Chapter 15

“Ow ow ow ow ow,” Jax whined.

“Tell me about it.”

Jax untangled his hair from Cassidy’s grabby mitt and reared back onto his long haunches. “Well, you’re still at the ‘hilarious banter’ stage, I see,” he said. “Do you need anything?”

“Water,” Cassidy said. “Lots of water, please.”

Jax stood. “Comin’ up.”

“There’s a bottle of Jack on top of the fridge,” Cassidy said.

“Cool,” Jax said. “Thanks.” He turned to go.

Cassidy grabbed at the hem of his jeans. “Not for you.”

Jax lumbered off with a laugh.

Shortly he returned, toting a jug of water, the bottle of Jack, and two glasses. “We’ll share,” he said, lowering himself next to Cassidy.

“Hell no we won’t,” Cassidy said. “I’ve seen what you ‘share.’ The last thing you ‘shared’ with me, I’m about to have to put it through college.”

“Yeah, well, not tonight, you won’t.” Jax served up two monster shots of whiskey. They slammed them back. He poured Cassidy a glass of water, and himself another shot.