about Dean’s ex-girlfriends.”
Carrie swallowed
and started choking. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and filled
her lungs with air. “I can honestly say I have never met one of Dean’s
ex-girlfriends.”
“Seriously?”
Carrie cleared
her throat with a couple of coughs. “That’s how I know he really likes you. He
was always wary of commitment...until you came along anyway.”
Evy’s eyes slid
over to Dean. “You sure he’s not gay?”
Carrie busted up
laughing, nearly spilling her wine. She took a deep breath and dramatically sobered.
“Kimberly Ann!” she barked, scaring Evy half to death. “Let your sister play
with that. It’s Mindy’s birthday, not yours!”
Evy turned to
see a blond girl grudgingly hand a bedazzled pink microphone back to her shorter
sister. Mindy snatched it back, glaring up at Kim through triumphant eyes, and
started singing Call Me Maybe into
the microphone, which amplified her high-pitched vocals for all to hear as she
pranced about the yard. A steamy breath seeped from Carrie’s lips. “I’m going
to need more wine.” She looked over at Dean and lowered her voice. “So what’s
he like?”
Evy followed her
gaze, admiring the way Dean looked in his snug t-shirt and jeans. “Unlike
anyone I’ve ever met before.”
“That’s great,
honey, but I mean what’s he like…in the bedroom?”
Evy bit her
bottom lip to stop her face from turning bright red. It didn’t work. “He’s like
the Energizer Bunny.”
Carrie’s eyes
widened. She shook her head. “God, I envy you. Shaun used to be like that
before we got married. Now, he’s one and done, even when I’m wearing my naughty
negligee.”
“So you’re
saying don’t get married.”
“Not until
you’ve had your fair share of days when it hurts to walk.”
Evy wrinkled her
nose and laughed, her eyes uncontrollably finding their way back to Dean. She
wasn’t sure if it was him or the wine making her feel warm and fuzzy inside
but, either way, she loved it. Just like how she loved the way he ran his hand
through his slicked back hair when the wind messed it up, or the way he never
forgot she was there.
“Enjoy the
solitude while ya can still nab a quickie in the
bathroom without somebody pounding on the door because they have to go poop,”
Carrie said dully.
“Awe, but your
girls are so cute,” Evy countered, watching them spin with their arms out until
they were so dizzy they collapsed into the green grass.
“Do you want
kids?”
“I do. Someday.”
Carrie smiled
warmly. “It really is something you can’t explain. You just have to learn to do
things quicker. Luckily, Shaun never had a problem with that .” They stared at each other for a moment and then cracked up
laughing.
Dean smiled seeing
Evy having a good time with Carrie. It was important she like his friends and
they like her. She looked brilliant in the sun and he wondered what they were
talking about.
“What the hell,
man?” Shaun said with a quick laugh, pulling him from his thoughts. “Do you two
ever stop eye fucking each other? Geez, there are kids around.”
Dean laughed and
took a drink from his bottle of beer.
Shaun stood over
the grill and rubbed his bare belly, watching his daughters playing with their soda-fueled
friends, spinning about the place like wound up tops. Off to the side of the
yard, a clown stretched a brown balloon into a dachshund and handed it to an impatient
little girl who took off running like a bat out of hell. The clown watched her
go, a red smile extending across his white face. He took a quick drink of beer
and got back to work on his next masterpiece.
“This is quite
the party, man,” Dean chuckled. “You know what we did on my sixth birthday?”
Shaun lifted his
brow.
“Went
to a McDonald’s Playland .”
Shaun smiled,
using a long pair of tongs to flip the burgers and hotdogs covering the grill.
His eyes narrowed as a plume of smoke drifted his direction with the breeze.
Carrie swallowed
and started choking. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and filled
her lungs with air. “I can honestly say I have never met one of Dean’s
ex-girlfriends.”
“Seriously?”
Carrie cleared
her throat with a couple of coughs. “That’s how I know he really likes you. He
was always wary of commitment...until you came along anyway.”
Evy’s eyes slid
over to Dean. “You sure he’s not gay?”
Carrie busted up
laughing, nearly spilling her wine. She took a deep breath and dramatically sobered.
“Kimberly Ann!” she barked, scaring Evy half to death. “Let your sister play
with that. It’s Mindy’s birthday, not yours!”
Evy turned to
see a blond girl grudgingly hand a bedazzled pink microphone back to her shorter
sister. Mindy snatched it back, glaring up at Kim through triumphant eyes, and
started singing Call Me Maybe into
the microphone, which amplified her high-pitched vocals for all to hear as she
pranced about the yard. A steamy breath seeped from Carrie’s lips. “I’m going
to need more wine.” She looked over at Dean and lowered her voice. “So what’s
he like?”
Evy followed her
gaze, admiring the way Dean looked in his snug t-shirt and jeans. “Unlike
anyone I’ve ever met before.”
“That’s great,
honey, but I mean what’s he like…in the bedroom?”
Evy bit her
bottom lip to stop her face from turning bright red. It didn’t work. “He’s like
the Energizer Bunny.”
Carrie’s eyes
widened. She shook her head. “God, I envy you. Shaun used to be like that
before we got married. Now, he’s one and done, even when I’m wearing my naughty
negligee.”
“So you’re
saying don’t get married.”
“Not until
you’ve had your fair share of days when it hurts to walk.”
Evy wrinkled her
nose and laughed, her eyes uncontrollably finding their way back to Dean. She
wasn’t sure if it was him or the wine making her feel warm and fuzzy inside
but, either way, she loved it. Just like how she loved the way he ran his hand
through his slicked back hair when the wind messed it up, or the way he never
forgot she was there.
“Enjoy the
solitude while ya can still nab a quickie in the
bathroom without somebody pounding on the door because they have to go poop,”
Carrie said dully.
“Awe, but your
girls are so cute,” Evy countered, watching them spin with their arms out until
they were so dizzy they collapsed into the green grass.
“Do you want
kids?”
“I do. Someday.”
Carrie smiled
warmly. “It really is something you can’t explain. You just have to learn to do
things quicker. Luckily, Shaun never had a problem with that .” They stared at each other for a moment and then cracked up
laughing.
Dean smiled seeing
Evy having a good time with Carrie. It was important she like his friends and
they like her. She looked brilliant in the sun and he wondered what they were
talking about.
“What the hell,
man?” Shaun said with a quick laugh, pulling him from his thoughts. “Do you two
ever stop eye fucking each other? Geez, there are kids around.”
Dean laughed and
took a drink from his bottle of beer.
Shaun stood over
the grill and rubbed his bare belly, watching his daughters playing with their soda-fueled
friends, spinning about the place like wound up tops. Off to the side of the
yard, a clown stretched a brown balloon into a dachshund and handed it to an impatient
little girl who took off running like a bat out of hell. The clown watched her
go, a red smile extending across his white face. He took a quick drink of beer
and got back to work on his next masterpiece.
“This is quite
the party, man,” Dean chuckled. “You know what we did on my sixth birthday?”
Shaun lifted his
brow.
“Went
to a McDonald’s Playland .”
Shaun smiled,
using a long pair of tongs to flip the burgers and hotdogs covering the grill.
His eyes narrowed as a plume of smoke drifted his direction with the breeze.
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