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“I mean it. Griffin is the polar opposite of any guy I have ever thought about, including Richard but I think it’s a good thing. We’ve only been talking for a few days, but we’ll see.” I shrugged out of her grip.
“He’s the anti-Richard. The guy looks like a biker thug and was a complete player in high school.” Arianna just had to open her mouth too. “Covered in tattoos and has this smoldering ‘don’t mess with me’ look.” My sister kept talking about Griffin’s appearance while Mom watched, nodding in her signature therapist way until Ari was done. I bit my lip to not laugh. Arianna had a thing for my man, and I would never let her live it down.
“So, what you’re saying is that you’re attracted to Cori’s boyfriend, but not on an emotional level, solely physical and because he has a bad boy charm.” My mother the psychologist. Arianna looked offended as hell, and I laughed. She scoffed, shaking her head and denying it, but it was obvious. Then Mom turned on me. “Does he know about your attack? Is he empathetic about it? I don’t want you having panic attacks again if he doesn’t understand.”Oh. My. God.I was not about to have a sex conversation with my mother.
“Yeah, he knows. No there are no panic attacks. Can we please talk about something else, anything else? I do not want to discuss my sex life with you or how my sister gets all hot and bothered over my … whatever.” I glared between them, then my phone rang. I thought it was my saving grace.Please be Harriet.I wasn’t that lucky. Of course, Griffin would call while we were talking about him. “Hey.”
“Hey, babe. I need to come by when I get off. Can you be up?” Griffin sounded stressed, and I was surprised he phrased it as a question. The guy was more of the demand and take type.
“Was that a double entendre?”
He laughed. “Fuck, how did you know? It’s been a shit day.”
“What time? I work tomorrow. Are these demands going to let up or should I just get used to it?” Griffin was silent for a minute.
“No, you can get used to me getting what I want, when I want it. I thought I told you, your ass is mine now.” Then I laughed. “I’ll be there by twelve-thirty, probably sooner.”
“Bye, Griffin.” I pretended to sound put out.
“Bye, babe.”
“What demands?” I groaned at my mother, tucking my phone in my back pocket.
My sister and mother trailed after me to the patio where the kids were viciously battling with foam swords. Ax was the black knight and the boys were the thieves trying to steal her horse or something to that effect. I avoided the Griffin topic despite them wanting to have girl talk with me and Dad served us all dinner. They had such an amazing relationship. Mom cooked, Dad served, they were both retired so sometimes they randomly took off to travel this place or that. You would think after being together for a million years, they would stop the lovey stuff, but they didn’t. They were still smoochie and cuddly all the time. Mom was never allowed to pass without a kiss or a light swat on the ass. It was so sweet. Richard and I were never affectionate. I mean, we had sex, we kissed, but everything was behind closed doors. Before his downward spiral, Richard was prude, very prude. But it was what I loved about him. My parents were free-spirits, not shy about nudity or anything, so having a man like Richard was a new thrill for me. He was the anchor to my wildness. I gravitated toward thesafemen, the ones with boring lives and existences. The funny part was that it took the tattooed badass to make me forget such a horrible night.
My family finally moved on, talking about Lee’s promotion at work and Ari’s book club, and I was left to my own thoughts. My thoughts led me to missing Harriet.
Cori: How’s my favorite hippie? I missed you this morning.
Harri: Being domestic. You?
Cori: Parent’s house playing 20 questions about Griff.
Harri: Jovie said things had heated up. You holding up?
Cori: Can we have a night this week? I need sex talk that isn’t with my mother.
Harri: So you did the deed?
Cori: Yeah. Jove needs to keep her whore mouth shut.
Harri: Tomorrow night? Wine and girl talk? I’ll kick Briggs out to bond with his brother or something. Yeah, Jove has a big mouth, but she only runs it with us. She said Mr. Badass came in all dominant and stuff this morning.
Cori: He certainly did. The man is very persuasive, but I can hold my own. I kind of like it. It’s nice to not call all the shots.
Harri: Briggs is that way too, but only when we’re alone. See you in the morning?
Cori: see ya then, love you girl.
TWELVE
Griffin
Ihung up with Cori and tossed my phone on the glass display case just as my next appointment came in. Her shorts were barely longer than her pussy and her top left little to the imagination.Shit. I greeted her and she pulled out a folded paper from her pocket.
“I want this on my ankle.”An anchor, how original.But the girl hardly looked like the type to be original.
“Do you want me to draw something up for you? Maybe make it unique?” I knew I was barking up the wrong tree, but it was worth a shot. She drummed her manicured nails on the counter, obviously thinking too hard for her own good.
