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Chapter 26
How is an umpire like an angry chicken? They both have foul mouths. ~ Text from Barney to Hailey
When I walk into McGraw’s Pub that evening to watch the baseball game with the uncles, Suzie and Phoebe are already there. Suzie’s singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame and Phoebe looks like she’d rather be anywhere but here.
“Welcome to the team,” I tell her as I grab a chair next to her.
She stares at Suzie. “I’m thinking I didn’t think this through.”
I snort. She totally didn’t. “Too late. Suzie is like a leech. Once she’s got her teeth into you, she doesn’t let go.”
“What if I get a lighter? I heard those work on leeches.”
“And now you know why Suzie has practiced putting her hand in fire since a young age,” I quip.
Phoebe laughs. Suzie stops singing and looks at her with her mouth wide open. “You laughed. Like genuinely out loud laughed.”
I glare at Suzie. “Stop it. You’re embarrassing her.”
“Can we talk about something else, please?” Phoebe pleads.
“Sure,” Lenny agrees. “How about we talk about you becoming a private investigator? Do you really want to be an investigator?”
“Lenny,” I growl. “You’re out of line.”
“A pretty little thing like her is going to be chewed up and spit out.”
I widen my eyes. “What you’re saying is I’m not pretty and I’m fat.”
I hear a groan behind me. “Don’t say another word. Anything you say can be used against you,” Aiden says before he bends forward to kiss my hair. “Hi, honey.”
“Aahhh, aren’t they adorable?” Sid winks and gives me a thumbs-up.
“Yeah, sure, adorable.” Suzie snorts. “Adorable is why we ended up having a two-hour lunch today.”
My eyes widen at the big mouth, and I kick her underneath the table. “Can you maybe not tell everyone in the entire world every single detail about my sex life?”
“Aha! So, you did have sex in the office!” Suzie shouts and raises her hand to give Sid a high-five.
I ignore her. There is no response to her crazy. “What are you doing here?” I ask Aiden.
He points to his Brewers t-shirt. “Game-night.”
“Are you sure you can handle game-night with this crew?” I tilt my head toward Suzie.
“I once arrested a three-hundred-pound naked man covered in oil. I’m good.”
“Why was he naked? And covered in oil? And did you touch his …?” I wiggle my eyes.
Before Aiden can answer, Wally speaks up, “What happens in lock-up, stays in lock-up.”
“You are totally telling me the story later,” I whisper to Aiden, who nods.
“Grab a chair and join us, boy,” Sid orders as he points to an empty chair.
Boy? Aiden is nothing like a boy. Although he does have the stamina of a teenaged boy. Lucky me.
The uncles groan. “What? Did I say that out loud?”
