“What?” he asked, staring at her.
“Pretty sure you didn’t use the magic word, Heavy,” Ghost offered helpfully.
Heavy cut his eyes to him, frowning. “You fucking serious?”
Ghost folded his arms.
Heavy let out a long exasperated breath. “Fine. May I please have a cup of coffee, ma’am?”
She grinned. “Why, yes, of course, sugar-pie. You want it black?”
Heavy frowned over at Ghost. “Sugar-pie? Did she just call me sugar-pie?”
“Yup,” Shades replied with a grin. Then he looked over at Jessie and added, “He loves it when women call him butterbean.”
Heavy pointed a finger at Ghost and warned, “She calls me butterbean and I’m leaving. Just sayin’.”
“Hmm. Butterbean. I’ll remember that in case I ever want to get rid of you,” Jessie teased, and then poured him some coffee.
Shades grabbed the last biscuit from Griz’s hand and shoved it in his mouth.
Griz looked like a kid who’d just had his candy taken from him. He glared over at his VP. “Sometimes you really kill my joy, you know that?”
Shades grinned around the mouthful of cheesy biscuit. “Hmm. Soooo good!”
“You suck.”
Shades just licked his lips in response.
“Karma has no expiration date,” Griz warned. “Just sayin.”
“I’m shaking in my boots.”
“You will be when I tell Skylar you’re eating biscuits when she’s got you eating low carb.”
“You fuckin’ tell her and you’ll be eating through a straw for the next three months.”
“Ooww, I’m shakin’ in my boots, now.”
“And why aren’t you home fucking your ol’ lady?” Ghost teased Shades.
“’Cause his future father-in-law is stayin’ in town and visiting his daughter,” Hammer offered with a chuckle.
Ghost’s eyes cut to Shades, and he grinned big. “That true, bro?”
“Motherfucking yes.”
“Got you a little on edge, does he?” Ghost teased.
Shades glared at him and snapped, “You’d be on edge too if the fucking New Orleans Chapter President was taking over your house.”
“Sucks to be you. But you’re the one that had to go and pick his daughter to make your ol’ lady,” Griz teased.
“Like I need you to remind me.”
“I’m sure Undertaker reminds you all the time,” Hammer added, grinning big.
“You two want to cut the shit long enough to tell me why you’re here?” Ghost asked.