Page 6 of Too Enchanting

“Going stark-raving mad. If this baby doesn’t come soon, I’m afraid she’s going to murder me in my sleep.”

I chuckled at his response.

“Always so dramatic, Rear.”

“No, I’m serious, the woman is tired of being held captive by our California King, not that I blame her. I’d have lost it weeks ago.”

We went through the house so I could lock up, and when we went out the front door, I was surprised to see my nosy neighbor standing on the porch, fist raised to knock.

Before I could ask what he was doing there, Reardon grinned and said, “Perfect timing, we’re all ready.”

Jed and I looked at each other, confused at first, then we both grimaced when we realized Reardon had invited both of us to the bar.

I locked the door, then turned to see Reardon looking between Jed and me, a look of confusion spread across his handsome face. Not wanting him to think there was a problem, I plastered on my best smile and hooked my arms through both of the men’s arms.

“Let’s do this,” I said cheerfully.

Thankfully, Jed went along. He didn’t smile or pretend to be excited about the fact that I was joining them, but he left my arm where it was and walked down the steps next to me. So, that was something.

I supposed he could have pushed me off and told Reardon I was a jerk.

When we got down to the sidewalk, I looked at the street, then turned my head to look both ways.

“Um, what are we driving?” I asked.

“That,” Reardon said, pointing to the minivan that was currently parked in front of my house.

“Whose car is that?” I asked, with a laugh.

“Mine,” Reardon replied excitedly. “It has tons of room for the baby, Chris, and his football buddies. Plus, there’s a TV in the back, so we can watch movies. It’s great.”

“Oh, how the mighty have fallen,” I joked, but opened the door to get inside.

“Oh, stuff it,” Reardon said with a huff, and I knew I wasn’t the first Lewis cousin to give him shit over his new vehicle.

“Well, I think it’s great,” Jed said as he got in the back. “How do you work this TV?”

I rolled my eyes, but kept my face forward as Reardon happily showed Jed how to get the TV going.

Then, with the theme song of Star Wars playing on the TV, we were on our way to the family bar.

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