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“I seriously hate all of you. Reagan and Skylar, in the bathroom now. I need to get this damn thing out of me.”
I stand up. “I volunteer to help with that.” Hayden hits me.
Harley sticks her finger in my face. “You sit your ass down, Knight, or I’m going to tell everyone here why you were in the ER today.”
Hayden looks at me with concern. “You were in the ER today? Are you okay? Why didn’t you call me?”
I look at Hayden. “I’m fine.” I turn back to Harley. “You can’t say anything. Doctor-patient confidentiality.”
She smiles at me. “You weren’t my patient.” She’s got me there. I sit back down, and the girls disappear.
When they’re gone, Payton comes in. He grabs a beer from the bar, finds us, and comes to sit down.
“Hey, guys. Where are all the girls?”
“They went to the bathroom.” I point to Jason. “This is Jason, Skylar’s friend. Jason, this is our eighty-year-old brother, Payton.” Payton and Jason shake hands. Payton gives me a dirty look.
The girls come back excited to see Payton. We have several more rounds.
Everyone except Payton is drunk. We’re laughing and having a great time. The girls are really funny, especially when they’re all together. We all get along so well.
At some point, I see Larry Clarrett walk into the bar. I point him out to my brothers. “Look who just walked in. I can’t stand that guy. He’s such an asshole.”
Reagan turns to look. “Who is?”
I show her Larry. “That guy. He and his father have it out for our father and his business. They threaten him all the time. They’re snakes.”
Payton interrupts. “I’m not going to tell you exactly what happened, because it’s not my business to share, but Larry and his father are responsible for your mom and our dad’s fight for the past two weeks. They did some terrible shit to Dad and Darian.”
What? I didn’t know this. “What was it? Is everything okay? I will beat his ass if I have to.”
“It’s not necessary, and I won’t say. Just know that everything is fine now. Darian went all crazy lawyer on the guy. She demoralized him. It’s all good, but those guys are bad news, and they definitely have it out for Dad. They basically tried to use Darian to get to him. Obviously, they put the two of them through the ringer for the past two weeks.”
Reagan looks at all of us with a devious face. “Nobody fucks with my mother. Watch and learn boys.”
All she has to do is make eye contact with Larry, and it’s like he’s under her spell. He walks right over to our table and grabs Reagan’s hand.
“Hey, gorgeous girl. What are you doing over here with these pathetic losers? These guys don’t deserve to be at the same table with a woman as beautiful as you.” Reagan giggles. It’s so fake, but Larry eats it up. “What’s your name, gorgeous?”
Reagan answers, “I’m Penelope. What’s yours, handsome?” Handsome? Not even close.
“I’m Larry. My friends call me hot dog.”
Reagan doesn’t miss a beat. “Is that because you have a footlong?”
“Why don’t you come and find out?”
Reagan stands up and licks her lips seductively. “I think I will.” He grabs her hand and moves to pull her away. She whispers back to the table, “Settle the tab and meet me at the front door in five minutes.” They make their way back through the crowd, and toward the bathroom area.
We do as she says, and settle the tab. We’re at the front door within a few minutes. All of a sudden, we hear a man scream, “Bitch.” Reagan comes running out of the bathroom area, holding all of Larry’s clothes in her hands. She yells, “Go, go, go.” We all run out the door, and down the block out of view.
We sidestep into a small alley and stop. We’re all panting and laughing. I look at Reagan. “Did you take all of his clothes?”
She smirks. “Every last item. Even his underwear, socks, and shoes. FYI, he definitely doesn’t have a footlong. Not even half a footlong.”
She holds out all of his clothes and drops them right into a big puddle. “Whoops.”
We all burst out laughing. I pat her back. “Reagan, that was epic. Maybe you really are my twin.”
