Oak, Sophie - Siren in Waiting [Texas Sirens 5] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Sophie Oak Read Free Book Online Page A

Mouse smile like that. “It’s the most beautiful house ever.”
    “I’m surprised it wasn’t condemned. Well, when you figure out it’s more trouble than it’s worth, you go on and give me a call.” Bryce held out his card. Mouse’s hand came out obediently and took it.
    Bryce walked away without saying good-bye.
    “Why didn’t you tell that fucker to shove his card up his ass?” Something nasty was brewing in Bo’s gut. He almost never cursed around Mouse. He tended to like the person he became when she was around, but tonight he felt like fighting.
    He didn’t fool himself. He felt like fighting because he was in the same room with Trev McNamara.
    They had been friends once. After Aidan had left for college, Trev had practically become his big brother. Trev had been the quarterback. Bo had been a freshman in need of a mentor. They had bonded because unlike a lot of senior players, Trev had taken the kid under his wing. He’d taught Bo a lot about football. After a while it had been easy to hang out with the older student. There was a picture somewhere of Bo and Trev smiling on the day Trev graduated from high school. He’d told Bo that his door was always open in Austin. That had been a bold-faced lie. Bo could still remember Trev telling him to go away that night when Bo had needed a friend.
    “I won’t call him. He would just try to talk me into a bad deal.” Mouse still tucked the card into her purse. “I just don’t see any reason to be impolite.”
    “He’s a dickhead. Everyone knows it.” Bo couldn’t help but notice the fact that Mouse’s eyes kept straying away from him. “What’s got you so distracted?”
    “Is that really who I think it is?”
    She was looking at him. The fucker. “Yeah. That’s Trevor McNamara. Haven’t you seen an addict before?”
    Her mouth turned down. “I’ve seen him before. I wasn’t close to him or anything. It’s just been years since I saw him on anything but a magazine cover or the television. I never thought he would come back. He looks good. He looks healthy.”
    “He shouldn’t have come back. After what he said about this town in People magazine, I’m surprised he would show his face.”
    Mouse shrugged. “He was a different person. And he didn’t say anything so awful.”
    “He called us all small-minded rubes.”
    Mouse stared.
    He hated it when she made him feel like a dumb-ass. “I know what a rube is.”
    He sure did now. He’d looked it up after reading that article.
    Mouse picked up the menu. “Well, if you know what it means, then you know he was mostly right. And he was definitely right about the small-minded part. Hasn’t the way this town treats your brother taught you anything? They haven’t exactly been tolerant. If you don’t fit a very narrow criteria, you don’t get to fit in here. I should know.”
    Mouse did know. She never had fit in, but that wasn’t really her fault. She was too quiet, too odd to really find her place here. Trev had been the damn king of Deer Run in his day. Trev had it good and had thrown it all away.
    Bo didn’t like the way Mouse was looking at Trev.
    “He’s an addict, you know. He got kicked out of the pros. Do you know how bad you have to get to be kicked out of football when you have an arm like his?”
    “He went to rehab,” Mouse argued.
    “Three times. It never took. He’s an addict. It’s all he’ll ever be.” Trev was an asshole, too. But he hadn’t always been. Bo remembered a time when Trev had been a goddamn lifeline. Trev had reached out and pulled Bo out of the abyss.
    And then tossed his ass right back in. Trev was like everyone else. Everyone left. Everyone but Mouse. Even though his brother was back in his life, Aidan had Lucas and Lexi. He didn’t really have time for Bo.
    “He’s obviously trying to get better. Why else would he be here?” Mouse asked.
    Sweet, naïve Mouse. “He hasn’t got anywhere else to go. No one will have him. He got dropped by