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He wanted to shove his brother but didn’t. Evan was the hothead, not him. Yet he felt it now.
It’s not even like his family had seen Liz again either. There was no reason for Evan to be an asshole like this.
“No,” he argued. “She and I even fought over this. She was going to hire someone. She’s gotten some price quotes. They were crazy high.”
“Of course they are,” Evan said. “A full kitchen rehab is easily fifty thousand.”
“She was getting quotes for over seventy,” he said.
“Jesus, how big of a kitchen is it, and what does she want, marble?”
“No,” he argued. “She’s pretty simple. Tile floors, shaker cabinets and granite. Not even quartz. She is a bargain shopper. It will be nice and fit the house but not over the top. They are all taking advantage of her for being a woman.”
“Assholes,” Evan said. “We wouldn’t do that.”
“We don’t have time for the project and she knows it. Her father can do a lot of it at night or on the weekends. I’m just helping out.”
“I doubt that,” Evan said.
They started to load tools in his truck. It wasn’t that he needed a lot. He had plenty of his own, but they were in storage right now since he’d moved into an apartment. He’d be closing on his place next week, then he’d have all that cash on hand when another flip came on the market that he wanted.
He never jumped and the market sucked right now for flippers.
“What does that mean?” Christian asked.
“Come on,” Evan said. “I know she was your first.”
He had no clue where Evan was going with this or even how he knew. “What are you talking about?”
“Christian. I was seventeen. I knew how many condoms I had in my room. Trust me. Every once in a while there’d be some missing. It sure the hell wasn’t Kaelyn taking them. You were dating Liz at that time.”
There was no arguing and it didn’t seem to matter. “I’m not sure what one has to do with the other. We were young.”
“You didn’t date long. A few months?”
“Six months,” he said.
“What happened?” Evan asked. “Was she the one you lost and want back?”
He wanted to deck his brother for those words that he’d thought of and never realized before.
“I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t think so.”
“How can you not know?” Evan asked.
“Because we were kids. We were friends before and after. It wasn’t anything more than that.”
“But you never forget your first,” Evan said.
Which was the truth. “You’re reading more into this. She moved out of the area and came back. We’ve got a good thing but aren’t pushing or putting pressure on the other. I barely see her. She works a shit ton.”
“How does that work for you?” Evan asked.
“Since when did you become Dr. Phil?” he asked.
Evan laughed at him. “Whatever. Do you need anything else?”
“No,” he said. “I’ll bring them back before work.”
