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“You’d be into anything as long as I was naked,” I retorted

“Fair point”

“It’s cool,” I said wrappingwith you, too”

“Yeah?” he said, his eyes groide as his lips twitched

“We’re not doing any butt stuff while we’re here,” I replied quietly, pointing at him “There’s nowhere to clean up”

Mack’s laughter filled the yard “Noted”

We grabbed sorills heated up, and I foundto my mom tell a story about when my brothers were little I’d heard it all before, but I loved listening to s she’d said over the years, I knew that in the beginning, she hadn’t been too excited about my dad’s affiliation with the Aces—I couldn’t blame her really, since she’d hadas I’d known her, she’d fit right in with all the other old ladies

“How you doin’, kid?”fun yet?”

“This is onlyain in about an hour”

“Shit,” she said with a chuckle “I still can’t believe you’re old enough to drink”

“Hey,” I replied “I’ve been drinking for years”

“Yeah, yeah,” she said “You make me feel old”

“You have grandchildren,” I said, trying to keepyou feel old”

Aunt Farrah s your own assholes”

“I’ away as she swatted at me “Cam, too!”

“You say that like they’ll be surprised,” she called as I walked away “They won’t”

“You runnin’ from Farrah?”

I scoffed “I’m not afraid of her”

Mack just looked at me