“What happened?” I ask them.
“New client,” Wyatt mutters. “Having a hard time with riding lessons.”
Remy pulls the old fence post that’s been mangled out of the ground, and I help him heave it to the side.
“I’m surprised you’re out here,” I say to my brother. He glances at me.
“Just wanted some fresh air,” Remy says.
“And to help your brother,” Wyatt reminds him with an annoyed look.
“Sure,” he says, and I laugh.
“How’s Gwen?” Kai asks with a knowing grin, and I frown.
“Monty’s Gwen?” I ask when I realize where I’ve heard that name before.
“No, Remy’s Gwen,” Kai says.
“She’s not mine,” Remy tells us.
“But you want her to be,” Kai points out, and Remy just glares at him as Wyatt starts to nail in the first piece of wood.
“Is that why you’re hiding out here?” I ask Remy, and he rolls his eyes.
“I’m not hiding,” he insists.
“Is that Gwen?” I ask him, pointing over his shoulder. He drops the post so fast that it startles all of us.
Kai is cracking up, and Wyatt is looking at us like we’re all idiots. Remy just glares at me.
“Very funny.”
My brothers and I are always teasing each other but this has to be the first time that it’s been about a girl.
Remington is the oldest and is a bit of a recluse after he was injured in a bull riding competition a few years back. He tends to stick to himself and be pretty literal.
Second oldest is Wyatt. He’s not quite the stick in the mud that Remy is but he’s pretty close. He’s the one who takes horses the most seriously and he has his own Dude Ranch that he runs on his part of the farm.
Kai is next and he’s probably the biggest prankster and shit stirrer of the four of us. He’s always cracking jokes and trying to lighten the mood. Let him be outside and he’s pretty happy.
I’m the baby and definitely the most easy going of the four of us.
“How’s your girl?” Kai asks, and I smile.
“Good. We’re going out on a date tonight,” I tell them.
“Yeah? How’d you pull that off?” Wyatt asks.
They all know that Monty is the one for me and about the bet. They also have side bets on if I’m going to be able to win my bet with her but I’d prefer not to think about that.
“I just asked her if she wanted to go out for dinner,” I tell them.
“Oh, so you didn’t mention that it was a date. Yeah, now I see how you pulled it off,” Kai says, and I roll my eyes.
“It will be fine.”
Remy looks at me like he doubts that, and I grin at him.