“Been there. Multiple times,” Mace replied and Orin shook his head.
“Well, we’ve got shit to do. I have to drive into town to meet up with Wyatt. You coming with me, Gus?” Galvin asked.
“I guess so. Beats hanging out with these losers. Oh, make sure you clean our guns from the trip,” Gus told Mace and Harper.
“That bet wasn’t serious, Gus. I was kidding,” Harper exclaimed. They started laughing.
“Too late to renege on it, bro. You’re cleaning all the guns and restocking the supply chests for the next adventure. Have fun. Maybe we’ll see you at dinner,” Gus teased and Galvin crossed his arms in front of his chest.
“Mace, Orin, you help Harper.”
“What? Shit, he’s the one that missed the target,” Mace replied to the order.
“Well, I’m still in command and we’re a team. Do it together. Gus and I will take care of dinner plans,” Galvin said and then him and Gus headed to the SUV.
“You had to say we’d take care of dinner?” Gus said to Galvin as they headed out of the driveway and into town.
“Dude, I’m grabbing some steaks, potatoes, and spinach. A simple dinner and we’re done.”
“Great, the super market. Just where I want to go on a Saturday afternoon when all the crazy chicks are in town hunting.”
Galvin chuckled. “Last time I checked, you hooked up with a few huntresses. Watch your ass.”
“They’re not from around here. They were out-of-towners looking for some fun. You should try it, Galvin. Maybe getting laid will help you to loosen up and not be such a tight ass.”
Galvin chuckled. “I like more than just a piece of ass, Gus. Besides, you’re still trying to get Beth out of your head from three years ago.”
“I am not.”
“Right.”
“I am not, Galvin. She left me, remember?”
“Exactly, and she wound up pregnant with that asshole’s child. You nearly wound up behind bars for assaulting that guy.”
“He beat up his pregnant girlfriend.”
“It wasn’t your problem. You were looking for an excuse to smash his head in.”
“I should have.”
“You could have killed him if it weren’t for Mace.”
“Yeah, yeah. I wasn’t going to kill him, just make it so the fucker had plenty of time to think about being a good man to Beth and that baby of theirs. It all worked out.”
“Thanks to Wyatt.”
“It’s in the past.”
“It sure is.”
They were both quiet a few moments.
“You know you would have done the same thing if it was your woman.”
“She wasn’t your woman anymore, Gus.”
“Still, you wouldn’t have stood by and watched that asshole hit a pregnant woman.”