Page 24 of An Unexpected Home

“Said that pretty quickly there, bro.”

“I’ve only known her for two days.” He wasn’t about to tell his brother that she’d asked for sex and he’d turned her down in those two days.

“That’s not something that has stopped you in the past.”

Brandon took another long sip of his beer. His brother was right, but what could he say that wouldn’t make him sound like a complete sap.

In the end he went with, “She’s different.”

Logan nodded. “Is she aware that you are alive or is this just a one-sided crush?”

“It’s not a crush,” he said defiantly, “and yes she knows I’m alive. I had dinner there tonight.” Sure technically, Carly had invited him to dinner and both she and Melanie were there, but Logan didn’t need to know that.

“I’d say be careful but you are more careful than anyone I know.”

“You’ll like her,” was all he said.

“Did you see Mel and Carly tonight too.” Dammit, Logan was too smart for his own good.

“Yeah,” he said and Logan gave him a sly smile. “Carly made meatloaf and mom’s rolls.

“Ahh man.” Brandon saw Logan’s eyes glass over. He knew that their mom’s rolls were one of Logan’s favorites.

“If you would have told us you were back in town, I’m sure she would have invited you to dinner too.” Logan was notorious for just leaving town and not telling anyone and then never having an exact return date.

“You know I don’t know until the last minute.”

“But you know before you board the plane,” he said, sounding a little more angry than he meant.

“Dude, are you mad at me for not calling or something?”

“Fuck,” he swore. “No, I'm just frustrated and not with you. With everything.”

“Maybe you need to go talk your lady into bed so that you can stop taking your frustrations out on innocent bystanders.”

“She’s not my lady,” was all he said.

Logan raised his eyebrows and smirked. “Perhaps, you should do something about that. You could always arrest her.”

Brandon laughed. If Logan only knew that he’d already conjured an image in his head of Leah in handcuffs, strapped to his bed.

Yeah, maybe he did need to do something about it.

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