Typical of the two of them.
Where Jay had done a free fall into the love pool, Brad had done a slow slide. Damn, for a pair of
brothers who resembled each other so closely on the outside—similar height, same hair color and even
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the same stocky build—they couldn’t be any more different on the inside. Must be why he loved the big
lug so much. If Jay had had a brother exactly like himself, he would have ended up killing him by now.
“Want me to go with you?” He wanted—needed—to get to Haley, but Brad might need his support and
that was more important right now, or so he kept reminding himself.
“No. Lisa will be fine,” he said. More stubbornly, Brad snarled, “I’ll see to it.” He slipped into his shoes
and stood. “You need to go to Haley. Settle things with her. Tell her how you feel. You only get one shot
at real love.” He rattled off her address and was out the door.
Jeremy turned to the bedroom and groaned. Clearly, Brad had forgotten about his cheerleader and it
was up to him to see her home. He muttered a few choice curse words and strode down the hall. Miss
Pom-poms better not be a slow dresser, because he had a date with destiny, and nothing was going to
stand in his way. Not even a red-head in a nighty.
Chapter Ten
Haley was beginning to wish she hadn’t agreed to meet with her coworker friends for a drink after work.
All day on Monday, they’d pumped her about her weekend. She’d been very good at keeping them at
bay, too. Now it was Tuesday and she was surrounded. There was no escape.
“Okay, spill the goods, sister,” Janice prodded. “Just what happened this weekend to give you that rosy
glow?”
Haley choked on her light beer and laughed. “Rosy glow?”
“We know you got laid, but we still want details,” Gretchen said, a saucy grin lighting up her usually stern
face.
Haley had worked with this particular group of women since she first started at Berlitz and Kent. Two
things were obvious. First, the candid discussion didn’t even bring out the hint of a blush of
embarrassment. With anyone else, she would have been mortified. Second, she wasn’t getting out of the
bar without telling them what happened on her little weekend away. Haley knew they would never give
up their inquisition. Not until she gave them something to gnaw on.
She took a long drink of her ice-cold beer and said, “Well, I went to the cabin for the weekend.”