“You’d kill me? You’re not like that, James.”
“You don’t know me, Dane. I know what I need to do to get jobs done. You won’t be the first fucker I’ve buried in a grave, and I doubt you’d be the last. Test me and see.”
He didn’t want to test his Prez.
There was Ryan.
His babies.
He’d been out of their lives for so long that they struggled to be near him.
The one thing he wanted back was his kids.
“I want to stay.”
“Then pick your game up.” James held the knife up to the light. “I’ll be keeping this, Dane. Don’t for a second think I’m afraid to use it.”
****
“That was more drama than I could stand tonight,” Leo said, clinking his beer with Paul’s.
“Stacey’s a problem. She thinks we’ve got a thing for her. I’ve got to ask, do you?” Paul asked.
Leo shook his head. “I’ve not had a thing for her ever since she tried to fool us. I’m pleased she showed her true colors before our feelings for her grew. No, I don’t have a thing for her, and I’ve not for a while. We both want the same thing, don’t we? A family.”
Paul nodded. “Yes, I want a family, and for a second I did think it could be possible. Then she behaved the way she did. I was fooled, and I think that is what bugged me the most. I didn’t see it until the last minute, but that’s my problem.”
Leo couldn’t agree more. “So we’re on the same page. Neither of us want Stacey, nor do we love her.”
“Nope. She’s a first-class bitch.” Paul took a long sip of his drink. “I love a good cat fight and all, but I wanted to see Teri and Cora go all super power on her.”
Leo burst out laughing. He couldn’t blame Paul. “The way she had looked at Skylar, if she had been a guy I’d have fucked her up.”
“Yeah, me too,” Paul said. “So I guess we should talk about our feelings for a certain sister.”
“Teri scares the shit out of me.”
Paul laughed. “I don’t mean her. I mean her sister.”
“I know who you mean.” Leo sat beside his friend and stared up at the clubhouse. The light in Skylar’s room was on, and he wondered what she was doing. Probably reading one of those romances she had gotten from the library. “I want her, Paul. I enjoy being with her. She’s so sweet and charming.”
“She smells like coconut, and I just want to pour chocolate sauce over her, and lick her body.”
“You two are horny bastards, you know that right?” Teri said, moving away from a darkened corner. She was sucking on a lollipop and smiling. “So you two douchebags have finally seen that my sister is worth your time.”
There was something in her smile. Leo didn’t know exactly what it was.
“You invited her here,” Paul said.
“Correct,” Teri said. “And I wonder why I did that.”
“Are you playing matchmaker?” Leo asked.
“I know my sister is a damn good woman. She’s been hurt a lot in the past, and I’ve not liked any of the men who she’s been with. They haven’t deserved her. I’m hoping you two could be different.”
Leo took a sip of his beer as Teri approached. “I want to help you. Do you like Skylar?”
“Yes, we do,” Paul said, answering first.