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I’d rather shave my balls with a dull razor than make that call.
I set my beer on the picnic table. “I’ll sit out. I need to cook, anyway.”
Ashton pushed out of his chair and stood. “The fuck you will.”
Before any of us knew what the fuck was happening, Kennedy was at the bar, latching her hand around some guy’s elbow. Young, blond, with messy hair that flopped over his forehead. He wore a baby blue Salt Life t-shirt and white board shorts. Tattoos lined his arms. He looked like the kind of guy who made a living jacking off on Only Fans.
She marched back over to our side of the deck, dragging Dickbag behind her. “Guys, this is—” She motioned with her hand for the idiot to tell us his name.
“Chris,” he said, bouncing his gaze between us.
Kennedy smiled, and—fuck me.“Chris, do you have a partner?”
He shook his head.
“You do now.” She focused her eyes on Ashton. “Problem solved.”
No fucking way.
Absolutely the fuck not.
This wasoursanctuary. This wasourthing.
Before Lexi joined our crew, whichever one of the girls who hadn’t just played would partner with me. It was an unspoken rule. People outside of the crew didn’t play with the crew.
You wanted to bring someone to Pictionary night? Fine. Fight night at Coree Beach Bar & Grill? Go ahead. The monthly pool party at Dallas’s house? Totally okay.
But not Volley Beach.
Not ever.
I grabbed my beer again. “We don’t play with outsiders.”
Kennedy hooked her arm inside his, in some kind of possessive grip. “Well, he was inside when I found him, so…”
What the fuck? She doesn’t even know this motherfucker.
I finished off the bottle, then tossed it in the trash can beside the grill.
Holmes nudged Kacey with her elbow. She winked at Kennedy, then glared at me. “Okay, then. Are you guys ready to play or what?”
HENDRIX
The rest of our crew walked down the wooden steps and were already on our court. Kennedy stopped at the bottom step and grabbed my arm.
“What the hell was all that about?” She stood on the bottom step while I was already on the sand.
From here, she was almost my height. She could almost look me in the eyes.Almost.I still had her by a good two inches. She was cute as fuck when she was mad. I wanted to take her beautiful face in my hands and kiss the shit out of her.
Fuck it. Blame my cavemen ancestors.
I didn’t touch her face or kiss her. I didn’t tell her we needed to talk about the past two years or whatever the fuck was happening right now. Instead, I just asked, “What?”
She glared. “You know what.”
“Have you forgotten the code? Has it been that fucking long, Ken?”
She sucked in a breath. Something flashed in her eyes, something unsure. “I needed a partner Holmes has Dallas. Kacey has Ashton. You have Lexi.” She swallowed hard on the last part.
