Bluff shook his head.“Exactly.He never would have if Rusty hadn’t come to y’all and run his mouth.”
“Rusty and his cousins were also at the zoning hearing though, Bluff.”
His head reared back.“Am I hearing you right?You’ve never liked that he’s got a thing for younger women.If he’d kept his dick in his pants, none of this shit would have gone down.”
I shrugged one shoulder.“I don’t know, man.He couldn’t know that at the time.”
Bluff pointed a finger at me.“Your woman wouldn’t be wound up in this.”
“Perhaps, but if it weren’t for her being cornered at gunpoint, I don’t think she’d even be my woman.”
“Bullshit.I saw the way you acted the first time she came in.You were going to find a way to get in there no matter what.”
I shook my head.“You didn’t see shit.”
He chuckled.“Right.Keep telling yourself that.”Staring off into the distance, he dragged his hand down his beard.“You pissed at Ivy?”
“Not any more.”
He sighed.“How the hell do you do that?Just let that shit go?Lex told me we’re gonna have problems if I don’t calm down, but I still can’t believe she joined in on this bullshit and left me a goddamn note to say so.”
I grinned.“I’m used to my sister and the shit she gets up to.Hell, I should have anticipated this and warned Ivy.”
In the distance, I heard the sound of a motorcycle engine.I turned to look at the main truck stop entrance and caught sight of Tundra following my sister’s Corolla swinging into the parking lot.
“About fucking time they got here,” Bluff muttered.
“Calm your shit, man.It’s not worth it to fight over what’s done,” I said.
“You’re right.I’m locking it down.”
Mickayla pulled into a space next to us.Tundra walked his bike into a space beside her and gave me and Bluff a chin lift.
Alexandra angled out of the car, holding a finger up at Bluff.“I’m hangry and have to pee.We’ll talk after I take care of that because it’s not a good combo.”
Ivy wandered over to me.
“Are you hangry?”I asked.
“No, but I thought I’d hit the restroom, too.”
I held a hand out toward the building.“Hurry up, Trouble.”
Her eyes darted toward Bluff and back to me.“I will, but don’t be mad at your sister.She meant well.”
“I know, and I’m not,” I said with a nod.
“Good.I’ll be right back.”
From behind me came the sound of a car window being rolled down and I looked over to my sister, who hadn’t turned off her car.“I’ll be on my way now because I’m not enduring another dressing-down from either of you.”
“If you got a dressing-down, maybe you deserved it,” Bluff said.
Her eyes narrowed on Bluff.“Or maybe I didn’t.Later, boys.”
She pulled away and Tundra followed her out to the traffic light.
“Why did he get involved in this?”Bluff asked.
