As soon as we walked out the back door, several heads popped up over the other side of the fence. They were like gossip bloodhounds instead of the ones that tracked for hunters. It was amazing, but we were going to have to teach them better manners.
Leander could work on that…I was just going to play with them a bit.
“Enzo.” Ha. I’d done it and I’d been quiet. “I think they have your backyard bugged. They found us too fast.”
Oh, one of the women blinked and ducked down.
Even Daddy noticed because he sighed. “We’ll search for it tomorrow.”
We might need to find them hobbies too.
But it was too easy to buy spy stuff online. Leander said I couldn’t have it without ending up on a watchlist where I’d have to go to HR again, but other people bought all kinds of fun gadgets. “We’ll figure it out.”
I was sounding so grown-up.
“At some point I’m going to figure out how much apologizing is enough, but until that point I’m just going to keep saying I’m sorry for all the ridiculousness.” Daddy sounded sorry but he glared at another head that popped up.
Oh, he was young.
And a guy.
That was different.
“I’m just going to say this once.” Leaning closer to Daddy, I covered my mouth and whispered. “Your whole family is really cute, but you’re the best, Daddy.”
He couldn’t decide if he wanted to laugh or glare at me but he knew he couldn’t do either. So he just gave me a pleasant grown-up nod and leaned close to me. “I’m going to find a good way of punishing you for that.”
No giggling.
No giggling.
“Only if you agree to buy bigger pants.” I winked as he huffed. “Thought so.”
Yep, they all knew they had nice penises.
Dicks.
Shoot.
Ugh.
I was a big boy.
No.
I was a grown-up.
A boring grown-up who was just a tiny bit interesting.
“Excited for us to arrive?” Daddy managed to sound slightly snarky as he raised one eyebrow. “I could’ve sworn I heard the doorbell earlier or maybe someone knocking?”
Both.
It’d been both.
“That was your mother.” The younger guy ignored the glares the ladies were shooting at him. “She said…she said she had a question?”
Yep, he wasn’t going to take the heat for their shenanigans.