“Get your buddy and get out of my bar.”
“He started it.”
“Yeah, but his name’s over the door, so get out and don’t bother coming back.”
Once they were gone, Scott batted at Jamie’s hand again. “You can let go now. And you didn’t have to do that.”
She released her grip on his hair. “I wouldn’t have had to do that if you’d listened to me.”
“This isn’t the station.”
“No, it’s not,” Lydia broke in, pointing the bat at him. “It’s our bar and if you pull this stupid shit again, you can find another place to hang out. Now go put some ice on that eye for a few minutes and then clean up that beer.”
“That’s mine,” Jamie said. “Just tell me where the mop is.”
“He can do it.”
Lydia walked away, and Jamie might have smiled at the exasperated look Scott sent after his older sister, but she was too annoyed with him. And with the way Danny was watching them.
“Show me where the mop is,” she said. “I’ll clean this up while you put ice on that eye.”
“You okay for a few minutes, Danny?” he asked.
“I’m good.”
Jamie followed him, her eyes on the back of his head. Because he’d gotten sweaty in the tussle with the douche bag, she could still see the ruffled area where her fingers had been buried in his hair.
It was tempting to reach out and smooth the strands so she wouldn’t be distracted, but she curled her hands into fists instead. No more touching Scott Kincaid.
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