He grinned, sliding his hand down to cup my butt. “Addicted, huh?”
“Totally and completely.” I kissed him quickly. “Like, being away from it for over a week has quite literally nearly killed me.”
“Quite literally nearly killed you?” Cash raised an eyebrow. “That sounds quite literally nearly serious.”
“It was,” I confirmed, nodding. “I had blue lips.”
Cash bust out laughing.
“Jesus fucking Christ, woman,” he bit out as he continued to laugh.
My stomach rumbled, loud enough to muffle Cash’s laughter. “Wow,” I said, laying my hand on it.
“Maybe I should feed you,” he said.
I grinned. “Might be a good idea.”
Cash’s fridge was somewhat lacking, so we decided a trip to the store would be a good idea. Well, I decided.
“Babe, we can make something out of this, don’t you think?” he asked.
“Cash, you have beer, ketchup and two T-bones. Not one vegetable in sight, and although, I appreciate you stocked up on wine, that doesn’t count as ‘fruit.’ Of course, your vinyl collection is robust as ever. I noticed you’ve added to it since I was last here.”
Cash collected records. Old school vinyl, to be exact. His turntable cost more than his TV, and he had a broad taste in music from Jimmy Hendrix to Chris Stapleton. He even had some old big band albums mixed in. His only rule, ‘no fucking auto tune.’ If he could hear it, he didn’t buy it. And we could all thank Melody Morgan for teaching us all how to ‘hear’ it. We were all ruined now that she’d made a point to never use it again.
He sighed. “Maybe you have a point. We’ll hit the store.”
I grinned. “Grab all the bags you have, honey. We’re going to stock you up.”
“Oh, goody.”
He grabbed a handful of bags and led me outside.
Teagan
WE HOPPED INTO Cash’s truck and headed down to the local Fred Meyer, where I made sure he stocked up on everything from pantry items to lightbulbs.
“When’s the last time you changed the batteries in your smoke detector?” I asked, holding up a pack of nine-volt batteries.
“You have to change those?” he joked.
I pulled two more packs of batteries from the end cap display before pulling out my phone. “Adding change all smoke detector batteries to your to-do list.”
“Baby, I change those on the regular.”
“You can never be too careful.”
“Has anyone ever called you pushy before?” Cash asked with a grin.
“I accept your unending gratitude wholeheartedly.”
“DidI thank you?”
“Yes, you did,” I replied, patting his chest. “And I believe you also said that you’d love to repay me by taking me to the cutelittle clothing boutique that just opened a few doors down from here.”
Cash’s brow furrowed as he scratched the back of his neck. “Man, I have got to see a doctor about this memory loss problem, ’cause I don’t remember saying any of that.”
“I keep reminding you to make an appointment, but I guess it keeps slipping your mind.”
