“Red, c’mon,” Mortician said before Kendall answered. “You know we don’t see them that way.”
It seemed as if Cash’s shit had affected more than just Christopher and Megan.
Bailey grabbed the pineapple juice and vodka Zoann handed her. “Lucas,” she said after she’d tasted the drink, “what did you really think of Daphne?”
Fuck, where the fuck was Roxanne when they needed her? A wrong answer had the potential to disintegrate into a big argument. If Roxanne was there, she’d know what to say to lighten the mood.
A guilty look on his face, Mort tasted more vodka. “We love the fuck out of each other, Bailey. You keep shit interesting in and out of bed. I wouldn’t fucking break my vows and fuck another bitch. But, fuck, man…I read about famous motherfuckers giving each other a pass to notice other people. Observing how pretty she was don’t mean I’m bored with you.”
Who the fuck were these assfucks? Christopher felt as if he’d stepped into an alternate universe. “What the fuck a bunch of fuckheads I ain’t ever meetin’ gotta do with me and Megan? Me and any of you motherfuckers and your girls?”
“A lot,” Kendall chose to answer.
Fee scowled at her. “Do you have to keep harping on this? We get the point, okay? They do, too.”
“I don’t think so.” Kendall smoothed her hands over her pants. “Every time I bring Daphne up, Meggie steers the conversation in a different direction.”
“You’ve been bringing her up all evening,” Fee whined, almost a plea. “Enough, already. Jesus.”
Kendall twisted her fingers around her hair. “It hasn’t done any good. Except to remind all of them of their husbands’ pasts.”
“You do know Johnnie had a past, right?” Megan asked, finally getting enough of Kendall’s bullshit. Or, maybe, she fucking realized Christopher was reaching the end of his rope. “He was always right in with them. So unless he’s grown a vagina, he noticed Daphne just as much.”
“You would bring up Johnnie to deflect attention away from Christopher,” Kendall sneered, her anger getting the best of her. That was the only fucking reason she forgot his long-ago order and called him by name.
“Before this gets ugly, drop it, Kendall,” Johnnie warned her. “It’s time to collect our son and head home.”
“No! Tell her, Johnnie. Tell her that you’d never look at another girl.”
“Yeah, tell her, John Boy,” Val said sarcastically. “Tell her your dick is dead if she’s not around.”
Kendall lifted her chin. “That just proves my point.”
“What point?” Johnnie snapped. “That we’re all men? If I had said to you what Mortician said to Bailey, you’d be fucking furious. She understands what he means. Aren’t there men you look at?”
“Of course not! You’re all I need. I can’t remember the last time I noticed another man.”
If Christopher was fucking talking to her, he’d call her a lying fucking bitch. Most motherfuckers noticed the opposite sex, no matter how happily married they were.
“What about if some girl claimed I’d given her a card and money?” Johnnie continued. “Would you still be at my side?”
“I have more pride in myself,” Kendall sniffed.
“Megan has pride.” Johnnie glowered at his bitch’s narrowing eyes. “She just has faith in Christopher.”
“Fuck, enough!” Cash bit out. Standing, he made his way to Megan. “I’m sorry, sweetness. Fee, me, and Stretch ran into each other at the party last week. I didn’t want Outlaw to get the wrong idea, so I had Daphne come to the park with me. Diversionary tactics to get the heat away from me. I never intended to cause all this bullshit where the fucking meaning of the universe was called into question.” He shoved a hand through his hair.
Christopher jumped to his feet and Megan got to hers, barreling to him to block his advance to Cash. “Why did you have her pretend Christopher gave her that card?” she asked. “Everything was over by then.”
“Meggie, that wasn’t me. I’m going to get to the bottom of her bullshit. Have her personally apologize.”
“She ain’t gettin’ near Megan ever a-fuckin-gain,” Christopher vowed. “If she do, I’m killin’ that bitch.”
Kendall snorted. “Oh, please. You could’ve killed Johnnie and Brooks, but didn’t.”
Mouth falling open, Johnnie stared at Kendall, as Mort choked.
“What the fuck?” Val said, as stupefied as the rest of them at her words.