“For what?”
His thumbs nervously tap together. “This…club?”
“Again, why did that end in a question?”
“I don’t know that that’s the right word.”
“Why would it be the wrong one?”
“’Cause it’s the type that…ya know…ya only know about when you’re like…in it.”
Exasperation can’t be kept out of my voice, “Bronny, did you join a fuckin’ fight club?!”
“Worse,” whispers Dubs near my ear, prompting my brows to pull tightly together.
“What do you mean worse?” The frustration instantly deepens. “What the fuck is worse than a fight club? A porn club?!”
“It’s not really a club,” he weakly defends. “More like a frat.”
“Don’t shit on the good name of frats,” Dubs grumbles during his grabbing of a brewskie. “While they do some sussy shit – especially to fresh meat – they’re ultimately rooted in honor and tradition and values.” He repositions himself beside me, momentarily collecting my gaze. “This bullshit was jus’ that.Bullshit.”
My glare cuts back to my brother. “What did you do?”
“I had to…break intoto this guy’s backyard-”
“Bronson!”
“-and then letthemin.”
“What. The. Fuck. Bud?!”
“It wasn’t supposed to be a big deal!” He instantly shouts in return. “He wasn’t even supposed to be home!”
“Whistle on the fuckin’ play, kid!”
“I’m not a kid!”
“You’re not a fuckin’ adult either!” His mouth twitches to respond prompting me to snarl, “Which you should bereal fuckin’ grateful for‘cause breakin’ and enterin’ is a crime!”
“I didn’t steal nothin’!”
“Still a crime, Bronson!”
“Stop yellin’ at me!”
“You stop yellin’ at me!”
All of a sudden, my phone begins vibrating on the counter space beside him, Grams’ drunk photo from Christmas on full display.
Bronny immediately makes a play for it only to be several seconds too late.
I’ve got some of the fastest reflexes in the NHL.
Ain’t no way I’mma be outdone by a bender whose balls just dropped last summer.
The swift swiping of the answer key barely precedes her hollering on speaker, “You got any idea how much it cost to fix that kinda fence?!”
Bronny’s head immediately falls backwards in further annoyance.
