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After two hours of dancing, drinking, and laughing my ass off listening to Garrett and a few other old timers talking, Josh, Gunner, and I were sitting at a table looking out on the dance floor.
Ari, Ells, and Heather were all dancing to Chris Cagle’s “Let There Be Cowgirls. ” Damn. My dick was getting hard just watching Ari. I loved the way she threw her head back every time she laughed or the way her damn body moved to the beat of the song. I had to adjust myself and look away. I glanced over at Gunner and had to smile. It was a good thing that bastard was married to my sister, or I’d be kicking his ass right now because of the way he was looking at her.
I looked over at Josh. Poor stupid bastard was just staring at Heather out on the dance floor. I really felt bad for him, but I wasn’t really what to do for those two.
“How are the wedding plans coming along?” Gunner shouted in my ear.
I rolled my eyes and shook my head. Holy hell, the wedding plans. I cringed, just thinking about it.
“Fine. ”
Gunner and Josh both started laughing.
“Just fine? Come on, dude. You can give us more than that,” Gunner said.
I let out a sigh and looked around. Ari’s parents weren’t there, but I swore I wouldn’t put it past her dad to have spies follow my ass around.
Josh got up and moved to the other side of me. “What the fuck are you looking around for?” Josh said as he looked around. “Is it top-secret shit?”
“I’m just putting this out there; I wouldn’t put anything past Ari’s dad. I can’t tell you how many times that man has threatened my life. He refuses to let us pay for any part of the wedding because according to him, ‘His baby girl will get the wedding of her dreams. ’ I’m responsible for the honeymoon though. If I don’t make it special, he has threatened to cut off my dick. ”
Josh and Gunner both laughed again.
“It’s not funny. Fucker scares the shit out of me. ”
Josh took a long drink of his beer. “As he should. I swear if I ever have a girl, I’m gonna threaten any man who comes in contact with her until I’m too old to know any better. ”
“I gotta agree with Josh. I’d be the same damn way if it came to my girl,” Gunner said.
I shrugged my shoulders. “I guess. Anyway, the plans are going good. I think they’re pretty much done with it all. Jenny is amazing, and she’s really done another fabulous job with everything. ”
Gunner said, “I tell ya what. Ari couldn’t have picked a better place. When I took Ells to the Mansion at Judges’ Hill for her birthday last year, it was breathtaking. ”
“Breathtaking? Dude. . . marriage has turned you into a pussy,” Josh said with a laugh.
“Fuck you, Josh. ”
I glanced back out onto the dance floor and sat up a little. It looked like some asshole was trying to pull Ellie away from Ari and Heather. Ari looked over at me, and before I could even react, I heard Gunner.
“Motherfucker. ”
Gunner jumped up and started to make his way out to the middle of the barn.
Jack must have noticed it, too, because he stepped in front of Gunner, giving me enough time to get around them to get to Ellie and the asshole.
“Dude, I suggest you take your hands off my sister now,” I said.
The drunk pecker-head let go of Ellie’s arm and looked me up and down.
“You about to do something about it?”
I let out a laugh. “I think you’d rather deal with me than her husband, asshole. ”
“Yeah, well, I think I’ll take my chances. ” He started to reach for Ellie again as she took a step back.
I saw Gunner coming up on my right side.