“You absolutely snore. Like a chainsaw with a sinus infection.”
“That’s slander.”
“It’s truth. I have recordings.”
“You recorded me sleeping?”
“For evidence.” Her eyes sparkle with mischief. “I’m a lawyer. We document everything.”
I stand, rounding the table, and she squeals as I haul her out of her chair.
“What are you doing?”
“Getting revenge.” I toss her over my shoulder, ignoring her laughing protests. “No one slanders me in my own clubhouse and gets away with it.”
“Put me down! I’ll burn the pancakes!”
“The pancakes are already done.” I carry her toward the stairs. “And I can think of better uses for the next hour than breakfast.”
“Boone! The eggs?—”
“Will keep.”
“You’re impossible!”
“And you’re beautiful, and you cooked me breakfast, and now I’m going to show you exactly how much I appreciate that.”
I kick the bedroom door closed behind us.
The eggs, as it turns out, do keep.
17
JOSIE
Picnic tables line the clubhouse backyard, loaded with more food than a small army could eat. The smell of grilling meat fills the air, mixing with laughter and the steady thump of classic rock from someone’s speakers.
It’s the kind of gathering that would have terrified me a year ago. A biker barbecue, complete with leather cuts and tattoos and men who look like they could kill you with their bare hands.
Now it just feels like a family gathering.
Stone presses a kiss to my temple. “Try to relax. No one here is going to mug you.”
“I know.” And I do. Doesn’t mean it’s not awkward now that people know we’re banging.
Stone gets pulled away by Tank to deal with an issue—there’s always something—and I find myself drifting toward the drinks table. I’m reaching for a beer when a voice stops me.
“He’s out of your league, you know.”
I turn to find Lee leaning against the fence, arms crossed, watching me with an expression I can’t quite read.
“Excuse me?”
“Not you.” He nods toward where Stone is conferring with Hawk. “Him. You could do better.”
I blink. “That’s... a pretty shitty thing to say about your father.”
He grins. “What did you expect me to say?”
