“Fuck off.”
“You first.”
“You’re just jealous that I had a steady supply of pussy at his age.” Beck nodded Hudson’s way.
“I have living proof that I was getting busy at that age.” Seth pointed at Hudson. “You only got laid because Gloria kept you dick-deep in hookers.”
“Guys!” Heavenly protested. “If you don’t dial it down, Hudson will need therapy before dinner is over.”
“Nah, I’m good,” Hudson swore, never taking his bulging eyes off Beck. “Hookers? Seriously? And who’s Gloria?”
“My ex-wife.”
“She hooked you up with…?”
“Prostitutes? Yep. She’s a madame in Vegas. She ‘adopted’ me when I was sixteen. Well, actually we got married, but same difference.”
Hudson’s expression turned downright disbelieving. “You’re making that shit up!”
“He’s not,” Seth promised. “But…maybe you shouldn’t mention that to your mom just yet.”
“Or the fact you’re in a threesome?” Hudson raised a brow.
Seth winced. “Yeah. Don’t mention that yet, either.”
“Probably wise.” Heavenly laughed.
“So…I heard you tell my mom that he’s a doctor,” Hudson said.
“A vascular surgeon,” Beck verified.
“How the hell did you go from running away to banging hookers to getting an MD?”
Beck flashed him a devilish grin. “Private school.”
They all laughed again before Hudson shook his head, eyes narrowed. “That’s not bullshit?”
“No. But it was a lifetime ago. Now I devote my life to patching up patients. That makes me happy. So does being here with Heavenly and your dad.”
“Damn… So how did you three actually meet?” Hudson looked curious. “I mean, your whole situation seems…complicated.”
“It is, but less now than it used to be,” Heavenly replied. “I met them at the hospital where I volunteer. On my first day, I’d been walking in circles for fifteen minutes, and Beck helped me. He offered to be my friend.”
Hudson scoffed. “You believed him? Didn’t you know that’s code for ‘I want to get in your panties?’”
Clearly, the kid was less naive than she’d been.
She sent him a self-deprecating smile. “I know that now… And Seth was with friends in the ER waiting room.”
“Why didn’t you just pick one over the other? I mean, I’ll bet the sex is off the chain, but?—”
“That’s not why. I tried to choose, but you wouldn’t believe the lengths they each went to win my heart.”
“And get in your panties,” Beck drawled.
Seth grinned. “That, too.”
She slapped each of them on the shoulder. “Behave!”
