Page 46 of The Night Shift
The mental image makes me hard.
“But, of course, I wouldn’t expect you to know any of that,” Holly says, turning to face me as she finishes her rant. “I’m pretty sure if you google the word ‘misogynistic,’ your face shows up.”
“As long as they use a good picture.”
“Wait…call off the wedding?” April squeaks. “I-I thought it’s just bad luck. Like a bad hair day or a pimple.”
Holly frowns. “Please, have you met your fiancé? You could grow an extra head and that dipshit would still marry you. Twice.”
Don’t appreciate the unnecessary insult at my man, but she’s right. Parker would definitely marry April twice if he could. Every day for the rest of his life if he’s allowed. She’s his best friend. I’m a close second.
“You don’t know that,” April tells Holly.
“Of course, I do. I’m a doctor.”
“Yeah, not knowing doesn’t do well for our egos,” I intervene. “Although, she’s right to worry a little. It might be misogynistic, but it is tradition for a reason.”
“Can you fucking shut up?” Holly snaps.
“Make me.”
“Ohmygod,” April’s voice comes out meek. Oh dear. She looks like she’s about to cry. “I-I need to change.”
“April, you’re fine.”
She shakes her head repeatedly. “No, I need to change before Parker gets here.”
Right then, the apartment door swings open and in walks Hayden Parker, balancing a Taco Bell take-out bag in one hand and his two-year-old cat in the other.
“Yo, Carter, I think Dog scratched your backseat a little…” He looks up, his eyes instantly searching for April. “Oh my God.” The brown paper bag falls to the floor and so does Dog.
“Oh my God,” April parrots, eyes brimming with tears.
Dog pads over to me, the bells on his collar clinking together. I scoop him up into my lap and scratch the top of his white furry head, waiting for the show to begin.
“Chère, you look…fuck…” Parker starts walking toward April, but she holds out a hand.
“Don’t come any closer.”
“What?”
“And stop looking at me!”
“Why?”
“Turn around!”
He turns to me. “What’s going on?”
“Holly told her you want to call off the wedding.”
“What? I did no such thing!”
“Yes, you did!” April yells accusingly and Holly makes a low groaning sound.
“Come on, love. Lying is beneath you.”
“I will hurt you.”
