Chapter 32

The answer to Nathan’s prayers came in the form of Lydia having to get home because of a child emergency. The women paid for their purchases, Nathan divided up the bags he was carrying for Mother Moore and the Sisters Three, and he and Laura trudged across the parking lot to the Corvette.

“Well,” Laura pronounced as she slammed the door and buckled her seat belt. “That was childish.”

“Your catfight with your mom and sisters?” Nathan asked. “Yeah, usually is.”

Laura’s features hardened. “No, you flirting with the boy toy.”

“That was not flirting. That was deflecting.” Nathan began weaving through lanes, heading to the exit. “Don’t you know that straight men are comfortable enough with their sexuality to flirt with the gay ones?”

“As if you’d know anything about straight men.”

“Says the expert,” Nathan retorted.

Laura’s scowl warmed the inside of the car by a few degrees. “What the hell is wrong with you lately?”

“What do you mean?”