Make Me Smile (Bayshore Book 6) by Ember Leigh

Author:Ember Leigh [Leigh, Ember]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

CONNOR

“Ohhh, finally.” Kinsley’s appreciative sigh brings a smile to my face. She stretches out on the lounge chair, tucked between me and Lena on the deck of our rental house.

We have finally moved out of my parents’ house and into our own wedding oasis. Lena sips happily on a margarita I made for the girls after dinner. I grab Kinsley’s hand, bringing her knuckles to my lips.

“This is beautiful,” Lena says. We’re all facing the lake. Water laps at the rocky beach about twenty feet away, and sailboats dot the horizon like a painting. The temperature is still warm but bordering on chilly while the sky begins the burnt transition to dusk.

“This is Bayshore,” I tell her. “Our lakeside Ohio oasis.”

“I’d come here every year,” Lena says. “In fact, maybe I could start tagging along on the yearly pilgrimage.” She slurps loudly at her margarita. “You got any other brothers you don’t know about that I could have?”

Kinsley snorts. “Who wants to place a bet that one of our fathers had a child out of wedlock and plans to blame it on the other family?”

Lena snickers. We’ve been rehashing all evening what went down inside Necessary Needles with Lena’s colorful support of how Kinsley stood up for our happiness. Personally, I’m glad she had the meltdown and confronted her mother. Now if there were only a way to convince our stubborn parents to actually bury the hatchet.

“Well, if you do find a spare Daly brother, send him my way,” Lena says. “Hell, I’ll even take a Daly cousin.”

“There’s plenty of those,” I tell her. “None quite as good looking, though.”

As if on cue, Maverick pulls into the short driveway at the side of the rental house. His door slams a moment later, and then he’s jogging toward the deck. When he shoots us all a big grin with a smooth “Hey, guys,” Lena’s brows immediately shoot to the sky.

“Maverick!” Kinsley pops out of her lounge chair and pulls him into a hug. “I’ve been wondering when you’d come around.”

“Just got back from a gig in Cleveland,” he says, settling onto an empty deck chair across from the three of us. He’s dressed in a simple black T-shirt and black cargo pants, the sign he’s come straight from the food truck. “Sorry if I smell like French fries.”

Lena is blinking impatiently at us, as though encouraging the introductions.

“Lena, meet Maverick. This is Connor’s youngest brother.” Kinsley watches her friend as Maverick leans forward to shake her hand, and then adds, “and I’m sorry to say, he’s taken.”

“Dammit,” Lena mutters. “Nice to meet you, Maverick.”

Mavericks sends us a confused look. “What now?”

“Lena’s looking for a spare Daly,” I tell my brother. “But we’ve all been snapped up.”

Maverick smiles, but it looks sad.

“You fixed things with Scarlett, right?” I ask him.

“Not yet.” He clears his throat, suddenly very interested in the laces of his shoes. “I gotta figure out where her troupe is going next. And then I’m flying there to surprise her, wherever it is.

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