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“Surprise” I laugh “Marisa, these two clowns are er, and this here is Livi, my sister-in-law”

She wiggles out of my arms and does a little princess curtsy “How do you do?”

“Little chick, they’re just people like us; save that sh—” Hailey elbows me “Oops,Hailey “This is myummy”

“I’m Hailey, a friend of Morrison’s” She reaches out and shakes their hands

“We’re gonna grab the SUV,” I say, “head down the road, find a place to stay, and—”

“Nonsense, you’ll stay here” Livi crouches down and smiles at Marisa “You don’t want to stay at a stuffy old hotel, do you?”

She ss

“We have plenty of room here”

“Livi”—Hendrix wraps his arm around her waist—“they’re more than welcome to stay, but if they don’t want to—”

“What do you say, Hailey?” I ask “Wanna crash here for a couple of days?”

“That would be very nice Thank you,” she replies ti in

“Good Now the guys can grab the bags and us girls will go find Marisa a roo and s at Hailey

“Nope” Marisa smiles and takes both Hailey’s and Livi’s hands

Once inside the garage, I look at e me Yeah, I should have called, but there wasn’t tionna come”

“She your girl?” Hendrix asks

“She’s fucking hot” Jagger winks at me

“She’s a friend who is in trouble with her soon-to-be-ex-husband, scuas loan shark He thinks she owes hi on my watch”

“Why you watchin’ if you ain’t tappin’?” Jagger asks

“Respect, Jag,” Hendrix warns

“Random hookup; didn’t even know she has a kid”

“You okay with that?” Jagger asks

“Hottest piece of ass I’ve ever had Shit’s platinuht have a problem”