Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams

Author:Lyssa Kay Adams [KAY ADAMS, LYSSA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2020-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

“Okay, I think that’s everything.”

Thea dropped the last of Ava and Amelia’s four bags on the floor of Liv’s living room. “But if we forgot something, you can just get it from the house.”

“Who needs toys when there are goats and chickens?” Liv said, dropping to her knees and throwing her arms open for the girls. They launched themselves at her with squeals. Thea waited patiently as Liv did her best to get them riled up with tickles and raspberries on their necks.

Finally, when the girls had collapsed in a heap of giggles, Liv stood.

“You’re sure this is okay?” Thea asked. “I mean the dog with the chickens?”

Liv was also watching Butter Ball. “It’ll be fine.”

Butter had reached that tipping-point age for golden retrievers when they stopped noticing squirrels and instead sought out the best sunbeam for a nap. As if on cue, the dog sank to the floor with a heavy sigh in front of the window, where a crack in the curtains had let in a ray of sunshine.

“How are things going?” Thea asked.

Liv looked up to see that her sister had wandered to the kitchen table, where Liv had been searching job postings. Liv strode over and shut the computer.

“I’ll find something.”

“That good, huh?”

Yeah. Great. Two more form rejections had come in just this morning. “I’ll find something.”

Thea set her purse on the table and fished out her wallet.

Liv gritted her teeth. “What are you doing?”

Thea didn’t answer as she set a stack of twenty-dollar bills on the table. Liv picked them up and handed them back.

Thea refused to take them. “You’re babysitting. People get paid for babysitting.”

“They’re my nieces.”

“Use it to entertain the girls, then.”

Liv shoved the money back in Thea’s purse. “Don’t insult me.”

“Liv,” Thea sighed, but whatever she might have wanted to say after that was cut off by the unmistakable clunk of Rosie’s footsteps on the staircase outside. Rosie knocked once and then opened the door to peek her head inside. “Can I come in?”

The girls ran to her with hugs. “Rosie! We’re staying wiff you and Aunt Livvie for three days.”

Rosie walked in and hugged the girls against her legs. “I know, and I have so much planned for us. We are going to make cookies and feed the goats and collect the eggs, and Hop says he’ll take you for a ride on the tractor.”

Tractor rides were some serious shit for the twins. They reacted as if Rosie had just promised them unlimited ice cream all weekend. Which, in all likelihood, would also probably happen.

“What time are Mack and his mom coming for dinner tomorrow?” Rosie asked. “Isn’t this the weekend his mom is flying in to look at houses?”

Thea’s head whipped around so fast Liv could’ve sworn she heard a bone crack in her neck. “What was that?”

Great. “Nothing.”

“He did say that his mom loves goats,” Rosie said.

“Is that right?” Thea asked. “And you know this how?”

Liv shot a look at Rosie. She could’ve talked all day without bringing that up.

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