Zodiac nodded. "That's good advice."
"I’m glad you understand. Because no matter how wrong my mom might be about something, I'llnevertake your side over hers. No amount of campaigning on your part will change my mind."
“Ha!” I cried and made the mistake of allowing eye contact with Zodiac.
The son of a bitch instantly smirked, likely knowing he was so damn handsome that I couldn’t think straight.
“Your son will be named Wilbur,” I said and held his gaze. “Wilbur Crawdad Reed.”
“We’ll see,” Zodiac said as his sexy smile grew. “Oh, and I could use a beer.”
“I’m done with the hostess crap. Get your bitch Exile to do it.”
“Hey,” Lula snapped. “Don’t drag my man into your baby daddy dispute.”
“I can get you a beer,” Nova offered.
“No,” I insisted, stepping in front of the fridge. “You’re a guest here. Stay away from our beer.”
“I’m sorry,” Nova replied, instantly thinking I was mad at her.
“Don’t bully my mama!” Lyric yelled at me.
Skylar demanded, “Yeah, where’s your baby?”
“In my womb.”
“What?” Lyric yelled, refusing to back down. “Be nice!”
“Yoube nice! You’re yelling at my baby.”
“You have no baby!” Skylar shouted, waving off my words as a big fat lie before walking away.
“Why are your daughters so feisty, yet you’re a big wuss?” I asked Nova.
“I’m not a wuss.”
“You should stand up to me.”
“Okay, then, I’m getting Zodiac a beer.”
“Because you want to steal him away from me?” I told Nova, whose eyes widened in horror. Once I gave her a playful wink, she simmered down while I continued to lie, “Well, you can have him. I’ve already stolen his seed for my own diabolical use. You can keep the rest of him.”
“Hey, kid,” Zodiac said to Sutter. “What do you think of the name Wilbur?”
“I like it. I chose it. We’re using it.”
I smiled at how effortlessly my sweet boy lied right to Zodiac’s fucking face.
“I’m calling him Megatron,” Zodiac said as he took the beer handed to him by Nova.
Ford told Pax, “I like it.”
“Why are your grandchildren all jacked up with strange names?” Pax asked, unable to help himself. “My grandbaby is named after a character from ‘Gunsmoke.’ I don’t even remember the movie Sutter got his name from.”
“But you’ve heard of the Transformers movies, haven’t you, dumb-shit?” Ford demanded. “Why would Lula name your granddaughter after an old western show?”
“That’s not—” Lula said before her dad threw up his hand to silence her.
