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others—well, most probably fought nightly for fun.
    Her only concern had been getting her guys to stop.
    Charisma too appeared stunned, but pissy when all hell erupted. Though normally Charisma would have been an “out the back door” kind of girl, not wanting to dare chance the weave she spent a fortune on, this time she’d seemed ready to jump into the melee if Zhara asked her to.
    Once most of the patrons had taken their seats, Zhara glared at both of her guys and pointed to the booth they’d occupied earlier.
    “Sit. Now.” She knew her expression told both they’d better not argue about it.
    She caught Fin out of the corner of her eye nodding toward the bar. She lifted her chin slightly to indicate he wasn’t part of her “sit” orders. No doubt Dax’s brother would hate her for the rest of her days, but she didn’t give a damn at the moment.
    “Ahhh, nope. Me first.” Zhara held up a staying hand when Dax tried to say something. She figured she was coming off as crazy, pissed-off bitch, when Dax’s mouth opened and shut a few times like a fish gasping for air.
    A waitress appeared out of nowhere and put two bourbons down in front of Starl. To Zhara’s surprise, after a moment’s pause, Starl pushed one over in front of Dax. Dax grunted and did one of those man nods before accepting and shooting the amber liquid back.
    “Now then. You walked in on me merely thanking Starl for escorting me around. Nothing more. He’s been a true gentleman and a perfect new friend. So I’m sorry if you misunderstood anything, but after what happened with Sparrow, I needed a friend, and Starl stepped in.”
    She paused, waiting for Dax to say something. When he didn’t, she continued.
    “I was an ass the other night. I overreacted and bolted. For that I apologize. I truly, deeply regret my horrid and immature reaction. I swear to you, Starl picked me up, explained about how his sister can get, and took me to his parents’ bed & breakfast when he guessed I didn’t want to blow the money the lodge wanted for a room.”
    Zhara caught Dax’s nod in appreciation to Starl, who sort of grunted in reply.
    Men.
    “Charisma called needing something as we headed to your parents’ house. Since I wasn’t sure what reception I would receive from you, Charisma offered to come and give me a ride home if needed.”
    Dax’s head popped up as if thoughts of her leaving without him had jolted him into reality. Charisma did an awkward wave at Dax. Her friend always joked about how dreamy she thought Dax was.
    Little did Charisma know how close to truth her thought was.
    “She arrived, we said goodbye to Starl, and boom, you walked in.” Zhara caught a slight movement of red off to her right and turned to see Maxine, the loud bitch from the diner, scooting closer, eavesdropping. “Oh, so sorry, should I speak louder so you won’t miss anything?” She so wasn’t up for the nosey-ass bitch interrupting her explanation. Zhara turned back to Dax. “How did you know I was here?” The thought of finding her and walking in like he had sat wrong.
    Dax didn’t say a word, but pointedly glared at Maxine.
    Oh, hell no. Time to play whack-a-bitch, er mole.

Chapter Ten
     
     
    After the cops left, and things settled, Zhara accompanied Dax and Fin back to their parents’ place. Surprise, surprise, Charisma followed Starl to his parents’ bed and breakfast.
    Color her stunned to discover Starl was an attorney. Not a practicing one, but a licensed one nonetheless. Though they missed the deadline for filing Charisma’s order, Starl said he’d help her file the new one and accompany her to court if necessary. Even Dax seemed taken back by the kindness Starl bestowed. Zhara hoped the families could find some common ground now and move on more peacefully than just agreeing to cohabit in the same town.
    They rode in an awkward, quiet, third-wheel kind of way. They were in Fin’s truck, and discussing the important details of their