Page 92 of Someone You Deserve

Willow tosses her head back in laughter. “Oh my God! I can’t wait to go home and tell Dallas about that.”

Hazel simply shrugs, a pleased grin on her lips. “He deserved it.”

“Seriously?”

Her happy gaze turns into a glare aimed right in my direction. “Um, yes…he did. You have no idea what it was like growing up with three brothers, Astrid.” She has a point. “Hell, even now they make my dating life a living hell.”

“You have a dating life?” I ask, teasing her.

“Ha-ha. But honestly, Penn can handle it. He’s a big boy. Plus, it’s just so fun to remind my brothers that I have a sex life.” She giggles. “It makes them crazy.”

I nod in agreement. “I’ve done that a time or two to Grady as well, but I’ve never flung a dildo at his head.”

“You should try it. It felt really good.”

“I’m just impressed that you hit him square between the eyes,” Willow interjects.

Hazel blows on her fingers and rubs them on her arm. “What can I say, girls? I know my way around a dildo.”

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“Well, good morning,” my mother greets me as I walk through the front door of her house. It’s the morning after the passion party and I stayed up way too late playing dildo ring toss and drinking vodka and cranberry juice.

The next time I see Hazel, I might just chuck a dildo atherforehead.

“Did you have a nice time?”

“It was…an experience,” I say, following her deeper into the house.

“Mommy!” Lilly exclaims, jumping up from the couch and running over to me. “I missed you, but Grandma made us waffles with strawberries and whipped cream for breakfast and we stayed up late watching movies!”

“Well, Grandma sounds like a lot more fun than your mom, huh?”

She looks up at me, her arms curled around my waist. “You’re still fun, Mommy.”

I huff out a laugh. “Good to know.” When I pop my head up, I see Bentley exiting the kitchen with a glass of orange juice in his hands. “Good morning, Bentley.”

“Hey, Mom.” He comes over to me, lets me pull him into a hug, and then moves away from me again just as fast.

“Why don’t you two go gather your things while I talk to your mom for a minute?” my mother suggests. My kids head down the hall, and as soon as they’re out of sight, she turns her gaze back on me.

And here it comes.

“Is there something you want to tell me, Astrid June?”

I bite my bottom lip. “That depends. What do you know?”

“I know that Katherine called me Friday, asking if I was free this coming weekend to help with Bentley and Lilly.”

“Did she say why?”

“Yes, but I’d rather hear it from you.”

Sighing, I close my eyes and say, “Penn and I are going away together.”

“Because…” she draws out, enjoying dragging this out longer than necessary.

“Because we’re seeing each other.”

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