“I’m going over to Jada’s tonight. What time will you be back?” I ask, squeezing the towel that is wrapped around my body.
Throwing his cut on, he wraps his fingers into mine. “I’ll be back a bit later. About Garret—”
Pushing my finger up to his lips, I shake my head. “Don’t. Please. I’ll find out when Melissa finds out.”
His shoulders sag as his lips push into my fingers, kissing them gently. “All right then.”
After giving me a brief kiss goodbye, he leaves through the door and when his Harley vibrates the walls showing his departure, I walk to my closet and pull out my yoga pants and loose long sleeve top that falls off one shoulder. Untying my hair, I let it fall in long natural waves down to my waist. Opening my bedroom door, I run downstairs and head straight for the kitchen to gather together all of the alcohol I can see.
“Meadow?” Melissa calls out from the living room.
Standing from my position of being bent over in the fridge, I walk in and smile at her. “Hey! You all ready?”
She nods her head, standing from the sofa. “Yeah, just one thing…”
Wrapping my arms in front of me, I nod my head. “Shoot!”
“Do you know if Garret is Hella’s kid?”
“No, I don’t. Beast was going to tell me, but I told him not to. We can ask her tonight if you want?”
She nods her head. “Yeah, I guess. Not that it’s any of my business.”
Spinning around, I turn to make my way back to the kitchen. “Well, I guess not. Come help me pull this out, then we can head over.”
After Melissa and I both gathered together all the alcohol, we pile into my car and drive over to Jada’s. She texted me earlier, giving me a brief description of how to get there. When we pull up, I take a look around. The house is adorable. It’s much like the one we’re staying in, only this one looks more lived in and has ride on toys out the front. Getting out of my car, I shut the door and look at Melissa. “Come on, let’s go.”
We’re halfway up the steps when the front door swings open and an older woman is standing there with a smile on her face. “Hello, you must be Meadow?”
I nod my head, placing all the bottles on one arm and reaching my hand out to her. “I am, nice to meet you,” I say with a smile.
“This is Melissa,” I say, nudging my head toward Melissa, who smiles and reaches her hand out.
“I’m Bethy, nice to meet you too, dear. Come in. Jada won’t be long she just jumped into the shower.”
I nod my head and follow her inside, removing my shoes on the way.
“Well, go and take a seat out on the porch. Jada set everything up out there.”
I nod my head. “Okay. Thank you, too. Beast told me it was you who filled up the cupboards for us, I really appreciate that.”
She waves my comment away. “It’s the least I could do for you.”
Tilting my head, I’m just about to ask what she means, when Jada walks down the stairs behind me, huffing out a breath as she gets to the last step. “Sorry, I forgot to shower and I was training tonight, so I didn’t want to engulf you in my sweat.” She smiles, pulling us both in for a friendly hug.
“No problem,” I say, following them out the door to the porch that wraps around the entire house. There’s a little swing that sits to the left and to the right there’s a rectangular outdoor table and chairs where Jada has lined up all the foods you could think of. I laugh. “You trying to get me fat?”
She laughs, taking a seat. “No, I just know that Beast trained you today, so no doubt you will be hungry.”
I nod, placing the bottles of wine onto the table and glancing out to the large farmland that surrounds the house. “It’s beautiful here, all the nature is relaxing.”
She smiles. “Thank you. Now take a seat.” She points to the table and I laugh, pulling a seat up next to her.
Popping open the bottles, I begin pouring the cold liquid into the glasses, handing one to both Jada and Bethy. “So, where’s Garret?” I ask, looking over my shoulders.
“He’s just scrubbing up. He’ll be down soon no doubt, especially with all the food here. But I’ll be kicking his butt upstairs after that. He has school tomorrow.”
I nod my head. “I have to ask.”
Melissa sucks in a breath beside me and Jada smirks, tilting her head. “Do ask.”
Narrowing my eyes, I shake my head. “What’s it like having a child in this life?”
Jada picks up a handful of grapes and shrugs. “Just like one big family. Garret loves the guys. He has twelve badass uncles who ride on bikes and carry guns.” She rolls her eyes.