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Then again, she’d never really been very open about her dating life while the three of us lived in the dorms. But the way she was eyeing those two men? Yeah, it was pretty clear that she was interested.
“They’re both gorgeous,” she said, nodding. “Seriously. Makes me want to run out and commit some crimes.”
I snorted. “I think there might be easier ways to get their attention, but don’t let me stop you.” I was still watching the guys, trying to see what Daisy Lynn might have seen. “I guess I’ve just never looked at them like that before.”
“No,” Becca said. “I guess you probably haven’t…”
“What does that mean?” I quirked an eyebrow. Out of the three of us, Becca had always been the quiet one. She didn’t talk much unless she really had something to say. And with that little comment?
She definitely had something to say.
Becca gave me a knowing smile. “Nothing, really… just… it’s pretty obvious you’ve had your eyes on a couple of other guys, that’s all.”
She wasn’t wrong, and I wasn’t going to lie or pretend.
“Is it really that obvious?” I asked.
They both laughed. “Come on, Janessa,” Daisy Lynn rolled her eyes in my direction. “They couldn’t even let you out of their sight long enough for you to come pick us up from the bus station. Pretty sure it’s obvious to anyone with eyes that the three of you have something going on.”
“Does your uncle know?” Becca asked.
I sighed. “Sort of. We’ve talked about it before, but I don’t think he’s really taking me seriously. I have a feeling he thinks it’s just a crush or something, but it’s more than that.”
I’d never been this open about my feelings for Cade and Boone before, but it felt good to finally admit out loud that I had real feelings for them—even though I still didn’t know what that might mean for the three of us, or if they would eventually feel the same way. Both guys had made it pretty clear last night that this was just a fling, but… a girl could still hope, right?
As if they’d been summoned by my thoughts, Cade and Boone came around the side of the house with my uncle to meet the sheriff and the deputy in the driveway. I couldn’t take my eyes off my two guys as they shook hands and clapped the sheriff on the back like they were old friends.
Cade and Boone were just so confident and strong, so sure of themselves but in completely different ways. Cade’s personality was a little cockier overall, while Boone was steady but definitely cocky in the bedroom. There was no doubt in my mind that they were both good men.
“You’re doing it again,” Becca snickered.
“What?” I asked, reluctantly looking away from my guys to meet her gaze. “I’m not doing anything.”
“You’re staring. Like… a lot.”
“I am not staring,” I lied, feeling my face flush.
“Girl,” Daisy Lynn joined in. “You’re staring like it’s the Fourth of July and you want a hot dog real bad.”
Becca burst out laughing and my mouth fell open as all five guys turned to look in our direction.
“Oh, geez,” I said, unable to hold back a laugh of my own. “I hate you both. Come on, now they’ve seen us and we have to go be serious for a while.”
I did my best to school my features as we walked across the yard to where the guys were standing. My uncle seemed to be doing most of the talking, which was fine with me. I was more than happy to stay back by Cade and Boone while Sheriff Prescott took my uncle’s statement.
Daisy Lynn and Becca hadn’t wasted any time introducing themselves to Cole, the deputy. I was trying to listen to both conversations at once, but I was also more than a little distracted by the way Cade and Boone kept looking at me. The heat in their eyes was unmistakable, and it was just making me wish that the three of us could be alone instead of dealing with all of this police drama.
“Have you all met the guys who bought the old Foster ranch yet?” Sheriff Prescott turned his attention to me and the guys.
I shook my head. “I didn’t realize the sale had gone through.”
“Me, neither,” Cade said. “Last I heard, some people were looking at it or had made an offer. But no, we haven’t met the buyers. Do you think they could have had something to do with the poisonings?”
“I don’t think so,” the sheriff said. “We can’t entirely rule anyone out at this point, of course, but they seem like good guys to me. Ex-military. And anyway, the evidence so far does seem to point in… other directions.”
As he spoke, a pickup truck came up the driveway and parked behind the patrol car. I had to smile. Logan, the vet, had come at the perfect time. Now he would be able to give his confirmation of exactly which direction the evidence was pointing.
“Morning, Sheriff,” Logan said, waving as he got out of his truck. “Justin, Janessa… everyone.”
