Hailey tilts her head back and says, “Ah, that’ll do it.”
“Did you get a new tattoo?” I point to the clear wrap on Hailey’s forearm, trying to change the subject.
She holds out her arm. “I sure did.”
“What did you get this time?” Riley asks.
“Whiskey and Butterscotch.” She gets on her knees and scoots over to us.
The tattoo shows two cats, but in a yin and yang symbol, curled into each other. The cutest thing I’ve seen.
“That’s so cute,” Riley squeals. “Have you had any hot clients lately?”
“There was one guy that came in. Totally my type.” Hailey wiggles her brows.
“Oh, so Beau?” I tease.
“Ew, gross.” Hailey grimaces.
I chuckle. “What? You two are a match made in heaven.”
Riley cackles. “More like hell.”
Hailey points to her sister in agreement.
All three of us jump when the buzzer rings in the apartment. It continues and doesn’t stop, just a consistent buzzing.
“Who the hell is that?” Hailey asks.
Riley gets up from the couch, looks at us, shrugs, and hits the buzzer.
“Are you seriously letting someone in that you aren’t expecting?” I ask.
“Ellie, we live in a very small town, not the city,” Riley replies.
“Why does everyone keep comparing things to the city?” I ask.
Hailey looks at me. “Becauseyoucompare it now.”
Someone opens the door, and we see Addie rushing in. She’s huffing and puffing like she’s about to blow this house down.
“Whoa.” Hailey looks up at Addie.
She turns to close the door and drops her backpack on the ground. Her dark brown hair whips around, and she goes to the kitchen to get a glass of water.
“My brother is an idiot.” She pours herself some water from a jug into a glass and chugs the whole thing before she sets it back down.
We stare at her and then at each other, then back to her. Unless Rowan told her how the other night went, I don’t know what else he could have done to Addie for her to call him an idiot.
She sits down on the other side of the coffee table and sets her phone down in front of her. “Ellie, I amsosorry. I just found out what happened when James told me at work. I had to drag Rowan to the office and scold him.”
I look at Addie with wide eyes. “I didn’t tell them what happened.” I gesture to Riley and Hailey while I lay back on the couch and cross my arms.
“I’m scared to ask what happened now. Do I want to know?” Riley asks before looking back at Addie.
Addie looks at me for confirmation to continue. I wave a hand at her.
Addie lets out a breath and says, “From what my brother told me, it was great. He made a reservation, asked for a special menu, bought you a bouquet of flowers, and had wine waiting for you two, the whole nine yards. He then tells me that you went back to his place?—”
