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I’d said, but when
he replied softly, “I don’t want to disappoint him.” I realized he
was worried about more than having Brock’s support.
    “Why do you
think you would?”
    “I’m not like
you, Bren. I’ve been working with Brock since I could hold a job,
and he’s been giving me more responsibility. And, I’ve wanted it …
I don’t want to leave him high and dry at the business. He’s
expecting me to be there with him, to eventually be his partner.”
He took a long drink, probably needing the distraction. Talking
about his feelings wasn’t on Brady’s list of top ten things he
liked to discuss.
    I understood
his concerns, but I also knew the man who’d been more of a father
than a brother to us, and even if he were initially upset, he’d
want what Brady wanted.
    “You just have
to talk to him about it. If it’s what you really want to do,
you know he’ll come around.”
    “What about the
band?” he asked, his eyes conveying that Brock wasn’t the only
person he was worried about disappointing.
    “What about it?
It survived while I was gone, and it’ll survive while you’re at the
academy. I’m sure that after a few years of working the beat, you’d
have some free time to pound on your drums. It’s not like you’re
any good anyway,” I added with a grin.
    “Fuck off,” he
replied with a laugh. Then he added, “Don’t mention anything to
Brock or Victoria tonight though, okay? I need a little more time
to work everything out in my head.”
    “Of course,” I
said, then decided it was my turn to share something with him. “So,
I’m officially seeing someone.”
    Brady slowly
lowered his glass to the table, his eyes never leaving my face, as
if he were trying to figure out if I was messing with him or
not.
    “Like, a
woman?” he asked.
    “Yeah, Brady,
of course like a woman.”
    “One
woman?”
    “Very funny.
Yes, I’m seeing one woman. Exclusively. Just the two of us.”
    Brady blinked
slowly, and I started to get pissed off.
    “Jesus, is it
that hard to believe? I didn’t say that I’d just joined an all-girl
cover band. I said I’m dating someone…”
    Brady folded
his hands on the table and leaned closer.
    “The all-girl
cover band thing would be more believable.”
    “Fuck off,” I
said, echoing his earlier words.
    “C’mon, Bren,
it’s not as if you’ve ever uttered those words before. You can’t be
surprised that I’m surprised.”
    Nodding,
because I did get where he was coming from, I said, “Well, there’s
a first time for everything.”
    “Who is
she?”
    “That woman I
mentioned the other day. Her name is Bronagh, she owns Callaghan’s
and teaches a few classes at the culinary school.”
    Brady whistled
low between his teeth.
    “Your teacher,
huh?”
    “It’s not like
that, I met her before I knew she was my teacher.”
    He looked
thoughtful for a minute, then asked, “How old is she?”
    “Thirty-five.”
    Brady nodded,
then asked, “Thirty-five and single?”
    I signaled to
the waiter to grab us our check and replied, “She was married. It
wasn’t good. Now, she’s single. Has been for a couple years.”
    “So she’s been
married, owns her own business, and has entered into a relationship
with a twenty-six year old singer who’s never been in a
relationship and is at the beginning stages of his career.”
    “You have a
problem with that?” I shot him a look, daring him to answer my
question the wrong way.
    “Nope,” he
said, the p making a popping sound when he spoke. “Just be
careful, brother.”

 

    Chapter Ten ~
Bronagh
     
    “I want to take
you camping,” Brendan had stated a couple days ago, causing me to
look at him curiously.
    “Camping? You
don’t really look the type.”
    “What does a
camper look like?” he’d asked with a chuckle.
    I shrugged,
unsure of the answer myself.
    “I guess I just
never thought that would be something that you’d enjoy.”
    “Well, it is,”
Brendan said with a smile, caressing my