Cash
The next morning, I dropped Teagan at ho before heading to my sister’s condo. I needed to have a conversation with my sister about her putting her safety at risk.
My brother, Archer, t at her front door and the second she pulled it open, I growled, "What the hell, Ducky? Why the fuck were you at Elixir without us at your back?"
Without warning, my face was suddenly shoved into the wall, and one arm was forced behind my back. "What the fuck do you think you’re doing?" a deep voice snarled.
Daisy gasped, Archer pulled out his gun, and I just chuckled.
"Oh my god, Arch, put that away." Daisy turned to the guy behind , reaching for his arm. "It’s okay, Huck, these are—"
Before she could say anything further, cell phones pealed in the silence of the hallway.
I rolled my shoulders. "Get the fuck off , man."
"No," Huck snapped.
"Hi, Mama," Daisy breathed out as Archer said, "Hey, Pops."
I heard my dad’s voice coming through the phone, but Archer walked away while Daisy continued to speak with our mother.
"Hold on, Mom," she said, and then, "Huck, that’s my brother, Cash. Can you please let him go?"
He gave one more shove before releasing , and I scowled as I pushed off the wall.
"Thank you," Daisy said, then went back to her call. "Okay, Mom, it’s all good now. Can I call you back? Yes, Archer’s talking to Daddy now." She sighed. "Will you please talk him down off the ledge?" She glanced Huck’s way. "Daddy absolutely does not need to co here. No. I have finals next week and I have to study. If he cos down here beating his chest, just like Cash and Archer did, then I’m going to lose my ever-loving shit, and I’ll be forced to forget I’m a lady."
I raised an eyebrow as my sister an mugged , waiting to see if she backed it up with words.
"Okay, Mama. Thanks." She smiled. "Love you, too. Bye." She hung up and slid her phone into her pocket, then crossed her arms. "Cash, this is Huck. Huck, et Cash."
We both glared at each other, and Daisy sighed. "Jesus, why can’t I just have quiet, ek n in my orbit?"
Archer ca jogging up a few seconds later and Daisy turned to him. "Did you talk him down?"
He shrugged. "Not sure."
She threw her hands in the air and let out a frustrated squeak. "Big brothers, get inside. Now." Turning to Huck with a grimace, she said, "Huck, I’m sorry these two idiot-sticks dragged you into our family drama. They’re good guys, well, mostly. But I’m sure you have more important things to do than worry about and my dumbass siblings. I’m so sorry they wasted your ti."
I followed my siblings inside, and Daisy turned on us. "Oh my god, if I had ti to murder both of you, I would."
"Who’s the douche?" I asked.
"First, he’s not a douche," she hissed. "And he’s Louisa’s boyfriend."
Archer groaned. "Fuck, your hot neighbor’s got a man?"
"Can we please stop talking about Huck?" she snapped. "Why are you here?"
"Because you went to Elixir without one of us having your back and you took Teagan who’s underage," I said, in a ’duh’ tone.
I was admittedly being kind of a dick considering I didn’t give Teagan this much grief, but in my defense, Teagan was my woman, not my baby sister, so there was a different dynamic there.
At least, that’s what I told myself.
"I didn’t take anyone anywhere. She surprised with a girls’ night out for my birthday." Daisy let out a frustrated squeal. "Not that I need to justify my actions to you two dickheads."
"The second you got there, you should have texted one of us," I said.
"Why?" she challenged.
"Because—"
Before I could finish my sentence, soone pounded on Daisy’s door and then it opened, revealing our father.
Daisy settled her hands on her hips. "Really, Daddy?"
"Baby girl, so random asshole puts his hands on my kid, you don’t think I’m gonna do sothin’ about that?"
The hallway was wired for picture and sound, and it went so much further than a doorbell cam. My parents, the club, and Archer, and Daisy had access to over six caras outside my sister’s building, in the stairwell, elevators, on her floor, and directly outside her door. My father would have known the second Huck made contact with and was probably on his bike before my face hit the wall.
Daisy threw her hands in the air. "He thought they were threatening !"
"And why the fuck would so random guy care if your brothers were threatenin’ you?"
"First of all, he didn’t know they were my brothers and second of all, I would hope that anyone would care if soone, anyone, regardless of who they were, would be concerned if I were being threatened, and that you would also want said anyone to care if I were being threatened, and be happy they did sothing to stop it," she screeched.
"Well, those were a lot of words there, Ducky," Dad murmured, stroking his beard with an amused expression on his face.
Daisy looked like she was about to cry, and I had no idea why.
"Aw, don’t cry, Ducky," Archer said, pulling her in for a hug.
"I’m not crying because I need a hug, Arch," she snapped. "I’m crying because it’s my body’s way of releasing stress and negative emotions. The kind of emotions that make want to murder you."
He stepped back slowly, raising his hands in surrender.
"Okay, boys, head out," Dad said. "I’ve got Ducky."
This was our cue, so we hugged our sister, and Archer and I headed to our bikes in the garage.
"Do you really think Louisa’s got a man?" Archer asked.
"Why do you care?" I asked as I swung my leg over my bike.
"Because she’s fuckin’ hot."
"And not interested in your ass, brother," I pointed out.
"Yet," he said with a lopsided grin.
What we would quickly co to find out was that Huck wasn’t Louisa’s man, he was her brother, and he was about to rock our sister’s world.
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