I nodded. “Strangely, yes.”
He smiled again. “Damn, I’m on a roll today.”
Pointing to Blake, I got an idea. “Your brother Dustin can run the background check.”
“Yeah, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind doing it. Just get as much information as you can on her and send it to me. I’ll have him get on it. He’s on vacation for a couple of weeks, though . . . Do you want his associate to handle it?”
“No,” I said, shaking my head. “I’d rather Dustin handles it. I’m not in a rush.”
Tucker sighed. “Nash, I don’t like the look in your eyes. What are you planning on doing?”
I shrugged. “Nothing. I’m going to ask her out again and see what happens. I have at least two weeks to get her to tell me the truth. Maybe I won’t even have to run the background check.”
“Who are you running a background check on?” Charlie asked. Tucker and Blake both looked white as a ghost. Turning, I saw why.
Kaelynn stood next to Charlie, holding Hannah in her arms. She was dressed in sweats and a black T-shirt with a sweatshirt tied around her waist. Her long brown hair was pulled up into a ponytail, and she wore hardly any makeup at all.
She was breathtaking. I’d never in my life seen a woman so beautiful.
Blake ran his hand in front of my face.
“Someone sees a pretty girl. Is it the baby or the hot chick holding the baby?” Blake asked with a chuckle. Snapping me out of the fantasy I was quickly getting lost in, I slapped his hand away from me.
“Knock it the hell off,” I spat.
Kaelynn smiled, and I swore it made my breath stall in my throat. “Hey, Nash. Hi, Tucker, Blake.”
“How’s it going, Kaelynn? You getting settled into your new condo?” Tucker asked.
With a nod, she replied, “I am. I love being so close to Zilker Park.”
It didn’t make any sense. If Kaelynn’s parents were looking at places in the Austonian, why in the hell was Kaelynn living in a condo that I knew cost her less than three-hundred-and-fifty thousand?
To keep up the charade, maybe?
“Can you see the Zilker tree from your place?” I asked.
A huge smile spread over her face. “Yes! I’m dying to go down there, but Morgan has been so busy, and I don’t want to go alone.”
Blake bumped me on the arm. I looked his way, and he didn’t even try to hide his bobbing head.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
In a hushed voice he replied, “Dude, that is your cue to ask the girl out before I do. She blew me off once, but I have no shame, so I’ll totally ask her out again.”
That caused my blood to boil. Turning back to Kaelynn, she looked between the two of us, confused.
“I can take you tonight if you want.”
Her eyes lit up, which made my stomach feel like I was on a damn roller coaster. That never happened with Lily. Not once.
“Really? Are you being serious? You’ll go with me?”
Laughing, I replied, “I’m totally being serious. I used to love going down at Christmas time.”
“I think the Trai
l of Lights is open as well,” Charlie added, a smile so wide on her face I would swear she had set this whole thing up.