Page 85 of Next in Line
Lynsey’s eyes fill with grateful tears as Kate turns to look at me. “Your car is here, right Meg? You good to get home?”
“I’m good,” I confirm and nod at the paramedic so he can continue through the doors. “Get well soon, Lynsey!”
As they head into the hospital, I hear Kate say, “Oh my god, we are so requesting Dr. Dick!”
And with that, Kate will probably have loads of hot doctor, clumsy girl book ideas floating around in her mind and can hopefully let go of the brother’s best friend narrative.
Thank goodness for small favors.
Fishing Is A Jerk On One End Of The Line
Waiting For A Jerk On The Other End
“Ican’t believe you fucked my sister!” Miles roars as he bursts through my front door.
I knew this was coming when I saw his truck pull in, and now I have to face it. Exhaling heavily, I set the ice pack for my fist down in the sink and walk out to the foyer. “I was going to tell you everything,” I say, holding my hands up defensively like a man approaching a bear.
“Oh goodie, just the kind of story I like to hear,” Miles snarls back. “One that involves my best friend and my sister fucking betraying me.”
I roll my eyes at his dramatics. “We didn’t betray you.”
He shakes his head, clearly not interested in hearing what I have to say. “I can’t believe you’d risk our friendship for a quick lay! Why her of all people?”
“I didn’t know she was your sister at the time, man. We had no clue who the other was. As far as I knew, she was just some girl I ran into at Marv’s!”
His face goes white as realization dawns on him. “This is the ice fishing hottie you were telling me about?”
I nod my head.
“The one with the”—he swallows uncomfortably and cups his hands out in front of him—“water balloon tits?”
I wince and nod again.
His hands fly up to scrub over his horrified face. “How could you do this to me, man? How could you play musical beds with my sister just like all your other conquests?”
“She’s different, man,” I say, taking a step toward him in warning.
“You’re damn right she’s different!” Miles bellows, his voice shaking with rage. “She’s my sister, but apparently, that meant nothing to you because you guys continued to do all this behind my goddamned back.”
I exhale heavily and murmur, “Well, I don’t think you would have liked me to seduce her in front of your back any fucking better.”
Miles turns beet red as though he’s about to spout blood from his ears. He steps toe to toe with me, his knuckles cracking at his sides as he prepares to knock me out. And right now, I’d be fine if he did. Oblivion would be better than what I’m feeling.
Instead, he steps back, shakes his head, and looks down at me as if I’m the dirt on his boots. “It’s like you’re trying to be like your dad now. He fucked around on your family, so now you’re fucking around on mine.”
My blood pressure skyrockets. “Come again?”
“Like father, like son,” he grinds out, his eyes cold and vapid as they look down at me.
Without hesitation, I bolt for Miles, taking him out at the knees. He crashes to the wooden floor like a goddamned tree, knocking over the coat rack in the entry. “That’s below the belt, you fucker.”
He struggles out of my grip around his hips, and growls, “How? How is this any lower than you fucking my sister?” With a fast reversal, he attempts to throw me into a full nelson that I twist out of and come over the top of him, catching him in a strong headlock.
I squeeze my arm around his neck, and yell, “Because I’m not just fucking your sister. I’m in love with her, you dick stain.”
Miles freezes, no longer fighting my hold on him. “Bullshit,” he growls.
“It’s the truth,” I grind through clenched teeth still holding him tightly. “I’ve never said those words in my life until now.”
