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When Lincoln pulled up Sarah’s, neither one of us thought it would be less than thirty seconds. Sarah sat down, smiled at the camera…then held up her middle finger.
“Fuck you, Hunter Shaw. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. You probably kiss like a fish and fuck like a—”
Both Lincoln and I gasped as the video abruptly ended, our hands coming up to our mouths at the same time. A promo for the show popped up with a recorded message from me.
“Thank you for watching Swipe Right. Tune in Wednesday for our next date!”
When the video ended, Lincoln and I slowly turned and looked at each other. Screwing up her face, Hunter’s mom asked in a lowered voice, “Is it weird I wanted to know what she was going to say?”
I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Five seconds later, we were both laughing hysterically.
Chapter Fourteen
HUNTER
The house was quiet as I sat on the sofa and drank a beer. I was aware of the camera that faced into the living room, and I looked up at it. I hated that it recorded everything, always. The only place I felt any sense of privacy was in my bedroom and bathroom.
I lifted the beer to my lips and took a long pull. The date today had been a joke. I thought about how Kipton picked up Sarah’s lie immediately when the date was revealed. About the horses being ready, indicating they knew what the date would be all along. I hadn’t had a chance to talk to Jack about that after I recorded my bit for the Truth Booth. Jack had left before I was finished.
A light knock on my door caused me to look up. What I really wanted to do was ignore it. Instead, I got up and answered.
Dustin, my roping partner and one of my best friends, stood there with a shit-eating grin on his face. “You look like you need to go out. Dude, I came as soon as I saw her—”
I put my hand over his mouth and jerked my head to the camera. He looked up and rolled his eyes, but got the picture.
“You drove here to tell me I need to go out?” I asked, motioning for him to come in.
“I did. I thought maybe we could do some riding this weekend in your uncle Tanner’s arena.”
“That’s a great idea. Good way to get my mind off things. Beer?”
He shook his head. “Nah, I’ll be designated driver tonight. Blue Moose?”
I placed my empty beer bottle on the kitchen counter. “You mind if I see if Rose wants to join us?”
Dustin’s eyes lit up. I knew he liked Rose, but she had already nipped that in the bud a few years back. She liked him as a friend and that was it. “What about Blayze and Ryan?”
I shook my head. “Nah, I doubt either of them will want to go out.”
He lifted a brow. “Just because they’re going to be parents doesn’t mean they don’t like bars anymore.”
I shrugged. “I’ll ask. Let me go change.”
As I walked to my bedroom, I shot off a group text message and, much to my surprise, everyone was down for going out.
“Any of those pretty women going to be joining us?” Dustin asked when I returned to the living room.
“No.”
He shook his head. “What’s wrong with you?”
I rubbed at the back of my neck. “Later, okay?”
Dustin glanced around, clearly forgetting about the inside cameras. My phone buzzed, and I nearly groaned when I saw it was Jack. Slipping my cowboy hat on and grabbing a jacket, I motioned for Dustin to head on out.
“Hey, Jack, what’s up?”
“I like your friend’s idea about the girls going out with you.”
