As you would expect. You might want to check on her in a day or two.
Ashley
Will do. Love you.
Me
Love you more.
“Was that Ashley?” Aspen asks as she takes a seat next to me.
“Yeah, she was letting me know she’s home.”
“Good. Here I got you this,” she says as she slides a beer in front of me.
“Thank you,” I tell her as more people join us.
“It’s so fucking quiet in here. It’s making my skin crawl,” Yak mutters.
I bite back a smile. Yak is one of those guys who constantly has to be around a bunch of people. He doesn’t do well alone or in the quiet. Not for long, at least.
“Because we just put our brother six feet in the ground,” Eagle tells him.
“Fair enough.” Yak sighs before looking back at me. “Did your sister decide to ride out the storm here?”
I narrow my eyes at my friend. “No, she decided to ride it out at home. Why?”
“I’m just trying to make conversation,” he says, raising his hands in surrender.
“You’ll have to forgive Asher, Yak. Sometimes he forgets people ask questions out of curiosity, not because they have ulterior motives,” Aspen tells him.
Panther comes up with a frown on his face.
“What’s wrong?” I ask.
He shakes his head. “Just got a weather report. It’s raining hard up in the mountains, and the temperature is already starting to drop.”
“Damn, that fast?” Yak asks.
“Guess so,” Panther mumbles as he takes a drink of his beer.
“At least the storm waited until after the funeral,” Eagle says quietly.
“No kidding.” Aspen sighs as her eyes drift back down the hall. “How long is that lawyer going to keep them locked in there?”
“Who knows,” Panther says.
“I wonder what they could be discussing. Do you think Mustang had a secret fortune? Oh, what if they are learning Rain isn’t his only child, and she’s supposed to set off on a quest to find her long-lost sibling?”
We all look over at Yak like he’s lost his mind.
“What? It’s a possibility,” he says.
I shake my head. “I don’t even know how you come up with half the shit you do.”
“Never fails to entertain, that’s for sure,” Eagle says.
Yak perks up. “I think that’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said to me.”
