Page 83 of Daddy's Trust
Butch actually glanced up and nodded at Greer. Did that mean he liked her? Well, he wasn’t scowling, frowning, or scolding, so she would guess that was a ringing endorsement.
She was Cash’s sister, not his girlfriend. Addie felt bad for getting jealous. She was acting so out of character. This wasn’t like her at all.
“Hi, everyone,” Greer said.
The door opened again, and a man with short, dark hair and emerald-colored eyes walked in, glancing around.
“This is my fiancé, Hack,” Greer said.
“Hack?” Monroe asked. “Is that your actual name?”
“No, actually, it’s a nickname,” Hack said. “I’m a doctor.”
Didn’t seem like a great nickname for a doctor to have.
“Don’t worry. He’s a really good doctor,” Greer said.
His gaze narrowed in on her face and he looked angry.
What had she done? What was wrong?
“Who the hell hit you?”
“N-no one.” She closed her eyes for a moment. Idiot. Obviously someone had.
“It was a guy who was trying to grab her,” Monroe said.
“I took care of him,” Cash said.
“Did someone ice it?” Hack demanded.
She nodded.
“I’ve been taking care of her,” Cash told Hack before turning to her. “I got Greer to come down because she’s really good at sketching and drawing. Addie, if you were comfortable, I thought you could tell her about the scene you saw and she could draw it.”
Oh, she wasn’t sure how she felt about that. Could she tell this gorgeous woman about what she’d seen? Should she? It wasn’t fair to give that image to someone else, was it?
“It’s all right if you don’t want to talk,” Greer said. “Cash told me you can get a bit nervous around strangers, and I get it. But you could write it down, and I could try and sketch from that, if you like. And we can do it in private, without everybody else here.”
Addie’s gaze immediately went to Cash for some reason.
“Or Cash can come with us,” Greer said with a smile.
Butch grunted and stood. “I’ll wait outside.” He walked out.
Shoot. She bit her lip, she hadn’t meant to make him leave.
“Don’t worry, he’s just trying to be thoughtful,” Greer said with a smile as she sat across from them. She set down a pad and some pencils on the table.
“Butch? Thoughtful?” Monroe said. “The guy’s a grump. He didn’t even laugh at my famous knock-knock jokes. If you don’t laugh at my knock-knock jokes, then you really have a terrible sense of humor.”
“Maybe you should try telling me one,” Greer said. Addie leaned back in her chair so she wasn’t in Monroe’s direct line of sight and shook her head slowly, widening her eyes at Greer. Shedid not want to hear Monroe’s knock-knock jokes, they weren’t funny.
Greer’s eyes widened, but other than that, she didn’t show any reaction, which was just as well because Addie didn’t want to hurt her sister’s feelings. It’s just that she’d heard all of these ‘famous’ knock-knock jokes, and they were so bad.
“Tell me one,” Greer said cheerfully as she opened her pad.
“Ladybug,” Hack said, and Greer turned to him. “I’m just going to go and do a few things, all right?”
