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“Let’s talk about it a little more over dinner tonight,” I suggested. “Right now, Marley and I are both pretty exhausted, and I don’t have much on my mind besides reuniting with my son. That cool?”
“Yeah, dude, that sounds good,” Travis said.
Jack’s nod of agreement looked so much like Marley’s sweet, affirmative nod, it was uncanny.
We walked to the aisle, and Marley stretched her arms over her head, standing on her toes to stretch her legs, too. “I can’t believe I slept through the whole flight. Your lap is a very comfortable pillow.”
“Feel free to use it whenever you want,” I said as I hooked both our carry-ons onto my shoulders.
“Ew,” Jack said.
“Better get used to it,” Travis advised him.
“It was bad enough being their neighbors for the last week,” Jack grumbled, low enough that Marley wouldn’t hear it.
“What?” Marley asked.
“Your brother’s grouchy that he had to hear us making love,” I said.
“Ah! Shut up! You did not!” Marley yelped, her embarrassment so sharp, I felt it in the pit of my stomach.
“What the hell? How did you hear—oh, right. Shifter hearing.” Jack pulled a face.
“Yep,” I said. “And I hope you didn’t make any snarky remarks during our visit to my grandfather.”
“I may or may not have embarrassed myself a couple of times,” Jack said.
“Oh my god, oh my god,” Marley said, starting to panic behind me. “This is so embarrassing. I want to die.”
“Marley, baby, easy. It’s fine,” I said. “Your brother is playing stupid games and winning stupid prizes.”
“How would you feel if your sister told you when she got laid?” Jack asked me.
“Marley didn’t tell you. You assumed based on some noises you heard coming from next door,” I said.
“Don’t avoid the question,” he said.
“Dude, I wouldn’t care. My sister literally sent me a text a couple days ago about sleeping with one of Marley’s girlfriends. You think your sister is almost thirty and still a virgin?”
“No! But it’s not like I want to know the gory details.”
“Oh, believe me, you don’t,” I said with a smirk. “You have no idea what we’ve been up to.”
“Cole,” Marley hissed.
I turned my head to look back at her. She was beet-red and giving me a pleading look of despair.
My heart twinged at her expression, but I also couldn’t help but laugh. “Okay, okay,” I said. “I’m sorry. I’ll stop, but only for you. Because,” I continued, speaking a little louder for Jack, “we have nothing to be embarrassed about.”
“All right, all right,” Jack griped. “Christ.”
I pulled Marley close to me as we exited the aircraft, kissing her on the top of the head. “I’m sorry about that. Forgive me?” I said.
“Fine. But only for embarrassing me,” she said.
I tilted my head in confusion as we walked off the bridge and into the airport. “What else would you need to forgive me for?”
“That you didn’t tell me about your sister and Paulette!” she hissed in a whisper.
