Page 34 of This Time Around
“You only live once, Milo,” his sister replied sassily.
That got his attention, and he hurriedly unlocked the door and yanked it open. “OMG! Are you teasing right now?” he demanded to know. “With who? I don’t want to hear any detail about your sisterly parts, but tell me about the dudes.”
“Standing right here,” I said, sounding disgruntled as fuck.
“You assume it involved two men, huh?” Maegan said, breezing by him. “Tsk tsk, Milo. I’d expect you to be a little more open-minded than that.”
Both our mouths dropped open. Milo closely scrutinized his sister to look for any hint that she was lying while I did my best to block my mind from imagining anything at all. I stuck my fingers in my ears and mentally sanglalalalalalalalato keep from hearing anything else or conjuring up images.
I was saved when my phone rang. I’d never been so happy to see my mom’s name pop up on the screen, although that wouldn’t have been the case if she’d called when Milo was on his knees sucking my cock.
“I need to take this call,” I told Milo and Maegan, stepping out into the store and closing the door behind me. The last thing I needed was my mom to overhear them talking about threesomes. She’d think I was taking on both Miracle twins at the same time. “Hey, Mom,” I said with forced cheer.
“Oh, am I interrupting sex?”
“What? No! It’s nine thirty in the morning.”
“What’s your point?” she asked, sounding so confused. “I don’t get it. Do you have a medical condition and can’tperformuntil later in the day or something? Your dad has some extra blue pills that I—”
“No! Mom, geez. I don’t need Viagra for crying out loud. I can get it up just fine.” Why couldn’t I have a normal mother who wasn’t so concerned about my sexual health? “I’m not having sex because I’m on a job site.” I said it too loud and the few customers in Maegan’s shop looked at me with gaping mouths and bulging eyes.
“Milo’s a tough taskmaster, huh?” she teased. I knew by her tone of voice that she’d heard about the kiss in the driveway and the length of time we spent alone in my house. She’d probably heard that I drove Milo home and hung out for a while there also. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of Mom’s spies was standing on the other side of the door with her brother. “Listen, I’d like you to bring Milo to dinner tonight.”
“Well, I can ask if he’s available.”
“Oh, he is. Faith already texted him this morning to find out what he had going on. He told her nothing that he knew of, which is sad considering that you guys finally patched things up.”
“Mom, we didn’t patch things up. Well, we sort of did.”
“Andy, quit half-assing things when it comes to Milo, and go full ass… Wait, that sounds so wrong.”
I was laughing so hard I didn’t hear what she said after that. “Oh my God, Mom! You kill me.”
“I’m so happy that you’re amused at my expense, Andrew.”
“I’m sorry, Mom, but it sounded like you were giving me sex tips. I was waiting for you to tell me to go full throttle or balls deep.”
“Andrew, let’s not get vulgar.”
“I’m sorry again, Mom.”
“You can make it up to me by bringing Milo to dinner,” she said sweetly. “I’m making barbecue ribs, mashed potatoes, and roasted asparagus.”
“Those are my favorites,” I told her, trying not to drool. “It’s not my birthday.”
“Andy, I’m your mother. I’m fully aware of the date I gave birth to my firstborn child.” She let out a little impatient huff then continued. “I expect to see Milo Miracle-Mason at my dinner table tonight. Don’t let me down.”
“Whoa,” I said. Her assumptions stole my breath and made my heart race but in a good way.
“You heard me,” she said. “You know I don’t take no for an answer. I’ve been patient while you two pussyfooted around. Enough is enough. It’s time to make your move.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Six thirty,” she told me before she hung up. Not a goodbye or have a nice day. She just told me the time we were eating dinner andclick.
“Excuse me,” a lady said softly. “There’s no price tag on this vase, and I’d really like to buy it for my sister’s birthday. Can you tell me how much it costs?”
“Um, I don’t work here. Hang on a sec.” I knocked briefly on Maegan’s office door before I opened it. I didn’t give the brother and sister enough warning though, because Maegan still had Milo in a headlock. “Mae, there’s a lady out here who wants to buy a vase but there’s no price tag on it.”