Amy Cousins - At Your Service

When Sarah emphasized that the arrangement would be strictly casual and wouldn’t involve anything like signing a lease, Grace agreed on the spot.

Finished with her glass washing behind the bar, she gave yet another heartfelt mental thank-you to this family that was taking her in as if she were one of their own. She knew it was callous to use them like this, but she couldn’t remember the last time someone had offered to take care of her. She was too used to doing it all on her own.

It took her a moment to realize that Tyler still stood behind her and that the words coming out of his mouth were about her.

“I pretty much picked her up off the street,” he was saying, “cleaned her up, and tonight I plan on taking her home with me.”

“What?” she shrieked and stood up so fast that the top of her head cracked against his chin.

“Ouch.” He rubbed his chin, and was pleased to see how quickly she rose to take his bait. “I was just saying, darlin’, that—”

“Not another word,” she threatened, turning and advancing on him with soapy hands ready to strangle.

“—you’d be coming home with me tonight. You know you need a place to stay.”

“I’m not going home with you, you moron.” She was shouting by now and it felt good. “I’m going home with your sister.”

When the wave of laughter from the happily eavesdropping customers broke over her, she realized that they’d gathered quite an audience. Good-natured catcalls and comments flew her way from the men seated at the bar, their girlfriends laughing along with them.

“Man, Sarah’s boyfriend isn’t going to be too happy to hear that!”

“Or maybe he’ll be twice as happy!”

“Get your minds out of the gutter,” she scolded the collection of faces at the bar.

“Don’t be mad, Gracie.” Catching her off guard, Tyler wrapped his arms around her and reeled her in close to him. “You’re too hard to resist.” With a wolfish smile, lots of teeth and a look of hunger in his eyes, he bent his head over her and she knew he was going to kiss her in front of the entire bar.

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