Page 150 of Bone’s Choice

His eyebrows lifted. “Happy bees?”

“Apparently.”

“How the fuck do you know they’re happy?”

“I don’t. The guy was very convincing.”

He shook his head.

“And I found out Taco has a secret relationship with strawberry jam.”

Bone laughed.

I smiled. “He told you?”

“He didn’t have to.”

“He was so embarrassed.”

“He should be.”

“There is nothing wrong with jam,” I tried to defend him.

“That’s what he said.”

“Rowdy told us he goes every Saturday.”

Bone shook his head. “Fucking Taco.”

I let the smile linger for another second before getting back to what mattered. “My point is, I’m just going with things right now. I don’t need to know exactly what everything is.”

Bone’s amusement faded. “I don’t do relationships.”

I nodded. “Okay.”

His jaw tightened. “You gonna say anything else?”

“What do you want me to say?”

“I don’t know.”

I pushed away from the door.

“If you don’t do relationships, you don’t do relationships.”

“Hazel.”

“What?”

“Why the fuck are you making this so easy?”

I stared at him. “Would you rather I cry?”

He visibly cringed. “No.”

“Yell?”

“No.”