I filled her in on everything and she let out a quiet groan. “See? I should be there. Not researching all this crap for Dad.”
“Then, quit, baby. You know what you want to do. Have you signed up for classes yet?”
“Yes.”
“Then, work here full time until classes start.”
“I’ll talk to my dad and Hatch.”
“Good.” I grinned. “Anything else I can solve for you today?”
“Not unless you can swing by and fuck me real quick.”
“Baby, you need me to do that, I’ll do it.”
“Need it, yes. Also need to wait for it, yes.” She sighed. “Am I going to see you tonight?”
“You want me to come pick you up and take you out for dinner, or do you want to eat at mine?”
“Ooh, out, please,” she said. “But I’ve got my car, so I can meet you.”
“I’ll find a prospect to come and pick it up. Drive it back to my place.”
I heard the smile in her voice when she said, “Okay, honey, that sounds good.”
“I’m gonna let you go and finish this car.”
“Love you.”
“Love you back.”
We hung up and I got back to work, a giant grin on my face.
Teagan
AT FOUR-FIFTY-FIVE, I knocked on my dad’s office door and peeked my head in. “Hey.”
He looked away from his computer and smiled. “Hey, baby. You takin’ off?”
“Soon. Cash is picking me up and taking me to dinner, then I thought I might stay at his place tonight since I’m at the shop tomorrow. Are there any unforeseen issues with me doing that?”
Dad sighed. “Other than the fact my baby girl’s growing up too fuckin’ fast, no.”
I chuckled. “Can’t help you with that one, I’m afraid.”
“What’s this about Gloria comin’ to Cash’s over the weekend. Hatch said they had to change codes and shit.”
“Oh yeah, Cash said Maisie fired her today.”
He waved his hand toward one of the chairs in front of his desk. “Fill me in.”
“I don’t know much. Cash can probably tell you more. But she showed up at his place after Huck’s jump in wanting to patch Cash up. We didn’t know how she’d gotten Cash’s address. Iguess she broke into the file cabinet in the office. Super creepy. And she dyed her hair red.”
Dad frowned. “Not good, T.”
“No, I know. She’s been sniffing after Cash for a while now, but she’s gone and blacklisted from the club, so we can all relax.”
“Yeah,” he said and smiled.
