Double In by Tonya Ramagos

Author:Tonya Ramagos [Ramagos, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Erotica
ISBN: 9781419941689
Publisher: Ellora's Cave
Published: 2010-08-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“What did Blair want this morning?” Reid watched Porter as he slung several jaggedly cut and broken pieces of drywall into the trash pile. His brother cut him a glance and shook his head.

“To give me shit about Marsha.”

Reid rubbed the back of his neck and sighed. “Word sure travels fast in this town.”

“That surprises you?” Porter cocked a brow, turned and shoved his fingers in the pockets of his jeans to his knuckles, work gloves and all.

“No, just wonder why people can’t mind their own business.” Reid supposed that’s what they got for living in a small, Southern town where everybody knew almost everybody and one couldn’t spit without rumors flying about it.

“You should’ve expected it when we started going around her again, showing up at Bulls Eye Billiards, getting in on the softball game… Hell, your car or my truck or both have been outside that bar nearly every night since Thursday. It’s not as if we’ve been keeping our thing with Marsha a secret.”

“Yeah, I know. I don’t intend to, either.” But he didn’t want a bad word about her getting around town. He pushed out a hard breath. “I didn’t figure Blair would be all too happy about us being with Marsha when she got wind of it.”

“Not too happy is putting it mildly, brother. Little sister is pissed with a capital P. She had the nerve to start bawling on me, saying we’re betraying her by hooking up with Mars.”

Reid bent his head and closed his eyes. He should’ve expected that reaction out of Blair. Hell, if he were honest with himself, he hadn’t been thinking much about his little sister at all these last few days.

“Here’s the thing, she can say what she wants. She can cry all she wants. I’m through playing into her poor me act. We stood beside her when she pulled that shit on Marsha because she’s family. The only family we’ve got left.” Porter stopped and shook his head. “Even so, it was a mistake.”

“If we’ve betrayed anyone, it’s been Marsha,” Reid said. “We turned our back on her. You and I both know that wasn’t our intention, but it happened just the same.”

Porter nodded. “We hurt her, and I’m not proud of that. We’re lucky as hell she doesn’t hate us…anymore. And we made ourselves miserable in the process. I’m not doing that again. Blair is a big girl. She’s got a successful career, a great house and a husband who adores her. The only thing that bar would’ve done for her was pad her bank account.”

“It wouldn’t have done anything for us, either. That’s why we didn’t want it.” Neither of them had the time or inclination to own and operate a bar. They’d rather be patrons. And start an amazingly steamy relationship with the bar’s owner. “It gave Marsha a place in life, stability, and it makes her happy.”

“I think Martin knew it would do all of that for her and more.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised. He was a good man, a smart man.

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