Page 179 of A Matter of Time

“Yes,” I said excitedly.

“Why?”

“Why what?”

“Why did a guy you met last night let you set him up on a blind date?”

I lowered the binoculars and glared at him. “Why is that important? The thrill of this moment is that I am the love god.”

“Is that right?” He smirked at me.

“Are you kidding?” I mumbled, raising the binoculars. “I’m Cupid, man.”

“Okay, Cupid,” he said drolly. “What’s going on with your ankle?”

“Oh, I screwed it up playing racquetball with Dane. I gotta explain to him that he needs to pick on someone his own size from now on.”

“I see. May I ask another question?”

“Can I stop you?”

“Dane is what to you now?”

“I don’t know what you mean.”

“Well, I’m curious, because he used to be called boss and now he’s Dane. Explain that to me.”

“Dane is my brother now.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. He likes running my life.”

“I’ll bet,” he said before sighing deeply. “He’s a good guy.”

“He’s the best guy,” I agreed, putting the binoculars down while I crossed through the crowd back to the other side of the pier. I couldn’t see them, so when I saw a bucket that was turned over behind a cotton candy stall, I got up on top of it. I was just in time to see them stop for ice cream; Kai had just wiped some of it off Nick’s nose. It was too cute.

“You’re gonna fall off that and actually break your ankle, idiot.”

I groaned. He was so annoying.

“Seriously, why does a guy you just met let you set him up on a date with somebody else?”

“Because he’s a keen judge of character and he could tell right off that I had the gift.”

“Bullshit.”

I shrugged. “Believe what you want.”

“Tell me.”

“I just did.”

“Tell me the truth.”

“Fine,” I said with a shrug. “I told him if he had a bad time, he could have me.”

“I’m sorry?”