But Kacey shook her head. “Nope.”
“Jesus, what did I just sign up for?” she whined and Jordie laughed.
“Hell,” was his opinion and that didn’t seem to please Elli.
Rolling her eyes, she said, “Okay, I’m gonna go eat my feelings and prepare myself for Monday. Y’all have fun.”
“Thanks for making sure I wasn’t drinking,” he called to her, and she shot him a grin over her shoulder as her fingers tangled with Shea’s.
“I almost licked your cup to make sure, but instead I sniffed it when you were watching Kacey talk,” Elli teased and he laughed as she leaned into her husband.
“Good people,” he declared and Kacey grinned up at him.
“They love you,” she said, resting her head against his shoulder. “I do too.”
“Good,” he said, kissing her nose.
Smiling up at him, she cocked her head to Baylor. “We were talking about her dad, you know, River Moore.”
“Everyone knows River Moore. Great player, scored two minutes into overtime, game seven.”
Kacey nodded as Baylor grinned. “Yes, him. He’s looking for an assistant coach for the Bullies.”
“Oh, really?” he asked with a grin.
“Yeah, Baylor said she can get me an in.”
“We like ins,” he noted.
“I told her she should go for the head coach position for the girls’ team,” Baylor suggested and Jayden nodded, his arm snaked around Baylor’s waist. Jordie sometimes forgot they were together until they were near each other. They reminded him of two magnets, attracted through any barrier.
“I think you should too. Those girls could learn a lot from you,” Jayden added and Jordie nodded.
“Either is good, I feel,” he decided and Kacey shrugged.
“We’ll see,” she said just as Lacey turned to them, her eyes wild with anger.
Jordie made a face, his brows touching. “What the hell is wrong with you?”
Blistering with anger, she burst out, “I’m gonna kill her. She closed my store! Closed it! For a fucking week! No pay for my employees or anything.”
“Who?” Jordie asked, confused, while Karson shook his head.
“Rachel did? Oh my goodness, what are you going to do?” Kacey asked.
“Fire her ass!” she snapped, typing violently on her phone. “Karson, call your mom to see if she can keep Mena. I can’t take her, I might go to jail, and knowing them, this is a big ploy to get me home!”
“Or we can keep her,” Jordie suggested, and everyone stopped and turned their attention to him. “What? It isn’t like we are doing anything. No reason to call Ma and Dad down. We can do it.”
“Watch Mena? You two?” Lacey asked, pointing to the both of them, and he gave her a look.
“I hope you aren’t implying that I can’t care for my goddaughter?” he asked sternly and she shrugged.
“No, but…can you?” she asked and Kacey nodded.
“Sure, no big deal. We’d love to. You two go, fire some folks, and maybe have a little night out, just the two of you. She’ll be great.”
Lacey looked to Karson and he shrugged. “I mean, they are her godparents. If we die, they get her. Might as well give them practice while we’re alive.”
“Way to think, bro,” Jordie laughed, smacking his arm, and Karson grinned.
“I mean, just saying,” he said innocently as Lacey glared, but then she chewed her lip, deep in thought.
Finally, she said, “Fine, thank you. I’ll plan everything tomorrow.”