Page 26 of Alice & Meg

“Well, hell,” I laughed. I grabbed the other half of the loaf and ripped a chunk off. “If she’s not waiting, neither am I.” I popped it in my mouth, and a moan dropped from my lips. “Sweet Jesus.” I didn’t know how the bread didn’t taste like smoke, either. It was downright delicious.

Nikki and Lennox split the other loaf, and the table was a chorus of delicious moans and groans.

“They couldn’t even wait for us to try the damn bread.” Wrecker set a plate full of pizza in front of me. “We managed to talk the hotel manager into not kicking us out, and you can’t even wait to share the banana bread with us.” He sat down next to me and grabbed the banana bread out of my hand. “Does it taste as good as it smells?” he asked.

Nikki moaned and sighed. “Even better.”

Wrecker took a bite, and he dropped his chin to his chest. “God damn,” he groaned.

“They tried it?” King asked as he sat down next to Meg.

Meg laughed and grabbed a piece of pizza off the plate he had set down. “It sure isn’t the pizza making them moan,” she laughed.

King leaned into her and pressed a kiss to her cheek. “You’ve still got it, babe.”

Snapper and Pipe sat down, and each grabbed the banana bread from Lennox and Nikki.

“So?” I asked.

“So, what?” Pipe countered.

Wrecker wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. “She wants to know if almost burning down the hotel was worth it for the banana bread.”

Nikki and Lennox exchanged a look.

“I mean…” Nikki trailed off.

“For the record,” Meg interrupted. “It was just smoke and no flame. No one ever saw a flame.”

King chuckled and shook his head. “All smoke and no flame.”

“All arrest but no charges,” Wrecker chuckled.

“The life of an ol’ lady,” Snapper smirked.

“I think you guys just named your memoir,” Pipe sighed. He put his arm around Nikki’s shoulders. “God knows you guys should write down all the craziness from the past twenty–.”

Nikki plastered her hand on Pipe’s mouth to silence him. “Don’t you know you never mention a woman’s age?”

“Uh, I’m pretty sure you guys are past twenty,” Snapper laughed.

“Yeah, but if he says how long we’ve been ol’ ladies, then people can do the math. I don’t like how the math maths.” Nikki pointed at Snapper. “No mathing when it comes to how old we are or how long we’ve been ol’ ladies. That is a number only god knows from now on.”

Snapper held up his hands. “Okay, okay,” he laughed. “No mathing coming from me.”

“Smart boy,” Lennox laughed.

“I’ll give you boy,” he muttered. He grabbed her around the neck and laid a hot, searing kiss on her lips.

Meg clapped her hands happily. “I smell another grandbaby on the way.”

“Jesus,” King muttered. “Can we not talk about this when I’m trying to enjoy your banana bread?”

Meg shrugged. “I mean, sure, but I don’t think that is going to stop my next grandbaby from being made tonight.”

“Mom,” Snapper called. “Could we not do this? Save the crazy for another night?”

“Maybe we don’t need to save it for another night,” Lennox sighed.

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