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Arky pauses at the threshold, waiting for a treat and for me to say my usual goodbye.
I keep walking, then pat the side of my leg.“Come on, boy.Let’s get out of here.”
He lets out a joyful bark and races me to the truck.
13
Troy
Dani comes into the living room and stretches out on the couch next to me, her feet kissing my thigh.“I’m bored.What’s Edmund doing, again?Why would he go to his family’s house without you?”
“He told you—he wanted to talk to them.”
“About what?”She nudges me with her foot.“Don’t pretend you don’t know—he would’ve told you.He tells you everything.”
“Not everything.”But without him saying a word, I know what he’s doing.
Her gray eyes narrow and her eyebrows pull together.“What aren’t you guys telling me?”
Deflect, deflect, deflect.She’ll be nervous if she knows Edmund went to negotiate his exit from the family business.
I set down my phone.The San Esteban Surf Rats replay can wait.Turning my full focus to Dani, I say, “What aren’tyoutellingus?”
“What?”She sits up, pulling her feet away from my lap.“What do you mean?Nothing, I tell you guys everything.”
“Do you?”
“Yes, absolutely.”
“If you’re lying to me, there’ll be consequences.And you probably won’t like them.”
She scoffs.“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Your sore ass is on the line.”
“You’re bluffing.”
I raise my pitch in a terrible imitation of her voice, mimicking what she said to Wallace at the party.“I do worry, though.Their jobs are dangerous.”
“That was a private conversation.”She thumps her fist on the couch cushion in outrage.
“Yet it has to do with Edmund and me, and you didn’t say anything to us.”I stand up and make a twirling motion with my finger.“On your knees, hands over the back of the couch.”
“No, that doesn’t count?—”
“If you don’t get yourself up there, I’ll do it—and then everything will hurt a fuck-ton more, baby girl.”
For a second, she looks like she’s going to make a break for it.Then she sighs and gets up on her knees like I told her.
Her shorts are easy to pull down.She’s wearing a thong underneath them, and I decide to leave that on.Her ass is really fucking sexy in the thong.I take a moment to appreciate the sight of her arranged like this.
She looks over her shoulder at me.“Well?Are you going to spank me, or what?”
Sassy little brat.“Maybe I should fuck your ass instead of spanking it.”
“No—no way.You’re way too big, Troy.”
“Maybe.”I grin.It’s a tempting thought, but I’d never hurt her like that.“But if you behave, you won’t have to find out.”
