Page 4 of Legacy of Smoke
She shook her head. “Nope.” Quickly she turned around so I wouldn’t see her swipe at her eyes.
“Hey, wow. Is that guy naked?” Lily leaned to peer out the window.
I would not look, I would not…
“Holy shit, he’s bending over. Fuck me, that ass is worthy of framing.” She held her hands up, fingers and thumbs squared off to gawk.
“Lily!”
She sighed and turned from the window. “When are you going to give into the dark side and fuck someone?”
I covered my ears. “You’re not old enough to talk like that.”
“Bullshit. I turned eighteen last month. Legal in every US state. And you’re what? Eighty?”
“Lily!”
She stuck out her tongue. “Got ya!” She pulled a twenty from her hand out and handed it back. “Ask that new beefcake out there to lunch. On me.”
That wasmymoney. I pushed it back. “That wouldn’t be appropriate, I work here.” Besides, I heard her call dibs.
“God, you’re such a stickler for the rules. It’s hard to believe we’re related. If you won’t ask him, I’ll ask him myself.”
“Ask who?” For an obscenely tall person, Sprout moved like a ninja.
“That beefcake out there. The one Poppy’s been staring at through the window for the last ten minutes.”
Sprout snorted. “I saw your nose plastered against the glass, so I call bullshit. Don’t you have a job or something?”
“Fucking work. When are you going to tell Wolf to hire me at the strip club? I’m eighteen.”
“That would be when your dadsaysyou can. Which will be…hum… never. Better haul your butt out of here and leave my men alone. Pinner will kick my ass if you get knocked up by a biker. Then Poppy’ll finish the job.”
“FYI, I have an IUD. I can’t get knocked up.”
“Thank God,” I muttered.
“What was that?” Lily glared around Sprout.
“Gah…Both of you stop! This is a construction site.” Sprout covered his ears. “La la la… not listening to chick talk.”
I winked at Lily. She nodded back.
“Taylor Swift…” I said.
“Tampons…” Lily added.
“Menopause…”
“Aaaack!” Sprout exited the office as if the hounds of hell were on his ass.
“High five.” Lily held her hand up, and I slapped it.
“Sisters forever,” I replied.
“Hell yeah. Forever. Nothing’s going to tear us apart,” Lily vowed.
Not if I could help it.
