Fighting for Us: A Small Town Family Romance (The Bailey Brothers Book 2) by Claire Kingsley

Author:Claire Kingsley [Kingsley, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Always Have, LLC
Published: 2020-05-27T23:00:00+00:00

26

Asher

After punishing my body at the gym for an hour or so, I went home to Gram’s. The smell of frybread hit me as soon as I opened the door, making my mouth water. As much as I wanted to get my own place—and I was getting closer—there were perks to living here. Particularly Gram’s cooking.

“Hey, Gram.” I set my stuff down and went to the kitchen at the back of the house. Something savory, almost spicy, hit my nose when I got closer.

“Hi, Bear.” She presided over an enormous stack of frybread and a cast iron skillet filled with simmering meat. “I hope you’re hungry. I felt like we needed Indian tacos.”

“Starving. But that’s a lot of food, even for me. Who else is coming?”

She flipped a piece of frybread to brown the other side. “I didn’t invite anyone, but you know how my cubs are. They can smell my frybread all the way across town. Now when they come barreling in here, I’ll have plenty.”

“Smart.”

“With experience comes wisdom. There’s a package for you. It’s on the table.”

I took a seat and slid the rectangular box closer. The tape popped off easily and I pulled out a plastic food container with the lid on. It was turned upside down so the bowl portion was on top, and I tilted my head to look through the plastic. “Is that Jell-O? Who left this?”

“I don’t know. It was on the porch when I came inside after feeding my peckers.”

I snapped the seal on the lid and lifted the bowl. Sure enough, it was a lopsided dome-shaped glob of green Jell-O. And inside…

“Oh my god. They put a shank in Jell-O.”

I laughed, because what else could I do? First the file baked into the cake. Then someone had put one in the glove box of the truck. I’d ordered a pizza for me and Gram the other night and there had been a fake shank made from a toothbrush in the box. I had no idea how they’d pulled that one off. Now another one in bright green Jell-O.

“Someone must think you’re going to need those someday. Is there something you’re not telling me?”

“Yeah, Gram, I’m dealing drugs. Don’t go out to the shop. The less you know, the better.”

She chuckled.

I pushed the container away. “When I find out which one of them is doing this, I’m going to make them pay.”

“Why do you assume it’s only one of them? Sometimes they still roam as a pack.”

“Good point.”

“All that aside, how was your day?”

“It wasn’t bad, actually.”

“How’s Grace?”

I eyed her with suspicion. “How did you know I saw her today?”

She took the piece of frybread out and set it on the wire rack to drain. “I didn’t.”

“Then why did you ask about her?”

“Why wouldn’t I ask about her?”

I shook my head. “She’s fine. I’m taking her out tomorrow night.”

She cast a glance at me over her shoulder, then turned off both burners and gave the meat a quick stir. “Are you, now?”

“Yeah. I kind of lost a bet.

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