“I don’t know. Walnut Grove… it’s probably nothing.” Archer frowned. “Why are we here again?”
“Tillie set it up, but I don’t think she knew that the guy apparently upped the price unless she did other things in exchange.”
“What the fuck?”
I scowled. “Yeah.”
The truth of the matter was Tillie’s ‘guy’ hadn’t been around in a while so when Teagan went to get her ID, she saw some asshole who went by ‘Hooks,’ and he wasn’t as honest.
“Maybe we should loop Train in,” Archer said as we climbed out of the truck. “You know, being ourRoad Captainand all.”
“This is off-books, Arch.”
“Fuck,” he breathed out. “Figured.”
I nodded.
“Why do you care?” he asked.
“Just don’t like the idea of some asshole fuckin’ with our women,” I lied.
Archer scoffed.
I glanced at him. “What?”
“You don’t like the idea of some asshole fuckin’ with Teagan.” I opened my mouth to deny it, but my brother shook his head. “Don’t bother, Cash. I’ve watched you watch her for the past two years.”
“It hasn’t been two years.”
“It has been for her.”
“Bullshit,” I bit out.
“Jesus, brother, you’re not really that blind, are you?” he challenged.
I dragged my hands down my face. The answer was, no, I was not that blind. And I’d fallen for her as well, but I sure as shit didn’t like that my brother had figured it out.
“Who else knows about us, Archer?”
“I have no idea, it’s not like I’m a regular viewer of the soap opera that is your life, but I can tell you who doesn’t know and that’s Mack. Because if he did, you’d be missing at least one limb.”
Well, he was right about that.
I grunted quietly.
“You sure you wanna risk it?” he asked.
I scowled at him. “What the fuck’s that supposed to mean?”
“For Teagan, man. She’s not what you’d call low-maintenance.”
“You shut your goddamned mouth,” I snarled.
Archer smiled slowly and I realized I’d been ‘had.’
“Just checking,” he retorted.
“You’re an asshole,” I hissed.
