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“Nothing,” I barked. “You know nothing, Greer. I met her once, and … you know nothing, and this is not interesting, and you need to drop it.”
Greer tapped the side of her coffee cup. “She’s like … Barbie. But Heiress/Brainiac Barbie, you know? There was a write-up about her in the Wall Street Journal when she finished her master’s degrees,” she said with a lift of her eyebrows. “That’s impressive. Way more impressive than you deserve, that’s for sure.”
“You are the biggest pain in my ass.” With the trailer unlocked, I yanked open the back door and started rifling through the tools until I found my tool belt. “Ian is the second biggest pain in my ass, and if I could, I’d fire both of you.”
She simply smiled. “You can’t fire me. I own forty percent, same as you.” Then she patted my cheek. Hard. “Thanks for making this job so much more fun, Cameron.”
Swear words flowed out of my mouth in a steady stream that would have had Mom cuffing me in the ear, and Greer did nothing but laugh.
Wade and one of our younger guys came out of the house, carrying one of the last pieces of furniture. He jerked his chin in a nod at Greer.
“Morning, sunshine,” Greer called out. Wade rolled his eyes, and with a grin, my sister’s attention swiveled back to me. “Just these two out here today?”
“Yup.”
“Jax still off?” she asked.
I nodded. “I think he’s camping on the side of a mountain somewhere. Occasionally he’ll text me to let me know he’s alive.”
“Thoughtful of him,” Greer said. “Poppy asked, very subtly, if I thought he’d be back soon.”
I blew out a harsh breath. “Poppy needs to fawn over someone her own age.”
“She’s not fawning,” Greer argued. I cut her a dry look, and she raised her hands in concession. “Okay. A little bit of fawning. But she’ll get over it eventually.”
“I can’t help but wonder if people with less siblings are also less stressed out.”
“Excellent question.” She shrugged. “Look how exciting this is, though. You’re the one fawning for once in your life, and I feel like we should make this a national holiday.”
I pushed my tongue into the side of my cheek.
I wasn’t fawning. I was attracted. Two totally different things.
“You making your tongue bleed by how hard you’re biting it right now?” she asked.
“Nope.”
“Mom told me she’s at Erik’s place?”
I grunted.
“I like her,” Greer continued.
That drew a curious look from me. “That mean she’s being nice to you?”
“Of course she is.” Greer’s eyes sharpened. “She’s not being nice to you?” Then she waved her hand. “I already talked to Ian, but I assumed he was being … Ian. You know how he’s skeptical of anyone new. That’s gotta be tiring, don’t you think?”
“Uh-huh. Aren’t you going to visit Mom and Dad?”
“Soon,” she said, staring up at the house.
Maybe if I got rid of Greer quickly enough, Ivy would pass her on the road, and I could avoid the entire thing.
“I’m sure you’ll get the full report on Ivy staying at the guesthouse from Mom,” I said, shooing her back toward her car. “Why don’t you head that direction and leave me alone?”
Greer sighed. “Leaving you alone is what you want, though. I have to make you suffer a little bit before I do that. Want to show me the house?”
“No. Go look at it yourself.”
