John’s deep chuckle made me smile. “You’re such an asshole.”
“Dare loves me. Right buddy?” I asked through the door.
“Not so much right now. What the fuck do you want?”
I laughed. “I don’t want anything, but your brother has been blowing up my phone trying to get in touch with you. You might want to call him.”
“Did he say what he wanted?”
I nodded, even though he couldn’t see me. “He said it was something about a business proposal.”
“Yeah, okay,” Dare replied. “I’ll call him tomorrow.”
“Okay. We’re heading to get some dinner. You two want to join us?”
“No,” he called out. “We’re going home. Next time.”
“Alright. We’ll talk tomorrow. Later Greer.”
“Goodnight, gentlemen,” he replied.
As we walked toward the door, I glanced over at John. He wasn’t shiny anymore, but it still made me laugh.
“That was fun.”
He eyed me before he slung his arm over my shoulder. “You just remember what I said.”
I grinned. “Yes, sir, Commander, sir!”
CHAPTER 11
JOHN
The next morning,Brent and I drove to PDX to catch a flight to San Francisco after his early morning meeting. As he drove, a sports radio talk show host went on about the losses in personnel the Pirates had endured, along with the potential retirement of Alex Hayes.
“Are you a Pirates fan?”
Brent smiled over at me, his aviators making him look hot as fuck. “I wasn’t until I got here. We work for Greer sometimes, and now that he and Austin and married, I bet we do it more.”
I looked out the window. “I’m a SunRays fan.”
“Better not tell the boss that.”
I huffed. “My daughter works for them. In social media.”
He was quiet for a long moment. “I didn’t know you were a dad.”
“Surprising, I know. Her mother and I never married. She didn’t want the military life.”
“How old is she?”
“Twenty-four going on thirty.”
I watched Brent smile out of the corner of my eye.
“What does that mean?”
I chuckled, thinking about her advice. “She knows what’s best for her and me. She’s my best friend.”
