Page 71 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

He couldn’t argue that because he’d seen it too.

After he killed enough time, he texted Angel at eleven that he was heading to his parents’ house now. His mother had said she’d have snacks out whenever everyone showed up, but they were eating around two.

Angel texted back she’d be there at noon, that she was going to work out right now. They could have done that together, but he kept that comment to himself and replied he’d see her soon.

“You’re early,” his mother said.

“I was just sitting around,” he said. “I thought I could help you without my brothers getting on my case for sucking up to you.”

“I always enjoy the help,” his mother said.

“Put me to work,” he said, grinning.

“Gladly.” She put a bunch of vegetables in front of him with a knife. “You can cut these up.”

“You’re not worried I’m going to cut myself?” he asked. He remembered this conversation with Angel. It seemed everything made his mind go to her.

“If you do, then I didn’t teach you well,” his mother said, smirking.

“You taught me the best,” he said. “Where is Dad?”

“I think he’s in his office looking a few things over, but I told him he had to stop when people started to arrive.”

“He doesn’t consider me people,” he said.

“I do too,” his father said, coming into the room. “Just because you’re the single one doesn’t make a difference. How’s business going?”

His father had helped set up the practice for him, just like his father had some kind of stake in all the businesses his sons had and he did with his brothers.

They were close and shared it all.

Though his brothers didn’t have anything to do with his practice. That would have been silly.

“Busy,” he said. “And I don’t feel as if I’m drowning now that I’ve got another dentist. Wish I could have found someone years ago.”

“If you had then you wouldn’t have had a need for Angel,” his mother said. She was smirking at him and it made him nervous.

“What does that mean?”

“It means your mother is being nosy,” his father said.

“Not nosy. I see what I see.”

“What is it you see?” he asked. His mother hadn’t seen him and Angel together once since the first time he brought her here for dinner to introduce them.

“Your mother thinks Angel has a crush on you,” his father said. “I told her no one has a crush at that age.”

Coy laughed. What else was he going to do? He wasn’t going to admit they were dating without clearing it with her first. He didn’t need her walking into that.

“I’m not sure about that,” he said. “She’s known me for half her life.”

The minute those words were out of his mouth, he realized it was true.

They had known each other for half her life. Jesus.

It just made him more of an idiot to not see things.

He was seeing it all now though.

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