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Chrissy lowered her chin, and in a quiet voice, she said, "Conor isn't taking this whole Brad thing well. I'm worried about him."
I lifted an eyebrow in curiosity. "What do you mean? How do you know Conor isn't doing well?"
I had always suspected Chrissy had a thing for Conor, so maybe she was keeping a close eye on him. Before Chrissy could answer my question, the waitress came over to take our orders. I ordered a burger and onion rings, and Chrissy, being a lot like me, ordered the same. We both ordered water to drink.
When the waitress took our menus and walked away to place our order, I looked back up at Chrissy to see her playing with her fork on the table.
"Chrissy, is there something I should know about you and Conor?"
"No. No. No, we're just friends. When you left to go to Boston, I would see Conor around, and we stayed in touch as friends. He has been helping me with my marketing and hired me to handle the marketing at the gym, giving me a chance at promoting the fighters at the gym."
A smile formed on my lips because it made me happy that Chrissy was following her dream and Conor—being the great guy he was—was letting Chrissy work with the gym.
Chrissy went on, telling me, "I saw Conor a couple of nights ago when I was leaving the gym. He was hitting the bag hard, Kenna. It was like he wanted to kill someone. If I didn't know Conor, I would have feared the man."
"I'm sure he was just blowing off steam. I know he is really upset about everything, but he won't do anything he shouldn't," I replied to Chrissy.
My brother was definitely angry about what had happened. I know he feels tremendous guilt. He, along with Ryan and Finn, feels they need to always protect me. It was ridiculous how they always felt I needed them to protect me. I also know Conor wasn’t going to do anything to jeopardize himself, the gym, or me. He just needed to work out his anger, and I'm glad he's doing it in the gym and not seeking Brad out.
Chrissy shrugged her shoulders. "Don't know, Kenna. I never saw such rage in his eyes."
The waitress came over with our food and placed it in front of us. We both glanced up and thanked her for the food. I grabbed an onion ring, took a bite, and smiled at Chrissy.
Hmm. I thought to myself. I think she might like Conor!
We both were digging into our food when I saw Finn enter the diner.
He walked over to the counter, and it looked like he was placing an order. When he was done ordering, he turned his head, and before I could wave him over, I noticed his gaze shift to a booth a few away from where Chrissy and I were sitting.
I looked over to the booth and saw the back of a woman's head. All I could see was the messy bun her hair was in.
My brother is totally checking that girl out.I stifled a giggle at the thought.
I waited patiently for his eyes to move from the woman sitting in the booth to finally notice me and Chrissy. I waved, and I saw Finn tell the woman working the counter he would be down by us.
As he made his way to us, I saw him take one more look at the woman in the booth before he stopped at our table and slid in next to me.
"Hi, Chrissy,” he said. “What's up, Mick?"
"Hey, Finn, I'm surprised you came over to us and not the girl you were ogling when you came in," I said.
Finn smirked at me and stole an onion ring from my plate.
"What can I say? She's cute. She's usually here on the weekends. This is the first time I've seen her here during the week. I think she's a teacher; it looks like she's always grading stuff," he replied.
I chuckled. "Looks like you've been watching her!"
"Whatever, I have enough women in my life." He winked.
Chrissy and I both started laughing.
"That's you, Finn,” Chrissy said. “Such a heartbreaker!"
Before Finn could say anything else, the waitress walked over to hand Finn a container of the food he ordered.
Finn looked up, smiled. "Thanks, Jess. I appreciate it." He ended his comment with a wink.
He’s such a flirt. The thought made me grin.
