Free aisling grimlock 03 - grim discovery by Amanda M. Lee Page B

glass of whiskey as Jerry dubiously studied the motorcycle catalog.
    “I don’t understand why that’s an insult,” Jerry sniffed. “Fonzie was the coolest guy at the diner. He jumped a shark.”
    “Oh, sit on it,” Redmond muttered, shifting his attention to me. “Tell Jerry I don’t look like Fonzie.”
    I smirked. “You do kind of look like Fonzie, now that you mention it,” I said, accepting the glass Aidan pressed into my hand without even glancing at it. I downed the drink in one gulp and handed it back for a refill, the aged whiskey burning my throat and causing my eyes to water. Once both of my hands were free, I shot Redmond an enthusiastic double thumbs-up. “Ayyy!”
    “Do you plan to get drunk?” Aidan asked, glancing at my empty glass. “You didn’t even taste that.”
    “It tasted fine,” I replied, briefly meeting Griffin’s gaze before turning my attention to the lone female in the room. “Hey, Maya.”
    In addition to being a nurse and Griffin’s sister, Maya Taylor was Cillian’s newest love interest. I hesitate to call her his girlfriend because, well, my brothers don’t manage to maintain interest in love matches very long. I was worried Cillian’s eye would soon wander – and then I would have another problem when Griffin stood up for his sister’s honor.
    “Hi, Aisling,” Maya said, beaming widely. “Congratulations on your promotion.”
    “It’s not really a promotion,” I automatically corrected. “All it really means is that Aidan doesn’t have to babysit me any longer.”
    “Which is good for both of us,” Aidan interjected, handing me another drink and watching to see whether I slammed it like the first. “Spending so much time together was starting to wear on our relationship.”
    “You’re telling me,” Jerry said, sitting on the couch next to Maya. “They were starting to compete for stories to tell me. I love them both dearly, but there’s only so many times I can hear about the eighty-year-old lady spy and the guy next door who can apparently bone for hours on end.”
    Griffin furrowed his brow. “Bone?”
    “You know, bone ,” Jerry said, pointing toward his crotch and gyrating in case Griffin was especially slow this evening.
    “I know what it means,” Griffin said. “I just haven’t heard anyone use the term since middle school.”
    Jerry ignored him. “Apparently this gentleman should be giving us all lessons,” he said, smiling at Maya before leaning closer. “I don’t need lessons, but perhaps some of the straight men here do.”
    Maya giggled. “Perhaps.”
    Cillian frowned. “Is that supposed to be pointed at me?”
    “It had better not be,” Griffin growled. He still wasn’t thrilled that his sister was dating one of my brothers. I didn’t blame him. The good news is that Cillian is the most responsible of the bunch. Of course, that isn’t saying much.
    “How do you guys know how long he was … boning?” Redmond asked.
    “We watched through the binoculars,” Aidan replied.
    “You spied on a guy having sex?” Braden crinkled his forehead. “Wait, you spied with your sister on a guy having sex? That has to be against the law.”
    “We didn’t spy together,” Aidan corrected. “I spied first and then she spied. Don’t turn it into something gross.”
    Griffin cast me a sidelong look. “You spied on some guy having sex?”
    Hmm. How was I going to make this sound good? “Well … .”
    “She said she couldn’t believe anyone could go that long,” Jerry said. “She thinks Viagra had to be involved.”
    “Somehow I feel I’m being insulted here,” Griffin muttered.
    “Oh, don’t worry. You can go and prove your stamina out in your vehicle between courses,” Braden suggested. “You can finish what you started before I interrupted you a few minutes ago.”
    “That’s not what we were doing,” Griffin argued. “We were … talking.”
    “That’s not what talking looks like in my world.”
    “Somebody get