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I raised my palms, trying to bring some calm to the situation. Between Jay’s angry nature and Evan’s wild side, I often found myself playing the cool head.
“Easy, now,” I said. “We don’t know what happened between those two. Let’s see Dream and find out if she even wants to talk about it before putting a bounty on Adam’s head.”
Jay’s jaw worked as he kept his mouth shut. I could sense that, while he planned to listen to me, he was already thinking about what he’d do once he got his hands on Adam.
“Fine, fine,” Evan agreed. His worried expression vanished, replaced by his usual happy-go-lucky smile. Great thing about Evan was that he never stayed preoccupied for long. “We definitely need to make plans to see her, you know? It’s been how long? Years?”
“Yeah, way too long,” I said, leaning back and putting my feet up on the table. “Be nice to catch up with her.”
“Heard that her friend, Clarissa, is doing a big Christmas thing,” Jay said. “Hopefully she sticks around in town long enough to go.”
I nodded, sipping my beer.
“Might be weird,” I muttered. “After all these years and what happened between our folks.”
They both nodded – I didn’t need to say another word.
“The perils of living in a small town,” Jay proclaimed. “Everyone knows everyone or has dated each other or some other kind of thing.”
Evan regarded me with expectant eyes, slight concern on his face.
“Yo, Dunc…you gonna eat that steak?”
I let out a snort of a laugh as I realized I hadn’t taken a bite since we’d sat down.
“Hands off, bud – this one’s all mine.”
I sliced into the steak, my mind going right back to Dream as a red pool formed on my plate. I stabbed the meat, bringing it to my mouth and chewing.
Dream. How many times had I thought of her over the years, thought of what it’d be like to get her into bed with me? It’d been so wrong to think about – she was like a sister to me.
But we were adults now, and our parents weren’t together anymore. Maybe it wasn’t so taboo after all.
Chapter 3
JAY
Iwas thinking about her again. How the hell could I not? Dream was back in my life, and there wasn’t a doubt in my mind that she was as beautiful as ever. Hell, a quick check of her Facebook was enough to confirm that.
“Earth to Jay!”
Evan waving his hand in front of my face was enough to derail my train of thought. Probably for the best – last thing I needed was to let my mind linger on thoughts of Dream.
“What?” I asked, the word coming out in a slight snarl. It wasn’t anything personal – not like I was mad at Evan. That’s just how I talked sometimes. Probably one of the reasons I’d had the reputation in town of being “prickly,” as Duncan liked to say.
I was in the hot tub, my arms draped over the side as I watched the sun set over the western horizon. I’d always loved nature - preferred it to people most of the time, to be honest. The sunsets of Charmed Bay never failed to impress.
Nothing like your brother’s giant hand in front of your face to spoil the moment, however.
“Need to ask you a favor.” A slightly sheepish grin was on his face.
“Let me guess – you had a few too many and now you need a ride home?”
He laughed. “That’s it. I’ve only had three, but I don’t want to risk it, you know?”
“Sure, sure.”
With that, Evan gave me a thumbs up. I glanced over my shoulder, spotting Duncan seated at the table, his left hand holding a beer on top of his propped-up knee and his right resting on the book he was reading. The Bluetooth was still playing music, some early Led Zeppelin drifting out of the speakers.
