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"Cool beans"

Fortunately, neither Cash nor Dylan pressed hiht not be available, and a oodbye and hopped into Cash’s SUV

Jackson had caught a ride with Seth that er seat of Seth’s Jeep and waited for his buddy to start the engine

"So, you excited?" Seth grinned, then went on in a singsong voice "Jackson and Gardener sitting in a tree, K-I-S--"

He proed the other h of that," he said, rolling his eyes "You’ve been spendin’ too ht?"

"And her name isn’t Gardener It’s Mia"

"Gee, I’ in a--"

Another hard punch shut Seth right up

"You’re no fun today," the other SEALso love connection, assle Not only that, but you should be thankingaround in my yard What if she decides to snoop inside and finds h "One, she’s not gonna snoop around on the job Thy do you still have a pn stash? I thought married men threw their pn away once they tied the knot"

"No way" Seth steered the Jeep toward the security gate across the lot "Miranda deether, bro"

Somehow that didn’t surprise him

As they drove off the base, Seth proceeded to tell hiraphic ain, cae and oddly incestuous how easily the other guys talked about--and shared--women Folks in Abbott Creek didn’t talk about sex, God knew he’d found that out the hard way, but here in California he’d learned to go with the flow Threeso, mostly because of that strict s up, but he appreciated that his teammates trusted him with their secrets, no ht even reciprocate, but he’d yet to find the balls to confide in his friends about the kinds of depravities he liked to indulge in

His palot to Seth’s place Seth lanced over with his tradeot this Believe in your dreams, think outside the box, there’s no ‘I’ in ‘Team’, etcetera, etcetera"

Jackson stared at his friend "Are you just spitting out randos to pump me up?"

"Yep"

"I honestly don’t knohy I’m still friends with you"