“I mean, maybe you shouldn’t have stuck your dick in that shriveled up shrew of a Bible-thumping nutbag then,” she said, not even flinching.
He sighed.
“Elizabeth…”
She shut that shit down.
“Nope. You married that mess, and you made that kid. I love Georgie, but he’s not a cop, and he’s not a Fed. He’s a teenage boy, and you’re going to have to deal with him. Yes, he’s an older teen, but that’s not going to fly. You’re not going out on a job with me, and leaving him in a hotel room to his own devices. I don’t know if you’ve realized it or not, Dad, but this gene pool does questionable things.”
Charlie didn’t like this.
Not.
At.
All.
“Sorry, Dad.”
When he looked over at Sam, his man shook his head. It was clear he wasn’t having it either.
There was no ally in this fight.
“I’m with Elizabeth, and you shouldn’t have married her. I stand on that. Oh, and if you think I’m watching him—I’m not.AbigaleHATESme. She hates me since the day I found out she hurt my Elizabeth, and I read her the riot act.”
Next to his woman, Chris was sayingNOTHINGabout this.
He knew better.
While this was his family, there was no way he was getting stuck babysitting his woman’s half-brother—and Charlie was desperate enough to ask.
And crazy enough too.
“This isn’t fair.”
Elizabeth shut that down.
“Every time I said that as a kid, you told me, and I quote,‘suck it up, Buttercup. Life isn’t fair. The only thing in life that is fair is that your momma didn’t live to see you be so bold’.”
He stared at her.
“Had I known you’d use that against me at some point, I would have never said it.”
She laughed.
Oh, well, that was a him problem, not a her problem.
“Dad, I love you, and I love George, but you’re not going out with me.”
He actually pouted.
When did the kids become the parents, and the parents become the children? She wasn’t sure, but that’s where they were right about now.
After his stunt with stealing a credit card from Tony, buying a plane ticket, and heading across the country hours after surgery to remove an organ, she wasn’t playing with him.
Her give a damn was in the shop because it was broken.
“So, go to a museum, or see some…I don’t know. What do people who don’t chase criminals do in their downtime?” she asked Chris.
