happened at
the wedding and we’re sorry that we left you to explain it to the guests—”
“To our families. We had to explain to
two hundred members of our family and his.” The Colonel hooked a thumb toward
Craig. “The three of you just walking out like that was irresponsible and
disrespectful to everyone who took the time and effort to be here.”
“Heath, I know herbs aren’t really your
thing,” Rainbow interrupted, oblivious to the daggers her son-in-law was
staring toward her. “But you may want a hit off one of my medicinal cigarettes
before that vein in your forehead blows up. Then again, popping it might mean
we’ll have an easier time pulling your head out of your ass.”
“Dinah,” The Colonel growled.
“Rainbow,” Dinah sighed, stopping her
mother from rifling through her fanny pack full of God only knew what, but
Rainbow wasn’t having it. She slapped Dinah’s restraining hands away and kept
flipping until she pulled out what could only be a dime bag of high quality
marijuana. She held it up in triumph before Dinah snatched it away.
“Mother! For the love of God!”
“What?” Rainbow asked, clearly
exasperated now. “You both know I slipped the kid something, but you’re still in
here acting like she’s the last virgin in Vegas. She wasn’t kidnapped by some
war-mongering savage. She ran off with six feet of prime, fuckable hot guy and
I for one think she has excellent taste.”
At Rainbow’s smiling nod of approval her
way, Delilah dropped her head in her hands. On the upside, Jesse’s choking
wasn’t feigned anymore.
“I mean, she was living with that one for
three years and he’s no hardship to look at either. If she’s a virgin, I’m Moby
Dick!”
There was a thump near the door,
accompanied by the wheeze of someone trying desperately to breathe.
Delilah leapt to her feet, hands out.
“Okay, that’s enough. I think we can all safely agree that I’m not a virgin,
all right? But neither is anyone else here, especially not you, Rainbow.”
Her grandmother snorted in approval. “You
can say that again, thank God.”
Kane hoped like hell the wink the older
woman threw in his direction was actually aimed over his shoulder to Craig.
“The point is that Kane and I were under
the influence of something and we’re still trying to sort out what all happened.
We’re going to do just that. Sort it out. Together. Alone.” She aimed her
pointed tone at her father, whose mouth turned into a hard frown. “If you could
just look past the situation, you’d remember that you like Kane. A lot. And you
love me. I know that you were all worried about us—”
“You. We were worried about you,” The
Colonel ground out. “He told your mother you belonged to him. For all we knew
he’d kidnapped you and was forcing you to stay with him.”
Hands still up, Delilah turned to Kane,
one brow raised, her mouth pursed. “You told my mother I belonged to you?”
“I think the word I used was mine. And I
said it to you, if you’ll remember. You mother just has ears like a bat.”
“How dare you!” Dinah huffed but no one
paid her much mind.
Delilah took a breath as if to answer,
then seemed to think the better of it and turned back to her father. “Daddy,
come on. Who in their right mind would believe Kane would kidnap me and make me
stay with him?”
“Those two.” The Colonel answered drolly,
not looking at either the sad sap trying to get off the floor or the one acting
like a sentinel or something by the window.
Turning again, displeasure across her
face, Delilah glared. “Do you tell everyone that story?”
“Gramps told them.”
the wedding and we’re sorry that we left you to explain it to the guests—”
“To our families. We had to explain to
two hundred members of our family and his.” The Colonel hooked a thumb toward
Craig. “The three of you just walking out like that was irresponsible and
disrespectful to everyone who took the time and effort to be here.”
“Heath, I know herbs aren’t really your
thing,” Rainbow interrupted, oblivious to the daggers her son-in-law was
staring toward her. “But you may want a hit off one of my medicinal cigarettes
before that vein in your forehead blows up. Then again, popping it might mean
we’ll have an easier time pulling your head out of your ass.”
“Dinah,” The Colonel growled.
“Rainbow,” Dinah sighed, stopping her
mother from rifling through her fanny pack full of God only knew what, but
Rainbow wasn’t having it. She slapped Dinah’s restraining hands away and kept
flipping until she pulled out what could only be a dime bag of high quality
marijuana. She held it up in triumph before Dinah snatched it away.
“Mother! For the love of God!”
“What?” Rainbow asked, clearly
exasperated now. “You both know I slipped the kid something, but you’re still in
here acting like she’s the last virgin in Vegas. She wasn’t kidnapped by some
war-mongering savage. She ran off with six feet of prime, fuckable hot guy and
I for one think she has excellent taste.”
At Rainbow’s smiling nod of approval her
way, Delilah dropped her head in her hands. On the upside, Jesse’s choking
wasn’t feigned anymore.
“I mean, she was living with that one for
three years and he’s no hardship to look at either. If she’s a virgin, I’m Moby
Dick!”
There was a thump near the door,
accompanied by the wheeze of someone trying desperately to breathe.
Delilah leapt to her feet, hands out.
“Okay, that’s enough. I think we can all safely agree that I’m not a virgin,
all right? But neither is anyone else here, especially not you, Rainbow.”
Her grandmother snorted in approval. “You
can say that again, thank God.”
Kane hoped like hell the wink the older
woman threw in his direction was actually aimed over his shoulder to Craig.
“The point is that Kane and I were under
the influence of something and we’re still trying to sort out what all happened.
We’re going to do just that. Sort it out. Together. Alone.” She aimed her
pointed tone at her father, whose mouth turned into a hard frown. “If you could
just look past the situation, you’d remember that you like Kane. A lot. And you
love me. I know that you were all worried about us—”
“You. We were worried about you,” The
Colonel ground out. “He told your mother you belonged to him. For all we knew
he’d kidnapped you and was forcing you to stay with him.”
Hands still up, Delilah turned to Kane,
one brow raised, her mouth pursed. “You told my mother I belonged to you?”
“I think the word I used was mine. And I
said it to you, if you’ll remember. You mother just has ears like a bat.”
“How dare you!” Dinah huffed but no one
paid her much mind.
Delilah took a breath as if to answer,
then seemed to think the better of it and turned back to her father. “Daddy,
come on. Who in their right mind would believe Kane would kidnap me and make me
stay with him?”
“Those two.” The Colonel answered drolly,
not looking at either the sad sap trying to get off the floor or the one acting
like a sentinel or something by the window.
Turning again, displeasure across her
face, Delilah glared. “Do you tell everyone that story?”
“Gramps told them.”
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