“And they have you,” Archie said softly.
Dog and Arch looked across each other at the round, high bartable they were occupying and shared a moment.
She was again wedged up to him, her stool close, their hipsand thighs pressed together, and she was leaning against his side.
“Family is family, no matter how it came about,” Archie wenton, tossing a hand toward the table to indicate the men.“You boys know thatbetter than anybody.”
“Yeah,” Dog grunted.
Shy grinned at his bottle of beer.
Joker stared hard at Jag.
This was not Joke’s silent way of saying something aboutArchie, something Jag might not like.
Joker was intense.Joker’s backstory was worse than most.Joker didn’t have a family until he met Chaos and then made one of his own.
And Joker liked, even if Archie did have all of that, thatshe understood what Chaos meant.
“How impossible are you all going to make the task of mebuying lunch for you guys?”Archie asked.
That got Joker’s attention.
His heavy brows shifted tight over eyes that shot to Archieand he rumbled, “The fuck?”
Shy’s head had come up and he asked, “You crazy?”
And over all that, Dog said, “Next time,” which was a totallie as there’d be a next lunch or dinner, but Dog wouldn’t let Archie pay forit.
Jagger, sure.
Archie, never.
Archie turned to Jagger.“I see the patriarchy is strongwith this bunch.”
“Babe,” was all he said in reply.
She gave him a grin and reached out to nab her beer.
Lunch didn’t last much longer, and Jag rode back to workwith Archie tucked close, her arms around his middle, her chin on his shoulder.
And…
Yeah.
He again felt a foot taller, even sitting his bike.
Before she left, they made out in the forecourt next to hercar.
And she lowered the hammer she’d come there to lower anddidn’t get the chance to do it since his boys commandeered their time.
“Told Dad we finally hooked up, and he wants you over todinner.His choice, that dinner would take place yesterday.I renegotiatedthat.”
Fuck.
Okay.
Right.
