Page 16 of Wanted By You

I might actually have a shot at this.

Seven.

Cassidy

“Sooo, he asked youout…indirectly?” Alison questions.

“I mean, yeah, I guess so.” I shrug. “All I said was maybe I’d see him there. I didn’t say I’d go.”

“But you’re going, right?” Janice chimes in, cashing out a customer and taking the next in line.

It’s a Saturday afternoon and I asked Alison to meet me here so I could talk to her about yesterday’s odd encounter with, none other than, Butch Montgomery. And since I know for afacthe only comes in Monday through Friday, I knew it was a safe bet not to run into him here. Even on my days off I always end up coming in it seems.

I scrunch my nose. “I don’t know. Last time didn’t exactly pan out.”

“But you said you were having a great time before that crap with Colt,” Alison reminds me. “And if Butch is there, he’s not going to let anything like that happen again. It’s a win-win.”

Janice agrees, “I’d go. You need to have fun once in a while, Cassidy. I mean, it’s your day off and you’re here for Pete’s sake.”

I sigh heavily. She’s not wrong.

Alison sips her iced tea. “I’d love to go with you, but I’m working at the gas station tonight. I get out at midnight. If you need a ride home, let me know. It’s on the way.”

“Midnight?” I repeat. She nods. “I don’t know if I want to stay out that late.”

She laughs. “Oh, come on, Cassidy. What do you have going on? Going home to Frankie’s fat ass and helping him get off the counter. By the way, have you figured out how he’s been getting up there?”

I smile. “No, I haven’t. I think he might be wearing a fat suit to fool me, or have leg extenders hidden somewhere.” Janice and Alison laugh heartily. “Okay, fine. Pick me up at midnight like Cinderella, but instead of it being from a castle, it’s from the bar.”

“Make sure you text me if you end up going home with anysuitors.” Alison winks. I openly scoff, waving her off. “I can always pick you up from Butch’s castle.” She winks again lamely.

“Oh, yes,” Janice beams. “Have you seen his house? It’s breathtaking. I heard he built it himself with his brothers and father. It’s as close to a castle as you’ll get around here.”

Warmth spreads through my chest. He built his house with his family? Why is that so…attractive? Wholesome? Not at all sounding like the asshole I’ve known and heard about for years.

“No, I haven’t,” I mutter under my breath, my mind jumping from one strange feeling to another.

“What are you going to wear?” Alison asks me. “Because I’ve seen your black mini-dress, and I’m not sure you’ll be able to top that.”

Janice hums. “True, you can’t wear that again. What else do you have?”

“Oh.” Alison bounces, full of giddiness over whatever revelation she just had. “I know. Those daisy dukes you wore that day we went hiking. Your ass was nearly falling out of those things.”

I frown. “Yeah, and I got the worst chafe between my thighsbecauseof those damn things.”

“Well, you’re not going hiking, and you need to show theassets, missy,” Janice says. “That’s how I scored Billy. He might be a heap now, but he was a hunk back in his hay day.”

Alison and I share a laugh as Janice snickers. Janice may be only forty-five, but she talks like she’s a mixture of twenty and sixty all at once.

“I did buy this new off-the-shoulder black blouse. It might look good with those shorts,” I say.

“Yes.” Alison claps. “Oh, and do me a favor, find out if Tanner is single.”

I raise a brow. “Tanner Wright? Really?”

Blushing, Alison’s lips purse. “What? He’s cute.”

I bite my lip, glancing at Janice who’s shaking her head with a smile. “Isn’t he like, freshly twenty-one?”

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