a someone, not necessarily a something.
That, of course, was Kaden’s fault. His twin was still adamant they would eventually have the big wedding and greet some sweet young thing at the end of the aisle where they would vow to love endlessly, blah, blah, fucking blah. Keegan was no longer disillusioned in that area. Been there, done that. Twice. Another ride on the merry-go-round that was shitty relationships? No fucking thank you.
Unfortunately, he was starting to suspect Kaden had a specific woman in mind.
Did he still want to share women with his twin? Damn straight. He didn’t know any other way. Their desire to share women between them was something that had come naturally since they were old enough to don a condom. Then it had been sealed thanks to Mrs. Whitley, the sexy housewife who’d turned two horny teenagers into men. Some found their untraditional need an abomination, but that had always been the way it was for them, and Keegan wasn’t the sort to make excuses for it.
It was the marriage part he wasn’t on board with. Nothing permanent, either. Fucking for the sake of fucking, that was his motto. Why, you ask? Well, that was because their attempts at happily ever after had blown up in their faces not once but twice in their history. Thank the good Lord, they’d never made it to the altar either time, but that had been the plan.
He was still on board with shagging the same chick, but he was no longer interested in seeing if it would lead to something more. It wouldn’t. Might as well steer clear of the heartache.
Which was another reason Keegan was content to live in Coyote Ridge. He saw the way people treated Travis, Kylie, and Gage. They certainly weren’t abominations and they were making the ménage à trois work. Of course, that was a different version of what Keegan and Kaden engaged in. Travis was in love with both Kylie and Gage, he was intimate with both of them, while Keegan and Kaden merely wanted to bang a willing, sexy woman from both ends. At the same time.
Crude, yeah, he could see that.
And yes, he was jaded.
So fucking what.
Kaden’s cell phone rang, drawing Keegan from his rambling thoughts.
His brother snatched the phone off the table. “What’s up, Trav?”
Keegan watched Kaden’s face, waited to see what emergency they were being dragged into now. For whatever reason, they were the go-tos when it came to helping out Curtis’s branch of the Walker family tree.
“Absolutely. We can run by there now, take them to the daycare. No problem.”
Keegan grinned. Looked as though they were on chauffeur duty again.
When Kaden hung up, he grabbed his napkin, wiped his mouth, and signaled the waitress over.
“What was that about?”
Kaden reviewed the check, pulled out some cash. “Travis needs us to run by his house and pick up Kade, Avery, and Maddox. Asked us to drop them off at the daycare.”
“Somethin’ wrong?”
Kaden got to his feet. “Said Haden isn’t feelin’ well. Runnin’ a fever. Kylie’s hesitant to get him outta the house.”
“Can’t blame her there. What about Kate? She back at school yet?” Keegan asked, hopeful the little darling was finding some normalcy again after her horrific ordeal with the crazy psycho bitch who’d snatched her.
“Not yet. Travis said she’s with him at the resort. Gonna take her to Lorrie this afternoon.”
Keegan got to his feet, grabbed a five out of his wallet, and tossed it onto the table along with the money his brother left.
“I covered the tip already,” Kaden mumbled as they were walking toward the door.
“And I bumped it a little. Now she’ll be happy to see us next time we come in.”
Kaden smirked. “She’s happy to see us already.”
Yeah, but Keegan was still on the fence as to whether he was going to attempt to get her phone number or not. Never hurt to be extra nice.
You know, just in case.
*
Half an hour later, Kaden was hopping out of the truck while his brother carried on a conversation with the three kids strapped into their car seats in the back seat. Kaden couldn’t help it, he was laughing at some ridiculous joke Keegan told. Didn’t matter that it was juvenile and rather simple, he still laughed.
Kaden had to admit, he was a tad jealous of how easily Keegan got along with the little ones. His twin was the guy all the kids wanted to be around, the one they chased over and under the jungle gym, shot