“Oh, hey, Sam,” Deacon says, unperturbed by his brother’s sudden intrusion like I am. “Do you know Remy?”
“I do know Remy from next door. What I want to know is why she’s here and why you’re practically naked in front of her.”
Deacon’s face loses its good natured appearance and turns into a hard, sculpted mask of distaste. “She’s here because I need a babysitter for Bailey and I’ve been around this girl since she was a kid and I know her mom. I’m not going to trust my child with some stranger I’ve never met. A glass of juice was spilled and now I’m about to put my shirt in the washer. So that’s why I am currently shirtless. Any more accusations you’d like to make?” he says, voice flat and curt.
It’s nice of him not to throw me under the bus by telling Sam I was the one who spilled the juice in the first place. What I would like to do is step on the wet carpet and really set that stain. Sam seems like the kind of guy who would cry over a stain.
Sam looks at me, then at Deacon and says, “Can I talk to you for a minute.”
Deacon breathes long and slow, then turns to me, his expression lightening, but I can still see the shadow of anger haunting his eyes. “Could you give us a minute, Remy?” he says.
to keep from saying something stupid to Sam.
asks me, his voice softer,
“I saw some in the laundry room.” I also saw some of Sam’s clothes in the laundry room as well as a muddy pair of
just being a dick because I don’t remember ever having an actual conversation with him, and it’s not like I’ve ever thrown a raging party at my house that would’ve pissed him off. I’m
there’s a vent above my head and I can still hear
on here?” Sam says. There’s no denying the
going on. It’s completely
that girl was
if it’s the most ridiculous thing he’s ever heard. “She
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