Page 31 of The Last Goodbye

Cannon

So touchy over someone you supposedly despise.

Phoenix

C-dawg, did you not just tell us that you met someone last weekend after your event?

Cannon was a professional bull rider, and he was having a great season this year, with the PBR World Finals coming up in a few weeks.

Cannon

Yeah, that’s not going to go the distance.

Cutler

Tell them.

Brody

Tell us what?

Cannon

Stage-five clinger, boys.

Phoenix

What the fuck does that mean.

Cutler

It means he thought he was invited over to her place for dinner, and she had her parents there so they could meet him.

Cannon

And her grandparents. Her siblings. Second cousins. We hadn’t even gone out on a date officially yet, and she was planning our wedding.

Exactly why you need to stay the fuck away from Briar Sinclair. I need my restaurant to be done correctly.

Phoenix

What the fuck do these women see in you that they want you to meet their families before you’ve even gone to dinner.

Cannon

It probably has a bit to do with my success in the arena. Women love a man who can handle a bull.

Well, how about you focus on the women who are chasing you and leave the one I’m working with alone.

Cutler

Agreed. It’s too good of a deal. We don’t need you fucking it up.

Cannon

Maybe I just like fucking with Bass. He’s awfully protective over this woman.

It’s business.