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me why, exactly, you are laid up in
my driveway naked as a jaybird?”
    I felt a boot kick me softly in the side and I startled
instantly. My eyes peeked open and I saw a strange man standing above me. I sat
up quickly, but instantly regretted it when a headache started pounding against
my skull. Holding my head in my hands, I attempted to block out the floodlights
that were glaring down at me from the porch of Ellison’s house.
    What the fuck ?!
    Laughter erupted behind me, just before another voice said,
“Holy shit! What the fuck is wrong with you, man? You are covered head to toe in
mosquito bites. That shit is going to suck as soon as you start moving around.”
When I turned to look behind me, I spied Ellison’s brother standing there.
    “Like I asked, boy, what are you doing naked in front of my
house? Who the hell are you? Why I shouldn’t shoot you for being naked outside
of my little girl’s window.”
    That got my attention.
    I looked down to see just how naked I was and I breathed a
sigh of relief to find that I still had boxers covering my nether regions.
Looking up at who I presumed was Ellison’s father, I opened my mouth to talk,
but was interrupted by Jake.
    “This is Lily’s cousin from up north. He’s staying with her
and Bill for the summer.”
    El’s dad eyed me warily. I sat up straighter, groaning from
the blood pounding through my head, and pulled my legs up to my chest. My skin
started itching like a motherfucker and I tried desperately to remember how I
ended up naked in the dirt. The last thing I remembered was drinking with El at
the bar and … fuck.
    Ellison. I knew she had something to do with this.
    Holding my hands up in surrender, I looked up at Mr. James.
“I’m really, really sorry, sir, but I have no fucking clue how I ended up here.
I went out with Lil last night and I don’t remember much of what happened. If
it’s okay, I’d like to just stand up and go inside and we can talk about this
when I have some clothes on.”
    Speaking of which
— where the fuck were my clothes?
    Mr. James snorted in response. “Well, yeah, we’ll be talking
about this all right. Just as soon as Bill is up, I’ll be having some words
with him about ya. I don’t much appreciate strange naked men lurking around my
daughter.” He uncocked the gun I hadn’t notice he’d
been holding and replaced it in a holster at his side. “Now get inside before I
change my mind and take care of your sorry ass myself.”
    He didn’t have to tell me twice. I was still stuck on the
fact that the man had been holding a gun and I almost pissed myself wondering
what could have happened if Jake hadn’t been around to identify me. Pushing up
from the ground, I resisted the temptation to move quickly and start itching
the shit out of the bites on my chest and legs. I didn’t know if this guy had a
quick trigger finger when it came to his daughter and I sure as hell didn’t
want to stick around much longer to find out.
    Not even bothering to brush the dirt off the back of me, I
backed up to my uncle’s house — slowly — while still holding my
hands out in surrender. “I’m just going to go inside now and get dressed and
talk to Lil, I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation as to why I’m
sleeping in the driveway naked. I’ll be happy to explain it to you once she
tells me what happened last night.”
    Mr. James scowled and took a step toward me. “Boy! It is two
o’clock in the fucking morning. Don’t you dare go waking that girl up in the
middle of the night! Now, get your sorry ass inside, put on some clothes and
crawl your ass underneath your blankets. I’ll talk to Lily myself when I return
home this evening.”
    “Yes sir.” I nodded my head while continuing to slowly back
away. When my foot finally hit the stairs to the front door, I turned quickly
and hoofed up three steps at a time just to get away. Quickly opening the door,
entering and slamming it behind me, I groaned when