“Damn right I’m happy.”Roxie’s whole arm jolted out to back up her sure forefinger.“Knox has been traded in for a younger model!”
Knox!Cam’s brother, of course.
“Already?”Tripp asked, going to Roxie while Zairn joined them in the living room.“Aren’t you a Collier, man?Shit, guess it’s only Breckenridges who get what they want and keep hold of it.”
“Zay-Jay,” Knox said, deadpan.“My wife stayed behind with Zay-Jay.”
“Don’t despair,” Mimi said.“She sleeps with you.”
“If she had a choice, I guarantee she’d have Zay-Jay in her bed just as much.”Roxie leaned back to snag a glass of purple liquid that she gave to Tripp.“More, probably.”
“Doesn’t he have parents of his own?”Tripp asked, raising the glass to tilt and inspect the liquid.“Looks like anti-freeze.”
“It does not!”Mimi declared.“You’re thinking of methylated spirits.”
Yet, he drank it anyway.
“Could be I’m trying to take you out, Priest.”Roxie poked him.“I’m in your will, right?”
“Do I have a will?”Tripp asked, enjoying the taste with a head bob then drinking some more.“Sounds like a Breck problem.”
“Oh, did you see Breck and Sequoia at the wedding?”Mimi asked, reaching over her to swot Cam’s thigh.“Have you ever seen a couple more complete?”
Zairn tucked his phone away and turned toward the kitchen, arm outstretched.“Give it here, Lo.”
“No,” Roxie said, snatching the glass from Tripp as it was about to meet his lips.“You’ll crush my spirit.”
Mimi sighed.“Ah, the true meaning of marriage.”
“You know, Ariella…” Roxie said, examining the Breckenridge at her side.“If you’re going to hook your wagon to anyone’s trailer, you should go with Tripp.He might not use his trust fund, because he’s too busy scrounging, but at least he has access to his.”
“Cam has access to his,” Mimi said, then appealed to Knox.“Doesn’t he?”
“Think we used it to build a hospital… or eight.”
“Who was your architect?”Unfazed, Cam didn’t hesitate in his offense.“Why didn’t I get first refusal?”
Did he really not care?
“Hospitals are boring.”
As buildings or just in general?Mimi wasn’t specific.
Cam was all confidence.“Mine wouldn’t be, Mi.”
“It’s not always about the money,” Tripp said.
“No,” Roxie agreed.“Sometimes it’s about sex and she’d get more of that from you too.”
“You’re depriving the girl, Parfait,” Mimi said, all wide eyes and wisdom.
Cam took it in good spirits, thank God.“Hear me commenting on any of your sex lives?”
“We don’t like to boast when they’re so full and joyful.”Roxie downed the rest of the purple liquid.“If you want to talk about sex, we’ll talk about it.Might break Ariella’s spirit, and the gospel of Mimi says you’re not supposed to do that ‘til marriage.But let’s go wild and mix it up…” The beauty rounded the island.“When was the last time you got some, Ariella?”
“Don’t answer that,” Cam said, which only piqued everyone’s interest.“Not because she got it from me.”
“You’re the only guy on the planet proud of not screwing his girlfriend.”
