Fire & Brimstone (Neighbor from Hell #8) - R.L. Mathewson Page 0,104

relaxing in his chair as he gestured towards the other end of the table.

“Telling her what exactly?” he asked as he shifted his gaze to the other end of the table just in time to see his mother drag his father, who looked absolutely terrified, towards the computer set up next to the stage, most likely to pick a song that would haunt them for the rest of their life.

“That we didn’t want her to miss the fun,” Jason said right around the time that a Backstreet Boys’ song came on and he heard his father mutter, “Please kill me.”

Nodding, Lucifer shifted his attention back to Trevor and Jason, deciding that his father was on his own and asked, “You realize that I’m going to kill you, right?”

Jason snorted at that. “I’ve known that since you were two and tried to shove me into oncoming traffic.”

“As long as we have an understanding,” Lucifer murmured absently as he suddenly found the woman that he loved jumping onto his lap with a satisfied sigh and a smile that really said it all.

She was going to fuck them all over tonight.

Chapter 52

“God, there are just so many possibilities,” she said, smiling as she looked around the table, letting all the possibilities race through her mind.

It was just like Christmas morning…

“I will give you a thousand dollars if you drink this,” Aidan said, placing a large glass of beer in front of her and as much as she would love an ice-cold beer to make this night absolutely perfect she was going to have to pass.

“I’m good,” she said absently as she shifted her attention to the stage, noting that Mrs. Bradford seemed to be having the time of her life while Ethan stood there, frozen on the spot, pale and looking like he was either going to pass out or puke.

Possibly both.

“Two thousand,” Aidan said, a bit hysterically.

“You’re really willing to risk my health just so that you could get out of some quality time with your family?” she asked, shaking her head in mock disgust even as she had to wonder if they had anything on tap that she could have.

“In a heartbeat,” Aidan said, and she didn’t doubt him for a second.

“We’d just drag you back here,” Trevor said with a wink as he sipped his beer before Jason added, “Again.”

“Bastards,” Aidan muttered, finishing off his beer as she sat there, trying to decide where to begin.

There were just so many possibilities…

“What are you doing here?” Lucifer asked, reminding her that she’d actually come here for a reason.

“I came to talk to you,” she said, shifting her attention to Jason and Trevor, who just sat there, watching her with a look that she knew all too well.

It was the same look that she got when she was about to screw someone over only this time it was aimed at her, which just wasn’t going to work for her.

“So talk,” Lucifer said, wrapping one arm loosely around her waist as he signaled the waitress and asked for two Cokes, which was probably for the best. Although, to be honest she wasn’t sure that she was going to be able to get through this conversation without a little liquid courage.

“We have an audience,” she reminded him as she shifted on his lap so that she could put her arm around his shoulders.

Shifting her gaze to Aidan, she realized that she might have to sacrifice him. Not that she had a problem doing that since the bastard had knocked up her best friend and abandoned her. Yes, she was aware that he didn’t know, but that didn’t matter to her. Melanie was her best friend so she owed her, her loyalty no matter how crazy and irrational her reasoning may be.

“Why don’t we go home and talk about this?” Lucifer suggested, but she wasn’t having that, not after getting a second chance to see this thing through.

“No,” she said, shaking her head as she finally shifted her attention to Lucifer, “this is fine.”

“I don’t want to talk about this with the nosy bastards listening in,” he said, pushing a strand of hair out of her eyes so that he could cup her face in his hand and gently trace her bottom lip with the pad of his thumb, nearly making her give up her plan.

“We’re not listening in,” Jason said, gesturing for them to continue.

Biting back a smile, because she was definitely going to fit in well with his family if he ever got