“Wow.” Timi’s gaze moved between Jones and me. “What’s up, Church?”
I rolled my eyes. Timi knew good and well that I didn’t mess with him. “Hi.” I said it as dryly as possible.
He smirked and chuckled again. “You guys look real cozy.”
“Go away,” I told him.
“Yeah. Go away, dog. There’s no reason for you to hang around here. Keep moving.”
Timi held up his hands, like he didn’t want any trouble. But if he didn’t want trouble, why did he come to my table? “My bad. I’ll keep walking. I just think it’s interesting that?—”
Jones walked away from me and made his way around the table toward Timi.
“Hey. Hey. Hey. I’m leaving.” We watched as Timi walked off quickly.
Jones turned to me with his face twisted up. “And that’s the dude you were with for three years?”
“Don’t remind me.” I put my face in my hands.
“Yeah, you should be embarrassed. That motherfucka is a joke.”
“He is.”
He walked back over to me and wrapped me back up in his arms. “You upgraded.”
I had to chuckle. “So arrogant.”
“But am I lying?”
I chuckled again. “Nah, you’re not lying. I definitely upgraded.”
Mari and Lex returned, bearing carryout dishes in their hands. “We stopped by Brewer’s booth.” She set two cups of lemonade on the table.
Brewer operated a booth at every seasonal festival that Jackson Falls had. His booth always offered festival-sized servings of the most popular dishes on the Good Ashes menu. His booth was always a hit with the crowd because Brewer’s food was top tier.
“What’d you get?” Jones questioned.
“Dungeness crab cakes and truffle fries.”
“We’re gonna take our food back to my booth so I can finish setting up,” Lex told Jones, who nodded his agreement.
“You good?” he asked me.
“Yeah. Me and Mari have it. We can finish setting up the table. We’ll see you guys later.”
Before they could walk away, Jenna and Kylena approached our table.
“Oh, wow. Are they both pregnant?” Mari whispered to me.
I took them in quickly and did feel like both were sporting visible baby bumps. What the hell?
“Hey, y’all.” Jenna included everybody in her wave, even me.
“Hey.” Mari moved in to hug her.
“Damn, are congratulations in order?” Lex asked with no chill. His face was twisted up as he eyed each of them critically.
Kylena rubbed her stomach and chuckled. “Something like that.”