“Life is good, and you?” she replied hesitantly. What the hell were these two getting at?
* * * *
Jett was trying his hardest to figure out how to ask her about the guy from tonight. Murph initially wasn’t too keen on giving up any information, but it seemed that Adelina just recently met the guy. Kind of soon for him to show up at her work place and then hold her the way he was.
“About the Tess situation,” Flynn said, and then licked his lower lip as he stared at her deeply.
“He appreciates the fact that you were looking out for him, but we are grown men. We can handle things.”
“Speaking of looking out for one another, who was the guy that visited before?” Flynn interjected and Jett didn’t think it was a smooth way to handle the questioning at all. It seemed that Flynn was just as anxious to know.
Her eyes widened in shock as she stared at Flynn and then Jett.
“What guy?” she asked.
“The one from earlier? The one who showed up while we were handling the Tess situation,” Jett said.
She opened her mouth to speak and then thought better of it. She leaned back into her chair and stared at Flynn and then Jett.
“I don’t believe this.”
“You don’t believe what?” Flynn asked, and Jett had that instant feeling that Flynn’s direct question sent the wrong message.
“This is what this is all about?” she asked, motioning with her hand at the wine glasses.
“We care about you. You’ve never brought a guy around here,” Jett stated, and just saying the words made him angry, jealous, and sick to his stomach. He never felt like this before.
“I didn’t bring a guy around here. He showed up. But as you said earlier, the same goes for me. I’m a big girl and I can handle things on my own.”
“Who is he?” Flynn asked as he leaned forward and gave her the stare down. She swallowed hard. Despite her ability to try and remain calm, his brother was intimidating her. Jett cleared his throat.
“Listen, we were just surprised that’s all. We didn’t know that you were seeing anyone. You don’t really share your personal life.”
“That’s because neither of you have ever asked. Not once. Just general ‘How are you?’ and ‘Thank you for taking care of this.’”
Jett looked at Flynn and now Flynn was biting his cheek.
“Well, is he treating you right? Does he have a job, is he from around here?”
“Whoa. What’s with all the questions? I don’t ask about all your lovers.”
“You’re sleeping with him?” Flynn asked, and then stood up from the table. Adelina slowly got up and so did Jett.
“I have no idea what the hell is wrong with the two of you right now. You don’t care about my personal life and never have. And then now, when some guy shows up interested in me and wanting to date me, you both start caring?”
Flynn took her hand and brought it to his chest. “Baby, we’ve always cared about you.”
She yanked her hand from his hold and stepped back. Her face was flushed, her temper flared. Jett could tell she was about to explode.
“How dare you? You two need help. Stay out of my business and I’ll stay out of yours.” She turned around and stomped off.
“Well, that didn’t go very well.”
“Why did you push so much? We just wanted to find out if the relationship was serious. We have to respect her wishes and stay clear.”
“Fuck that, Jett. We know what we want. Are you willing to let that suave asshole who showed up, sweep her off her feet and take her from us, right underneath our noses?”
“Excuse me, boss, I got Cash on line one for you. He says it’s important.”