Had his mother seen the condition he was living in?
Teddy’s nod said he was on the same page, but whatever he was going to say was cut off as someone started knocking on his back door.
For fuck’s sake.
Thankfully it was in his laundry room, so the angry-looking girl couldn’t see him or the crayons but she could see me.
“Teddy? Did you steal soup guy?”
I couldn’t help snorting.
“I’m asshole guy, not soup guy.”
That got giggles from him but he wasn’t moving to go answer the door.
So it was a Daddy issue?
Fuck it all.
“Wait right there while I chase off the crazy chick.” I hadn’t dated that many women, but I knew crazy when I saw it.
I’d learned from the best, so I kept a straight face as I went to the back door and I was glad I’d locked it earlier. “He’s busy. We’re hanging out. You can come back later.”
I thought it was obvious and that she might assume it was a date of some sort, but she frowned and didn’t seem to be in any mood to walk away. “Did he kidnap you somehow? Did you kidnap him? It was just soup, dude.”
God.
“No.” The questions just kept getting more and more ridiculous, so I thought that would cover all of them. “Call him later tonight or tomorrow.”
She was a special brand of stubborn and just raised her voice. “Somehow they both met up at the bakery and now they’re going on a date without me. Teddy? They were angry.”
I could guarantee they had a right to be angry but that didn’t slow her down.
“They’re going to that stupid movie I wanted to see and that vegan restaurant over by Walmart for dinner. I’m never going to be able to show my face there again.” That seemed to piss her off more than whatever happened to begin with. “They’re both huge gossips. Everyone is going to know and this is going to make dating even harder.”
Chipmunk’s snort said he wasn’t worried. “Oops.”
Whatever the screamer had done was clearly her fault, so I shook my head. “He’s busy. Try apologizing to them and don’t do it again.”
Whatever it was.
Hell, whatever she’d done seemed worse than my behavior or Teddy would’ve been more sympathetic.
“I don’t know how it happened.”
Her being ridiculous seemed like a good place to start.
“Call him tomorrow and see if he’s free.”
Because currently he was busy coloring my dinosaur picture and I wasn’t willing to share.
Chapter 6
Teddy
“It’s nine o’clock, brat.” Daddy glared and crossed his arms, but he did that a lot. “I have to go and you’re still little.”
“No.” I was Daddy’s good boy, though, so I smiled. “Thank you, Daddy.”
