“Josh? Heather?”
“Garrett!” We both said at the same time.
I immediately flew off of her. I grabbed the comforter and threw it over Heather. I ran to the door and looked down the stairs to the hall. I could hear Garrett in the kitchen, so I ran downstairs to get Heather’s robe. I took it back to the room and started to help her put it on. She kept hitting my hands away.
“Jesus H. Christ, Josh. I can put it on myself. Go distract him so I can get dressed!”
“I’ve never heard you swear so much, Heather…it’s kind of a turn on. ” I said as I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. She smiled back at me and told me to go.
I ran down the stairs and jumped over the mess that was on the floor in the hallway and made my way to the kitchen. I was gonna have to tell Jeff that he needed to make sure his damn doors were locked if Garrett was just going to help himself inside.
“Hey, Garrett, what’s going on?”
“I called for ya,” Garrett said as he held up the empty coffee pot.
“Damn, where do I have to go to get a cup of coffee? I had to get away from all the clean-up from the party. Gunner said y’all are going to head into the honky-tonk in town, huh?”
“Um, yes, sir, we are. I’m just waiting to hear back from Jeff about how Ari is doing. I still can’t believe she lost the baby. ”
Garrett shook his head and sat down on the bar stool at the kitchen island. Motherfucker. Less than five minutes ago, I was in heaven with the girl of my dreams, naked, and now I was standing across from Gunner’s grandfather, wondering what the hell he was doing here.
“Did you need something other than coffee, Garrett? Anything that I can help you with? I asked.
I could hear Heather picking up everything she’d dropped in the hallway. I reached for my phone in my back pocket but it wasn’t there.
Shit! I dropped it when I ran into Heather.
“Nah, I just needed to get away from the house for a bit. ”
***
Garrett and I talked for about another ten minutes before Heather came into the kitchen. She was dressed in a white shirt, jeans, and cowboy boots. I smiled at her, but she just glared at me.
What the hell? It wasn’t my fault that Garrett had shown up.
“Garrett, do you think I could catch a ride up to the house with you? I’m going to meet Ellie and Gunner there,” Heather said.
“Are you going out, too? That’s good, honey. You need to cut a rug once in a while. Sure, let’s head on up. ” Garrett stood up and started to make his way to the front door.
I just stood there, staring at Heather. Why does she want to leave with Garrett?
I stepped in front of her and held her back.
“Why are you leaving with Garrett, princess?”
Heather looked up at me with tears building in her eyes. My heart stopped, and I had the worst feeling in my chest.
“Heather, what’s wrong?” I asked as I reached for the side of her face.
She backed away from me as one single tear rolled down her cheek.
“I’ve never been made to feel so foolish in my entire life,” she said, her voice cracking.
“What are you talking about? We just shared. ”
“Stop! Don’t even talk about it. ”
She tossed my phone at me, and I just barely caught it.