“Not a problem. I was with Zack and told him I could get here faster.” He slid the car into gear and pulled away slowly from Manny. “But you’ve got to pay the price.”
The way his eyes crinkled in the corners when he was joking had to be the reason Zack had fallen for him. Or maybe it was something more important, like how unquestioningly kind Teddy was.
I gave him an impish smile back.
“Okay, I’ll bite. What’s the price?”
He laughed.
“I like you, Wes! I thought I’d be jealous of you because of how Zack talked about you all the time. But you seem like a nice guy, for someone white.” I laughed with him this time. “The price is breakfast with me and Zack. We were just trying to figure out where we wanted to go.”
“Good plan. I’m starving. Where’d you guys decide?”
“Mama’s.”
“Oh, uh, no
