14“So you stuck it out with them, then?” Roxy asked, nodding to the closed door.
“You didn't think I would?”
The awkwardness between them was starting to get boring. Rachel could appreciate he felt bad for locking her in the boot of a car and nearly getting her killed, but she wished he would just get over it already. She had. The whole charm of Roxy was his ability to laugh off everything – without it he was just dull.
“They're not the easiest to live with.”
She couldn't hide her agreement there. The Smith brothers were usually impossible. Charlie was bossy and self–important, John was headstrong and bad tempered, and throwing her general defiance into the mix was always a risky compound.
“No, they're not.”
“So why stay with them?”
“I like them.”
She was being deliberately cryptic
