Hustle Him (Bank Shot Romance #2) (33 page)

She was right. It was the first thing that I had noticed. That little awkward duckling had turned into a real swan. “Yeah, I noticed,” I said with a sly grin.

Sabrina got quiet. “Call her. Make her come out with us. Tell her you want to go out but don’t know anyone. Don’t even tell her I saw you here,” she suggested. “Please?”

“I don’t see how me calling can make any bit of a difference, but I reckon it don’t hurt to try.”

Sabrina grabbed her gemstone-covered cell phone and started looking through it. “Here is her number,” she said.

I held up my own phone. “I already beat
ya to it
,
Darlin’
darlin
’
. She gave it to me earlier.”

She started smiling while shaking her head. “Well then get to callin’,” she urged.

I creased my brow while I hit send on the phone. Sabrina continued to drink her beer, while she intently watched for me to respond to the person on the other line.

“
Hello
.”

“
Hey, um Van, it’s me
,
Colt.
”

“
Oh. Hey. What’s up? Did the Mitchell’s leave and I can come see Daisy?
”

“
No. Actually, I was wonderin' if you would want to come out to this bonfire with me. I don’t know anyone here, but I can’t just sit around in that house.
”

“
I don’t think so
,
Colt. I don’t really do that kind of thing anymore.
”

“
I don’t think I can take no for an answer.
"

“
I can’t
,
Colt.
”

“
I am asking
for you
you
to do me a favor just like I am doing a favor for you with Daisy. It’s just one night
,
Van.
”

“
Are you saying you won’t help me if I don’t go?
”

“
Maybe I am.
”

“
You are an asshole
,
Colton.
”

“
Meet me at the old barn in an hour
,
Van.
”

She hung up before agreeing, but I had a feelin' she was gonna show.

Sabrina was busting. “Tell me what she said.”

“She
aint
ain't
happy, but she will be there,” I said confidently.

She started clapping her hands. “Oh yay! Thank you
,
thank you!”
She
she
said as she hugged me. Before I could pull away, Sabrina brought her lips up to my ear. “I will personally thank you for this later.” When she pulled
away
away,
her eyes were focused on mine.

“You have a deal
,
Sugar
sugar
,” I winked as I got up from the barstool.

Sabrina explained where and when to meet and we parted ways at the bar. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but as long as I had two pretty ladies by my side, I figured it would be an okay time.

Worst case was that I took the pretty redhead home and gave her some good lovin'. She seemed all too eager to oblige anyway. I wasn’t usually that type of guy, but I was single and a grown damn man. The summer was going to be boring enough being by myself.