Page 47 of Dear, Carson McDermott
The expression on her face let me know that what I said didn’t go unheard. If anything, she enjoyed hearing it. I wasn’t saying that we were jumping right back into whatever this was, but I was an honest person and I could never hide what I truly wanted to say unless I was being a dirtbag. Just as she was about to say something, Beau walked into the kitchen.
“And who do we have here?” He said as he removed his hood from his head.
Katerina turned to the voice making sure her shirt was down.
“Are you Bubba’s brother, Beau?” She asked.
He smiled flashing all his white teeth.
I rolled my eyes,
“Yes, ma’am.”
Even though Beau was my little brother, he was taller than me. Standing at six feet and six inches, he attracted a lot of attention. People sometimes thought we were twins because we both were the spitting image of dad. The only difference was that while I had all that curly hair, he was bald. It was more by choice than anything else.
A lot of times, others thought he was my older brother. I was lean still built more like a quarterback while he was a bit wider, with more muscle resembling a rugby player.
Katerina opened her arms wide and walked up to Beau hugging him. His eyes widened as he looked from her to me. I shrugged internally laughing at him because he hated hugs. That didn’t surprise me as much as it did when Beau hugged her right back.
“It’s nice to meet you,” Katerina said.
“It’s really nice to meet you too,” Beau replied.
“Oh, is it?”
I didn’t even have to look in the doorway to know that it was none other than my brother’s ex-wife, Cross. Beau rolled his eyes so hard; you would think they were going to stay that way. When he let go of Katerina he turned towards the doorway,
“Ma’am,” he said to her.
Cross sneered. He knew she hated it when he called her that. I shook my head.
“Kat, meet the crazy lady that swears I’m takin’ her on a date, Cross.”
Cross’s facial expression changed. If anything, it brightened up. She was now smiling,
“this is the wife? My sister-in-law?” She asked.
Before I could answer, Katerina spoke,
“Yep,” she walked over to Cross looking up at her, “Hi, I’m Katerina but you can call me Kat or Kitty.”
“I’m Lisette Cross McDermott. You’re so tiny and cute, I could just put you in my pocket. Ain’t she just so precious?” Cross asked as she looked up at me.
I shook my head,
“She’s not a fuckin’ puppy. She’s my wife.”
Cross scoffed as she put her arm around Katerina’s neck,
“is this big man scaring you?” She teased.
Katerina laughed and it brought joy to my heart.
“I can take him. Just one punch in the balls will have him to his knees,” she looked at me and winked.
I snickered, daring her with a piercing look.
Cross threw her head back, laughing hard which caused Beau’s face to transform. He had an expression that I always had displayed on my face whenever I was mesmerized by something Katerina did. The poor bastard, he was suffering in silence.
