“Only part of it,” Hudson said.
“Well, if you have it, give it to me and I’ll see what I can come up with,” Zane offered.
“You’d do that?”
“Shit, Hudson, I’m sitting here half in shock that the two of you found a woman you both want and are this dead set on finding her. Didn’t anyone even ask where she was from?”
“She didn’t want to exchange information,” Hudson said then ran his hand through his hair. He was still kicking himself in the ass for not asking questions. If he had, she would be with them right now.
Two weeks had passed and still, neither he nor Jagger could get Tia Rose out of their head.
“Did you get her name at least?” Cash asked.
“Tia Rose.”
Emerson whistled. “That’s sweet.”
“I know,” Jagger said with eyebrows raised.
“You two really want to find this woman from Paris?” Emerson asked.
Hudson looked at Jagger. They had been talking nonstop about her for days now. It was starting to piss them off.
“Yes,” they both replied, and their friends chuckled.
“I love that simultaneous twin shit,” Stone remarked.
“We’ll help you. We’ll get started on it after the game. Come on and let’s enjoy our poker night,” Jett stated.
“Yeah, until these guys’ girlfriends call them on their curfew,” Flynn teased the others.
“You wish you had a woman like Chastity to go home to,” Riker replied as he dealt the cards out.
“Or a woman like Chiara. She’d mess your shit up, Flynn,” Zane added.
“I’d be careful what you say about Toni, Jett and Flynn. She won’t be special delivering any of those raspberry brownie bites you’ve both learned to love so much,” Stone added then smiled.
“Whatever,” Jett said.
Hudson had to laugh at the scowl on his and Flynn’s faces. Those two would never settle down. It would take one hell of a woman, and they were too blind to realize.
Hudson just hoped they could help them find Tia Rose. When they did, he and Jagger would make her see that what they had was real, and they were fortunate enough to meet in France to share the best weekend of all their lives.
* * * *
Jagger was standing in the study of their penthouse thinking about Tia Rose. He had never been infatuated with anything in his life, never mind a person. He came from a broken family. He and Hudson had to build their own lives and keep the negativity behind them. Their father left them as soon as he realized what having a family and a wife were all about. He wanted to party, to drink, and to do drugs, which ultimately killed him. Not having a father made times tough. But together he and Hudson survived.
Their mom was a single mom, who worked two jobs to help pay for their college education. She had struggled her entire life, until she met Richey and Daniel. Now they were living life on a yacht, currently somewhere in the Caribbean.
“Hey, what’s that smirk about?” Hudson asked, as he entered the room with Jett and Flynn.
Jagger straightened out and gave his firm, serious, and usual expression. Hudson squinted his eyes but Jett and Flynn couldn’t resist teasing.
“Thinking about your Tia Rose?” Jett asked.
Jagger shook his head, and then joined them by the couches.
“No, I was actually thinking about Mom, Rich, and Daniel. Wondering where they’re headed next.”