“Now, I will suggest we sic your dad on him along with Ethan, Garrick, Carter, Dominik, Alec, and every member of his teams,” I growled.
“Whoa, who pissed you off?” Darla, Harlee’s mother, asked as she placed our food down on the table in front of us.
I snickered, “Men. Who else?”
She nodded, “Oh, the bane of our existence.”
I giggled, then I looked at Madalyn, reached over and placed my hand over hers, “I mean this from the very bottom of my soul, sweetheart. If you ever see that man again, point him out to me, because I can think of no better person to go to prison for.”
At my words, her eyes widened, and then they softened, “Do you know that I love you?”
Oh, be still my scarred heart.
“Only if you know that I love you too.”
She smiled widely.
Good.
We were good.
Then she sighed and looked at me, “Is everything okay?”
She bit her lip and hesitantly asked, “I need a favor.”
I nodded, “Anything.”
***
Half an hour later, I loaded her down with everything she needed. Tampons. Chocolate. Midol. A heating pad.
And I walked her through how to insert a tampon and what not to do.
***
Madalyn and I had just dropped her bags off at their house, she changed into a pair of jeans and an old sweatshirt of her brother’s, and then we headed to the football stadium.
After we paid, we headed to the concession stand and loaded ourselves up like we always did so we wouldn’t miss a single play.
We moved through the throng of people to find our seats.
Just as I heard, “Lila!”
I looked up and smiled.
Three entire rows were taken up by our group.
Frank, Misty, Carter, Harlee, Dominik, Talia, Alec, Cassie, Wolf, Dalton, Jekyll, Hyde, Everly, Ethan, Melanie, my mom, and Bax, Garrick, Tatum, and Bronson, along with the guys who work for Dominik and Garrick, as well as a few of the guys from Bronson’s gym.
We made our way up, and then I sat down beside Bronson after he pointed at me to sit beside him. Madalyn took the spot beside me.
“I need one of those shirts.” Harlee chuckled as she read it.
“Sorry, Ms. Harlee. But yours will have to say something else on the back. We’re hers.” Madalyn said.
And then I felt every pair of eyes on me, and I smiled, then I bumped my shoulder with hers.
Bronson leaned in front of me and looked at Madalyn, “Long as y’all are still mine, right?”
