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twenty. He kissed Camryn on the lips and grabbed Jay by the shoulder to lead him out of the kitchen.
    The girls were both smiling but Jay scowled like a snotty teenager. “What the fuck, I’m not—”
    “Yes you are,” Teague said, shoving him until they were out the front door. “Grow a brain, man. We go to the store for a few things they need, and we get the shit that we want in the house too. And on the way there, we stop to see your Chevelle.”
    Jay paused on the walkway with a smirk. “You always this devious with your wife? Use cheap ploys to stay on her good side?”
    “I’m ninety- seven percent on her good side and she even knows how I operate. I’m not a fucking idiot.”
    “And what about the other three percent?”
    Teague made his way to the truck and shook his head with a smile. “You’re not ready to hear about that aspect of marriage…”
     
     
    ***
    When Jay finally made it back to his house, it was after four. It felt good to spend half the day with his cousin but he kind of wished he’d put in more work on the Chevelle. Teague promised to help him next weekend and he was looking forward to it, but he missed those days of just hanging out with his best friend.
    Jay still cursed the day that Kate came along because that’s when everything changed. If it had just been settling down with a chick, he might have given Teague his blessing. But there was something off about Kate from the beginning and she always treated Jay like he was a tumor that needed removed. Maybe it was because he wasn’t exactly nice to her from the start, but who the fuck cares. He didn’t like her and didn’t have to justify why.
    Thank God Teague saw it too and was only with her off-and-on for a few months, but the day that Kate decided to play her evil hand was the day that Teague changed forever. To see Teague fall apart after losing whom he thought was his son was a lesson in life that Jay wasn’t ready for. Jay turned bitter right along with his cousin, and even though he’d never really cared much about the McCallans’ reputation, he tried to play it safe so he didn’t get caught up in the same fate. Women were his hand of cards; he had to play the game just right so he didn’t lose.
    And so he didn’t get made the fool.
    His phone rang in his pocket as he headed for the shower. He was supposed to meet Beckett up town in an hour and he was calling to see if Jay wanted to bring a date. “We’ve all got ladies with us tonight,” he informed him.
    “Even Kyle?” Jay mocked.
    “Yeah, even my little brother,” his Beck laughed. “Look, Jess has a friend that she—”
    “Fuck no,” Jay retorted.
    “Fine, I was just checking. But she’s pretty cool. I’ll vouch for her.”
    “I don’t care, Beck. Just…no.”
    “Okay, so you’ll be solo. See you there.”
    Jay hung up the phone, took a quick shower, dressed, and climbed into his car. The club they were meeting at was in Simi Valley and it only took him ten minutes to get there. Beck and Jess were already at a table, along with Kyle and his date. Jay couldn’t even remember her name let alone pronounce it after Kyle introduced them. Another couple that Jay kind of knew joined them, and once all six of the others were immersed in conversation, Jay settled into his own inner thoughts. It was in his nature to sit back and observe his surroundings, just in case he spotted the familiar gleam of recognition and scheming in the eyes of the opposite sex.
    “Hey, isn’t that, uh…hell, what’s her name?” Beck nudged him after a few minutes. “The brunette by the bar. Stephie, Sophie…”
    “Sophia,” Jay nodded. “Yeah, that’s her.”
    Jay studied her for a few seconds, noticing a few changes in her appearance. She didn’t look as made up as she usually did, especially while she was out and about. But then again, here she was in an average club just like himself.
    Maybe someone else was making an effort to step out of her family’s