Destined, A Lair Novel (Lair Series Book 4) by A.M. Madden

Author:A.M. Madden [Madden, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: A.M. Madden
Published: 2021-06-27T18:30:00+00:00

My father did the best he could trying to cheer me up, going as far as pulling out a gallon of my favorite ice cream and two spoons. By the time we tandemly dug into the fudgy, peanut buttery goodness, he had me laughing my ass off with a story involving a game of strip poker on one of his early tours with Devil’s Lair.

“By the end of the game, I had lost one shoe, Jack was down to black briefs, Scott wore a pair of SpongeBob underwear, and Hunter was butt naked.”

“Oh my God!”

The grin on my father’s face was priceless. “He ran out holding his junk—” Dad pointed his spoon at me. “Don’t tell your mother I’m talking to you like you’re a guy.”

“Your secret is safe. Continue.”

“Anyway… he sprinted through the busy hotel lobby bare assed, without a stitch of clothing. Lucky for me, I got my hands on a picture someone snapped of him just before he hit the doors.”

“What did you do?” I asked, half-amused, half-scoldingly.

“I made copies of that picture and plastered it all over our bus, of course.” The pride in his words made it impossible not to crack up. Until a knock on the door had our heads twisting toward it. “Who the fuck is that?” Dad asked me like I’d know. Mom wouldn’t have knocked, so that meant the only people allowed past building security were his band… or Shane.

My heart instantly began pounding, and I didn’t know if it was from fear my dad would say something to him or because I knew I had to.

“Hey,” Shane said, grinning at my father’s scowl.

“I thought you had that gig tonight.”

“I did.” He squeezed past Dad and came right for me. Glancing over his shoulder, he thought better of a kiss and instead took my spoon and scooped out a blob of ice cream. “I left after our set.” He swallowed the entire mouthful before squeezing his temples in pain. “Shit… brain freeze.”

Ignoring Dad’s eye roll, I asked, “Why did you leave?” I knew the answer probably had to do with his friends hooking up.

“I need to tell you something.” Shane’s eyes cut to my father, forcing him to pull no punches. “Unk… can you… um…”

“What?” my ball-busting father asked. Shane widened his eyes, hoping he got the hint… of which he did with a huff. “Yeah… yeah. I’ll be in the den.” But while walking away, he pierced me with a long, hard, encouraging stare.

“What’s with him?”

“Nothing. So why didn’t you stay?”

“Aunt Lori and Cannon were there and—”

“They were?” I interrupted. “Were you nice to Cannon?”

“Yes,” he said with a smirk. “I don’t hate him. We actually had a nice talk.”

“Did you know they were going to be there?”

“Nope.” Shane took the seat my dad had vacated, looking serious. “I have so much to tell you.”

I had a sinking feeling that this no longer had anything to do with his friends acting like idiots. “Is everything okay?”

“Yeah, Liv.” He twisted toward me, nervously fiddling with the spoon in his hand, seeming to gear himself up for something.

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