Total pages in book: 58
Estimated words: 56560 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 283(@200wpm)___ 226(@250wpm)___ 189(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 56560 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 283(@200wpm)___ 226(@250wpm)___ 189(@300wpm)
I was being helpful but Daddy sighed. “I like Die Hard.”
He seemed sad about that, so I took his hand and gave it a squeeze. “That’s okay. No one is perfect.”
At least he wasn’t trying to make me kneel while he watched football.
“I don’t know what to say to that, but I think we’re ready to go.” Daddy stood straighter and went back to looking very boring.
“Good job, Enzo.” He did that so well, I was starting to see why I hadn’t realized he was a Daddy before. Hell, I could see why I hadn’t realized he liked guys either. It was going to be very handy, but it was going to take some getting used to.
“Thank you.” Daddy didn’t seem to understand what he’d done right, but he was smart enough to go with the flow.
“You’re welcome.”
And we were off.
Wow.
They were fast.
As soon as we walked out the back door, several heads popped up over the other side of the fence. They were like gossip bloodhounds instead of the ones that tracked for hunters. It was amazing, but we were going to have to teach them better manners.
Leander could work on that…I was just going to play with them a bit.
“Enzo.” Ha. I’d done it and I’d been quiet. “I think they have your backyard bugged. They found us too fast.”
Oh, one of the women blinked and ducked down.
Even Daddy noticed because he sighed. “We’ll search for it tomorrow.”
We might need to find them hobbies too.
But it was too easy to buy spy stuff online. Leander said I couldn’t have it without ending up on a watchlist where I’d have to go to HR again, but other people bought all kinds of fun gadgets. “We’ll figure it out.”
I was sounding so grown-up.
“At some point I’m going to figure out how much apologizing is enough, but until that point I’m just going to keep saying I’m sorry for all the ridiculousness.” Daddy sounded sorry but he glared at another head that popped up.
Oh, he was young.
And a guy.
That was different.
“I’m just going to say this once.” Leaning closer to Daddy, I covered my mouth and whispered. “Your whole family is really cute, but you’re the best, Daddy.”
He couldn’t decide if he wanted to laugh or glare at me but he knew he couldn’t do either. So he just gave me a pleasant grown-up nod and leaned close to me. “I’m going to find a good way of punishing you for that.”
No giggling.
No giggling.
“Only if you agree to buy bigger pants.” I winked as he huffed. “Thought so.”
Yep, they all knew they had nice penises.
Dicks.
Shoot.
Ugh.
I was a big boy.
No.
I was a grown-up.
A boring grown-up who was just a tiny bit interesting.
“Excited for us to arrive?” Daddy managed to sound slightly snarky as he raised one eyebrow. “I could’ve sworn I heard the doorbell earlier or maybe someone knocking?”
Both.
It’d been both.
“That was your mother.” The younger guy ignored the glares the ladies were shooting at him. “She said…she said she had a question?”
Yep, he wasn’t going to take the heat for their shenanigans.
“I’ll keep that in mind.” Daddy seemed to be ready to let bygones be bygones but I wasn’t as easy as he was.
“Oh, if you saw her, then I’m sure you saw what was scratching at the back door.” Giving him wide eyes that I hoped didn’t look too innocent, I smiled. “I’m Terrence. We thought it might be a cat? Did you see anything?”
Like his manners?
His common sense?
His ability to tell women no?
“Um.” Blinking, he panicked. “I hear my dad calling.”
We made it to the fence as he ducked down and ran off, leaving the women rolling their eyes. I wasn’t sure what they’d do, but they smiled and tried to play it off with one of them taking the lead. “Good evening. We’ve been waiting to meet your new friend.”
Friend?
I wasn’t sure if it was an old people manners thing or her being catty, but Daddy stepped in and smiled. “Aunt Gabby, this is my boyfriend, Terrence.”
Ha.
Boyfriend.
She blinked but nodded. “It’s nice to meet you.”
Probably not, but that was okay.
“It’s wonderful to meet everyone. Enzo has been telling me so many wonderful stories.” And she was the one with the dirty book habit everyone was pretending not to know about.
She was also Sergio’s mother.
Charts were so much nicer than random stories.
She was smart, though, and I could see her wondering what he’d told me. She didn’t seem to know what to say, but Enzo saved her by opening the gate that went between the two properties and smiling at her. “We need to go make the rounds, but thank you for making Terrence feel welcome.”
Oh, a dash of guilt.
He’d done that perfectly, so I was going to remember how well he did it. I didn’t want him to be able to use it against me.