“I’ll take it,” she said. “You should find out what your mom likes and buy it for her. That way the next time she comes over she won’t have something to complain about.”
“I should,” he said. “But she likes to find something to bust on me about. I might as well leave it at that.”
She just shook her head. “When is our T time?”
“Ten,” he said. “So we should eat something and then get ready. We need to stop and get Jade’s clubs too. I made coffee, you can do breakfast.”
“I didn’t know we were playing it that way. I would have made my own coffee,” she said but got up and walked to his fridge. She was in his T-shirt that was hanging down over her hips and stopping mid-thigh. Normally she slept in a tank top but had completely forgotten to pack one.
“We have to share the responsibilities,” he said. “That is what my mother always told us boys.”
She imagined Carolyn wanted her boys to not rely on a woman for things but yet Wyatt still wanted her to cook. Yes, he was grinning wide when he said it so she figured why not make one of her favorite breakfasts.
“Where are your spices?” she asked. “I’ll make some omelets.”
He walked over and opened a cabinet. “That’s what I’ve got. Someone gave me one of those full racks. Probably Ryder. He’s the cook of all of us. Anyway, help yourself and I’ll go shower quick if you don’t mind.”
“Go ahead,” she said, prepared to get to work.
When he came out, she was sliding his omelet and toast in front of him, then taking his cup and filling his coffee up again.
He dove right in with a large bite and then started to cough. “What the hell is in this?”
“Cayenne. Chili powder, some red pepper flakes. I would have added jalapenos if you had any in the house. The mushrooms and cheese mellow it out. Don’t be a baby and just wash it down with that sludge of yours. I thought you liked spicy food? I had the Spanish rice and enchiladas your mom made leftover weeks ago.”
“I don’t mind it, but it wasn’t as hot as this. Nor do I make a habit of having it for breakfast on an empty stomach.”
He did dig in and eat another bite though as she continued. “You don’t have to eat it if it’s too hot. I’ll make you another. Don’t you remember asking me if I liked it hot? I told you I did.”
He reached his fork over and tasted hers and coughed even more. “Jesus. I thought you might have been playing with me and yours wasn’t as bad, but it’s worse.”
“Of course it is,” she said. “I went light on yours.” She reached for his dish. “I’ll make you another.”
“No,” he said, getting up with his plate and going to the fridge. He found sour cream and slapped it on top. “That will help.”
“Wuss.” That would teach him to be cute about her not being able to handle his coffee.
29
Watching Her Squirm
“Got any antacids?” Wyatt asked his sister when they were picking up her clubs.
“Somewhere,” she said. “Hang on. Where’s Adriana?”
“She’s waiting in the car. I said I’d just be a minute and we are running late.”
“Couldn’t get your butt out of bed this morning?”
“No,” he said. “We were up on time, but she made eggs and then I had to help her clean up.”
He would have done it when she was in the shower, but he was too busy chugging a glass of milk to cool his stomach down.
He followed Jade into the kitchen where she was moving things around and finally found a bottle of antacids. He opened it and put five in his mouth.
“Geez, Wyatt. What’s wrong with you?”
“Adriana made omelets this morning.”
“She’s not a good cook?” Jade asked. “Eggs aren’t that hard to make.”
“No, she’s a good cook. Once I could get past the heat.”
Jade started to laugh. “That bad?”
“She did it on purpose. I know she did. I almost thought hers wasn’t as bad, but hers was worse, which of course was part of her plan to call me a wuss.”
“I like her. You must have done something to make her want to give you heartburn.”
“I gave her shit about not being able to drink my coffee a few weeks ago without gagging. I had no creamer for her and she insisted the milk curdled in it it was so bad.”
“We tell you all the time no one can drink that stuff. Why not just give her a cup of Mom’s?”
“It was too funny to watch. But today I put a massive container of creamer in front of her and said there was another in the fridge to get her through. I felt bad watching her add it and still gag, so I dumped it and made her one of Mom’s. She wanted to know why I didn’t do that last time.”
“And you told her it was too entertaining watching her squirm?” his twin asked, lifting her eyebrows.
“I might have.”
Jade started to laugh. “I told her not to take any of your crap. Good for her. That will teach you.”
“Yeah. Anyway, thanks. We’ll drop these back off later.”
“If I’m not here just let yourself in and leave them by the front door. I’ve got errands to run today.”
“Thanks.”
He left and went down to the car just as Adriana was getting out. “I was wondering what was taking you so long. Did you have to use the bathroom?”
“Aren’t you the little joker now?”
“It was a serious question. Sometimes spicy foods do that to a person first thing in the morning if they aren’t used to them.”
“Do you eat like that every morning?” he asked when he got in the car and started it up.
“Nah. That is a treat for me. I don’t normally have time for
