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Ty set his beer on the workbench and stepped to the door Masyn escaped through to yell, "Masyn, get your ass out here.""Jesus, Ty. Leave her alone." I should have kept my damn mouth shut. I wasn't any better than Beau."Nah, fuck that. She doesn't need to be anywhere near that cum stain. And where the hell were you, Lee?"The door burst open with a fiery Masyn blowing through it just as I said, "Since when is it my job to babysit?"Without turning away from his sister, he answered me. "Kindergarten. Own it." Then he lit into her. "Why the hell would you be alone with Toby fucking Hayes-ever?"She glared at me-not Beau-assuming I'd given Ty the insider information. I had, but that was beside the point. Beau could do no wrong. "I hate you, Lee.""You do not. You're just mad that I was with Peyton. Next time one of our friends stands his bride up at the altar, I'll make sure to keep you around to handle phone calls and deal with nosy guests."Beau raised his brow and stated
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"You should give her a call." Ty never made much sense-not when it came to advice and women. In one breath, he'd tell me I was responsible for his sister, and in the next, that I needed to dip my stick in any oilcan whose cap I could get off. If he had any inkling of what I dreamed about doing to his sister, he'd draw and quarter me. "I thought we were here to fix an alternator. Did I miss a memo?" I asked. "Nah, I'm just fucking with you, Lee. Enjoy this shit while you can. Once you walk down that aisle or bring a kid into the world, the days of freedom are in the past."Ty could say what he wanted about freedom and missing the past. There wasn't a woman on this planet he'd trade Donna for, and those kids were his world. He was a family man and always had been. As a kid, it was his siblings and parents. When he got married, the protective vibe shifted to Donna, although he still kept close tabs on Masyn-not that he needed to. She never did anything other than hang out with
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I'd searched for Masyn after I left Ty's house last night. Every place I could think of that she might be was a miss. No one had seen her, and she hadn't gone home-I dreaded hearing what rumors got stirred up about my frantic search for her. It was too much to hope that she'd gone to my house to wait for me to show up. I gave up around eleven, knowing I'd see her in the morning at work, although trying to sleep was as fruitless as my search for Masyn. I tossed and turned all night worrying about her. In all the years I'd known her, I'd never seen her act like this about anything. She went with the flow, regardless of who was involved-the more, the merrier. For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what her aversion to Peyton was. There was no way she was jealous, and I refused to believe Beau's theory might hold water, because if it were true, then I had bigger fish to fry than Peyton Holstein. The time clock glowed when I punched in a little before six. My shift didn't start for an
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Beau's BMW sat in my driveway when I pulled up. He leaned against the hood with his cellphone in his hand. I wondered if he'd ever considered having it surgically attached to his palm."Hey, man. What are you doing here?""Other than arguing with Felicity? Nothing much. Didn't have much going on, so I thought I'd stop by and see what you were up to." "Supposed to get together with Peyton, although you already knew that."He tried to act surprised and failed miserably. "Oh yeah, I forgot." Liar. "What are you two doing?""No clue. You're welcome to tag along." I walked by him and opened the front door. "Remind me why you lock this place up..."We lived in a small town where crime was non-existent. This was the type of town where neighbors shot people for being in places they weren't supposed to be, and then asked questions afterward. There was no threat to my house or my belongings; I just didn't feel the need to encourage uninvited visitors. "Are you still talking?"H
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Beau knocked on my door. "You ready? I got everything in the truck."I swung the door open to let him in while I grabbed my keys and phone. "Did you find a swimsuit?""For Peyton?"I nodded and prayed Masyn had some hideous thing I'd forgotten was in the drawer. "Yeah, although I doubt it's what you're hoping for.""Two-piece?" I questioned."Yeah. Why does it matter? No guy in their right mind would encourage a woman to wear more on the water, or hell, anywhere for that matter."I glared at him like he was an idiot. He was an idiot. We didn't have heart-to-hearts about me drawing our initials and flowers around Masyn's name on napkins at the bar, but that didn't mean he didn't know what I hadn't confessed. He just chose to ignore it because Masyn did-salt in an open wound kind of thing. "I'm surprised you'd want to see your ex-fiancée's sister half-naked and wet. Isn't that incestuous in some twisted way?""Gross. I don't have any intention of touching her. That do
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Peyton put on a brave face and forced a smile as Beau helped her onto the deck. I dropped the bag and small cooler onto the floor of the boat and hopped in. Normally, I sat in the seat next to Beau while he drove-his boat, he was captain-but since Peyton situated herself up front, I joined her. When Beau started the engine, she chewed on her lip and grabbed the seat cushion and edge of the boat as soon as we started moving.I tried to mask my humor, although I did a shitty job. "Once we get through the no-wake zone, he'll pick up speed.""Was that meant to comfort me?" She might choke on her nervous laughter. I pointed to the very front of the boat, currently sitting high in the water. "When we're moving faster, the front will come down, so we're sitting flat on the water. You'll be able to see where we're going-so yes, it was meant to comfort you. You can feel every bump when the water is choppy and the boat is moving slow. At faster speeds, the boat doesn't hit the waves the s
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It was after eight when we got back to Harden, and the dinner crowd had died down, not that there was much of one in this town. Most of the places to eat were fast food, and the few real restaurants only opened on weekends. I pulled into the parking lot of Starla's Diner, better known as the Diner to the locals. I didn't have a clue where the name came from since there was no Starla that I was aware of, and since there wasn't another diner in town, no one used the actual name to reference it."This place is so quaint." Peyton grinned from ear to ear when she saw the fifties décor. It wasn't intended to be retro; the place was just old.I led them to a booth in the back and slid in. Peyton took the other side, and Beau sat next to her with a dopey grin. I kicked him under the table to quietly tell him to knock that shit off. He took it upon himself to wail like a dog at a full moon. "What the hell, Lee? That hurt.""Sorry, my foot slipped." He knew me well enough to decipher th
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"Where's Masyn? I didn't think you two ever did anything without the other." Her question was directed at me. It dawned on me, since the two of us were always together, that no one had ever mentioned it. Now that Masyn had been MIA for a couple of days, everyone looked to me for her whereabouts. Any other time, it wouldn't have gotten under my skin, but knowing Masyn was avoiding me made every inquiry painful.I had a mouthful of food-because I came here to eat-so I didn't answer. And before I swallowed, Verna got called away by another table and lost interest in pulling gossip from our table.Peyton poked at her okra with her fork and dipped it in the bowl of gravy she'd requested. "Where is Masyn, Lee?"I shrugged, still eating. "He hasn't seen her since she showed up at his house on Saturday while you guys were swimming.""Not true." I washed down my food with some of the amazing sweet tea Peyton had refused. "I saw her at work today.""Fine. If you want to split hai
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