Free The Greatest Show (Willow Son #5/Brothers of Rock #20) by Karolyn James Page A

No,
he ’ s not, ” Emma said. “ Nobody knows what he and I
decided upon. I don ’ t want
anyone to judge him. This is between me and him. ”
    “ And
Seth. ”
    “ And
Seth, yes. But it ’ s our
thing. I ’ m telling you,
Cassie, because I trust you. I ’ m
not letting him into my life without reason. I ’ m
not letting a stranger into my house or around my son. Seth doesn ’ t know about Brantley either. I ’ m going to keep it that way.
Right now, I just need him. He could help Seth. He could help me. ”
    “ I ’ m sure it doesn ’ t hurt that he ’ s freaking gorgeous, ” Cassie said with a devilish
grin.
    “ Down
girl. You ’ re married. ”
    “ To
a lawyer. ”
    “ I ’ m sure Ted is wild in bed.
Probably uses really big legal words. ”
    “ Yeah,
right, ” Cassie said. “ Caveman grunts. ”
    Emma laughed. “ That I didn ’ t need to hear. ”
    “ Listen,
Em, you do whatever you have to do. Thank you for telling me this. I won ’ t try yelling at him next time
he ’ s sneaking around on
your porch. ”
    “ He ’ s on the porch now. He ’ s making arrangements to get
some dinner delivered. I need to really sit and talk with him about Seth. Make
sense of all this. ”
    “ Okay.
If you need anything, you call me. I don ’ t
know what kind of arrangement you have, but if you need legal advice … my grunting caveman can help. ”
    “ My
gosh, ” Emma said. “ I ’ ll
never look at Ted the same now. Thanks for that. ”
    “ You ’ re welcome. ”
    “ Hey,
when you go out there, send Brantley in. ”
    “ If
I can pick my jaw up off the porch, ” Cassie said with a wink. She then mouthed so fucking hot …
    Emma had never seen her get so hot
and bothered before.
    The power of Brantley.
    Emma knew that power … and she needed to fight
it off …
     
    **
     
    “ I ’ m crashing up here for a little
bit, ” Brantley said.
    “ Do
your thing, ” Colby said. “ It ’ s
fine. I talked to Harry and he relayed the message to Portis. The news songs
are almost mixed. Portis loves what we ’ re
doing. It ’ s all smooth and
fine. We have a few shows planned but we can cancel or move them. ”
    “ No, ” Brantley said. “ I ’ ll
be there for the shows. I ’ m
not bailing on you guys. I just have to manage all of it. I ’ m not used to this yet. ”
    “ I
can ’ t imagine, ” Colby said. “ What ’ s happening with the kid? ”
    “ I
met him. I didn ’ t say much.
I don ’ t want to confuse
him. I ’ m letting Emma take
the lead on it all. I just … I just want to get through to her. Make her realize I ’ m not here for a second and then leaving. ”
    “ You ’ ll get there, ” Colby said. “ I can ’ t believe all this. ”
    “ Neither
can I. But if there was a person … you know, that one person …”
    “ Christ, ” Van yelled into the phone. “ Are you falling in love already? ”
    Already?
    “ I ’ m on speakerphone? ”
    “ Yeah, ” Colby said. “ Sorry. ”
    Brantley heard the front door
behind him. He turned and saw Cassie give a nervous wave.
    “ Hey,
hold on, ” Brantley said to
her. He put his phone on speaker. “ Is
Ryker there? ”
    Cassie shook her head. “ No. ”
    Brantley smiled big. He nodded.
    “ Yeah,
I ’ m here, ” Ryker said through the phone.
    Cassie gasped.
    “ Hey,
brother, I ’ ve got a big fan
of yours here, ” Brantley
said. “ She ’ s a little starstruck right now. ”
    “ Is
she hot? ” Ryker asked.
    “ You ’ re on speaker, man, ” Brantley said.
    “ I
don ’ t care. I asked a
question. ”
    “ Just
say hi to her. ”
    “ Hey
stranger, ” Ryker said.
    “ Uh … hey, ” Cassie said. She was shaking.
    “ She
sounds hot, ” Ryker said.
    “ Bro,
you have a girlfriend, ” Brantley said. “ And Cassie
is happily married. ”
    “ That
doesn ’ t bother me, ” Ryker said.
    “ Okay
then, ” Brantley said. “ I ’ m
hanging up. You guys stay out of trouble. ”
    “ You
do the same, ” Colby