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meant that Amanda and Preston were going to be here. Shit. I hadn’t thought about that when Jess had said “my cousin’s kid.”
    “Manda and Preston are here. Come see,” Daisy May said. Jess, apparently, was unaware of my past with Amanda. I was relieved by that. I didn’t want it to be awkward. Seeing Amanda and Preston the other night at Sadie’s dinner party had been our first real encounter in a long time. The dinner hadn’t been hard. It wasn’t like I was hung up on Amanda. I just didn’t think Jess was the kind of girl who would get along well with girls like Amanda. Even if Amanda had been the one openly defending Jess the other night when everyone was discussing her antics.
    That was just Amanda. She was sweet and accepting of everyone.
    “Lead the way,” Jess told her, and she glanced back at me. “Rock’s little girl,” Jess explained.
    I started to tell her I knew who Daisy was because of the wedding and then again at Sadie’s dinner party the other night, but I closed my mouth. Bad idea. I just nodded. “She’s cute,” I replied instead.
    “Yeah, she looks like Preston. Rock and Trisha couldn’t have kids, so they adopted Preston’s younger siblings when their momma died.”
    I nodded again, feeling guilty for not admitting I already knew all this. It was strange that Jess hadn’t been at the wedding. I would have remembered her. She was hard to miss.
    “Have you met Amanda? Marcus’s sister?” Jess asked as we reached the bleachers.
    Here it was. My time to lie or tell the truth and explain.
    “He was her friend at Marcus’s weddin’,” Daisy May informed her for me. I was surprised the kid remembered me.
    Jess stopped walking and looked up at me. “You were at Marcus Hardy’s wedding?”
    This was not where I wanted to discuss this.
    “Yeah,” I replied, not able to lie to her.
    She frowned. “I wasn’t even invited to their wedding. How did you get an invite?”
    I glanced up at the people in the stands and saw Amanda watching us. Preston wasn’t there, but I knew he was here at the game. “I, uh . . .” Glancing back down at Jess, I forced a smile. “I was Amanda’s date.”
    Jess’s eyes went wide. “What? And you walked away from that without Preston Drake beating the shit outta you?”
    She didn’t seem mad. Maybe she liked Amanda. They couldn’t be friends . . . could they? The two of them couldn’t be any more opposite.
    “Yeah, he wasn’t a fan, but it all ended well. For everyone,” I replied.
    “Come see Manda,” Daisy May said, tugging on Jess’s hand. Jess glanced down at the girl, then back at me.
    “Sadie fixed y’all up, didn’t she?”
    I just nodded. No need to tell her I had been the one to pursue Amanda. I’d had Sadie help me, but it had been my idea.
    Jess laughed and shook her head, then turned to walk up the steps.
    What was so funny? I didn’t get a chance to ask before Jess’s ass in those jeans caught my attention and completely distracted me. I followed her up the stairs, and she led us straight to Amanda.
    “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here. I haven’t seen you in weeks.” Amanda’s voice distracted me from being fascinated by Jess’s body in those jeans, and I jerked my gaze up to see Amanda standing up, smiling at Jess. She was shorter than Jess and thinner. Jess had curves that went on for miles. Amanda had the girl-next-door look.
    “Drake’s got you all wrapped up. Wouldn’t be surprised if his possessive crazy ass wasn’t keeping you as far away from me as possible,” Jess drawled.
    “Got that damn right,” Preston said as he stepped over the seat in front of us and went directly to Amanda’s side as if she needed guarding from someone.
    Amanda slapped his chest. “Stop it. Jess is my friend and you know that.”
    Really? Interesting.
    Preston scowled and pulled Amanda closer to him before shifting his scowl to me. Then slowly, understanding lit his eyes as he glanced between the two of us. A smirk