âYouâre the only one he currently likes right now, so Iâm sure heâd be thrilled to see you for a few days. âcause you know, you and Eddie are allowed to move but the second I do it to help mom, Iâm the worst person in the world.â Joshua grumbled, his attitude and tone changing from what it had been earlier. He was a bit of a hypocrite though, considering he had gotten mad at his brother for doing exactly what he did to his father. The stubborn side to him often was blinding, as it caused him to overlook a lot of things. âAh, câmon. I had plenty of friends back home. And no, Iâm not talkinâ âbout the cattle before you make some sort of smart ass comment. Real people, not animals, that I spent weekends with.â He chuckled, going back to how he had been at the beginning of this conversation - relaxed. As soon as Eddie or his father was brought up, it was like something in him changed. They were sensitive subjects for sure.Â
He didnât push it any further once Kaia shrugged off his touch. His mother and sister were the only two in the family he was in good standings with, and he wanted to keep it that way. âLike I said, youâre more than welcome to. If you want to work a couple of nights just let me know and you can pick your schedule. Iâm not into bartendinâ too much. I can do the behind the scenes stuff, but I struggle sometimes to talk to some of the customers. Canât relate to the city slickers, I guess.â
âIâve always been dadâs favorite.â Kaia said teasingly, not even thinking before the words left her lips. The younger crossed her arms defensively when he mentioned her moving. âYou could have moved, Josh. Youâre your own person. You have free will, just the same as Eddie and I. The same as Mom and Dad. Fuck if Dad is angry, Iâll talk to him, but you donât get to throw it in my face that I left. Eddie might put up with that shit, but I wonât apologize for living my life because you were too scared of dadâs disapproval to do so.â She snapped, her own guilt for leaving pushing through. The youngest had always felt bad, like sheâd abandoned Josh. Her father. Her mom. Even Eddie, in a way. But small town life wasnât for her. Kaia craved adventure and chaos. She wanted to be where the world seemed to have a heartbeat of itâs own. And she had wanted Trevor, more than anything else in the world. âYou had more than me, thatâs for sure.â She had friends, but Kaia wasnât the most trusting. There were only a small group of people that she felt she could completely count on and even then, she was too stubborn to lean on them often. âI donât know why youâre insulting the cows. Whatâd they ever do to you?â
She nodded, glad heâd let the topic go. âYeah, I think I will. Itâd be nice to help out and I wouldnât mind getting back into bar tending. I was good at it.â And she had been, the wild and crazy in her had been well suited for the scene. Then again, she doubted her brother would be all too happy if she hopped onto the bar to dance and sway the intoxicated customers into giving her a good tip. âOh, they donât care much about what you say, so long as they can talk about themselves. Or, in my case, think they have a chance in hell at something after shift. People are dumb everywhere.â
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