Page 6 of Candy Hearts
“I’d say, sis.”
William placed his book face down in his lap and openly stared at Benji. That was worse than the surreptitious staring, but it also heated Benji’s skin inexplicably. He should probably head upstairs to have this phone call, but he liked William’s eyes on him.
“I’m so, so sorry,” Sasha said. “I totally blanked and forgot to tell you the party was postponed. Then we got a shipment of beta tests in today, so the office was full of a possible new line of butt plugs. It was very distracting.”
“Yeah, a shipment of butt plugs is not a good enough excuse, Sasha.”
William jumped and knocked his book to the ground. Benji grinned. This was getting fun.
Sasha laughed. “I really am sorry. I’m the worst. You’re the best. I suck. You’re great. Do you forgive me?”
“Verdict’s still out. So what’s the plan? Can you come tonight?”
She hesitated. Never a great sign. “After William told us about the power outage, I told Perry’s sister that we’d be there for dinner tonight. I don’t want to bail on her. I have to impress the soon-to-be in-law.”
Benji rolled his eyes. “Perry’s sister loves you already.”
“When is the power coming back on?” she asked.
He asked William, “When will you have power again?”
“Is he sitting right there?” Sasha asked, surprised. “Did he hear you saybutt plugs?”
Benji ignored her.
“The electric company said it’d be back on by late morning tomorrow, but to call to verify,” William said. He picked his book up.
“Tomorrow morning,” Benji said to Sasha.
“We’ll get there tomorrow afternoon at the latest. I think that’s everyone else’s plan too. If you drove back home tonight, you could ride with us tomorrow. Or you could just stay until we get there. I’m sure William doesn’t mind.”
“He said I could stay.”
“You can.” William’s words echoed in the dark living room.
“See. Stay tonight and everyone else will be there tomorrow, and we’ll have so much fun,” Sasha said.
“Fine,” Benji said. “But you owe me.”
“Deal. I’ll bring you something cool.”
“Sweet.” Presents from Sasha were either incredibly thoughtful or raunchy as fuck.
“Is everything okay there with William?” Sasha dropped her voice to a whisper, as if someone else could hear her. “He’s super serious.”
She said that like “serious” was the worst kind of offense.
“Yeah, it’s fine.” Benji grinned sharply at William. “But he’s a total bore. He’s reading.”
“Well, I’ll be there tomorrow. Are you going to be warm enough? Do you have food?”
“I’ll be okay. Promise.” Benji loved both of his sisters, but being the baby of the family came with baggage. Especially in their family. That was what happened when your parents were a shit show. Your sisters took over. “Bring me my present tomorrow.”
He decided demanding presents was also part of being the baby of the family.
“Fine, you brat. See you tomorrow.” Sasha hung up on him.
“I’m a total bore, huh?” William said, an insanely hot smile on his face.
