Acquiring Trouble

Producers? There was a lot more to this story and he was go ing to get to the bottom of it.
     
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    Katelyn thanked Miss Lily for the glass of Rose s ister s pecial i ce d t ea and leaned back in her chair. She had just told the story to the girls at her bachelorette party at Wyatt Estate. Miss Lily and her grandmother, Ruth Wyatt , had planned the event. All the Rose sisters, her best friend and m atron of h onor, Paige , were there along with Kenna , Dani , and her s oon - to - be sister-in-law, Annie.
    "So, she didn't do it?" Dani asked in confusion as she took another sip of water .
    "Miles said he asked her and she passed the test. Marshall just accepted that, but he didn't have time to tell me what that meant ."
    "That doesn't sound like the only test she passed," Annie joked as she gave the crowd a wink and took another bite of cupcake.
    " Ew w . That's my brother. I don't even like thinking about how you got pregnant with Cade," Paige said as she made a face. "What it means is that Miles is basically a human lie detector. It's uncanny. He can detect changes in your breathing and eye movement. He can even feel when you lie. "
    "I think he was feeling a lot more than a lie," Annie sputtered. "Sorry! Sorry! I can't help it. Miles does nothing remotely interesting and yet he's doing the horizontal mambo with the bad seed of Keeneston? I mean, look at how petrified you all are!"
    " It wasn't that she was just a bad seed, but bless her heart, she was the spawn of Satan. She was constantly at the center of everything bad that happened. Even her own father and sister turned their backs on her," Miss Violet told them as she brought in more cupcakes.
    "The last time I saw her she was tearing apart my rose bushes. I had to chase her away with my broom before she destroyed them for no reason!" Miss Lily clucked.
    "I'm sorry, but I disagree with you all," Annie jumped in. "I've talked to her and I really like her. She may have been that way when she was seventeen, but she's not like that now."
    Kenna bit her lip and furrowed her brow. "So, if she didn't do it, then who did?"
    "I don't know, but I think I need more chocolate if we're playing detective," Dani said as she picked up another cupcake . "I also think it's Katelyn's bachelorette party and we have a duty to get her wasted."
    "Here ! H ere!" Kenna toasted. "To Katelyn and Marshall!"
     
    Miles swirled his bourbon in the crystal glass and watched as the amber liquid circled around. It was doubtful that the glass of bourbon held the answers he sought , but the warmth that overtook him as he drank it sure did help. Morgan was lying to him and he wanted to know why.
    Miles looked up as his brothers and fri ends took their seats around his poker table and collected their chips. Mo had joined them tonight, along with Ahmed, Dinky , and Noodle to make their n ormal poker party considerably larger. However, tonight was Marshall’s bachelor party and not the brothers’ weekly poker night .
    “I’m not lucky in love nor at cards, so I can just deal if y’all would like,” Dinky, one of Marshall’s deputies , said as he took a seat at the extended table.
    “That’ d be great. We usually have to wait for Pierce to lose his money before we get a dealer,” Marshall joked as he took the seat next to Miles. “Hey man, thanks for hosting this shindig tonight.”
    “Of course. It’s my pleasure.” Miles took another sip of his bourbon and pasted on the fake smile that he had perfected since his return from overseas.
    “I’m sorry, but your regular poker night for a bachelor party is lame,” Pierce w h ined as he opened his bee r. “ Where’s the strippers ? Where’s the music and party?”
    “Poor Pierce. You still haven’t learned about women at all, have you?” Cade teased his brother - in - law and Mo gave a chuckle.
    “What does that mean?” Pierce puffed up his chest defensively.
    “I wouldn’t mind knowing either,” Dinky said as he leaned forward , not miss ing a thing.
    “It means boys dream of strippers, men dream of the ir wome n waiting for them at home,” Mo said while he shrugged out of his Armani suit coat.
    “It also means that once you reach a point in your relationship that you’re getting married, you don’t care about those things anymore , ” Cole told his youngest brother - in - law as Pierce just rolled his eyes.
    “In my case it means that I’d be shot if I came home wearing glitter.” Cade joked