just one queen bed, in the wall. This was going to be interesting.
I hadn’t been able to get Mel out of my head ever since we had sex three weeks ago. She grew more beautiful every day. Even when she’d been crying and moping around like it was the end of the world. Losing a brother was hard. Now I had two, right here in the same town, and I didn’t even know how to tell them we were related. That was all just too much for one person’s mind to handle. I plopped down on the bed that Brodie had left open then stretched out and closed my eyes.
I opened them when I heard some noise coming from the bathroom. The sound of drawers opening and closing, then water running. I got up and cracked open the door. “Mel?”
She turned around to look at me, toothbrush in her mouth and her shirt partially unbuttoned. She pulled the brush out from between her lips and gave me a foamy white smile. “Sorry if I woke you.”
“I wasn’t sleeping. Just relaxing. You okay?”
She spit out the toothpaste in the sink. “Yeah. I wanted to clean up a little after being sick earlier, brush my teeth and wash my face. That’s all. I felt like yuck, you know?”
I nodded. “Is your stomach better?”
“Yeah, actually. I feel great. The carsickness, or whatever it was, must have gone away. After I clean up, maybe we could grab something to eat somewhere.”
“Sounds good.”
I started to close the door. “Asher?” My name was barely a whisper on her lips. It was soft and sounded like she’d said it because she wanted me. I meanreallywanted me, like in the shower with her a few weeks ago.
“Yeah?”
“I’m glad you decided to come here. I think your brothers are nice guys.”
“Yeah, I know. Me, too.”
She sucked in her lips and toyed with the last button on her shirt. My cock hardened inside my pants. There was no way I could continue this way.
