17

Keeva, Esme, Nero and I made ourselves comfortable on the large couch in the living room and while Keeva mostly took care of her daughter, I petted Nero and watched on TV how Ariel defied her father over and over again.

Somehow Arielle reminded me slightly of Keeva and that round yellow fish had real Odran traits. I suddenly laughed out loud as the fucking crab kept complaining and reminded me of Rian that Keeva gave me a questioning look.

"What's so funny about the movie?" she asked, but I just shook my head in amusement and leaned back again. If I told her that a crab reminded me of her husband, I'm sure she would rip my head off.

The longer this film ran, the more often my eyes closed, until I dozed off completely and only woke up again when the smell of fried minced meat hit my nostrils.

Still exhausted, I slowly opened my eyes and the first thing I noticed was that Keeva must have made room for me and covered me. I was really happy that Rian had found such a woman and I suddenly thought of Irina again.

I immediately looked at the clock above the front door, which read just before 4 p.m., and then slowly got up to walk to Keeva in the kitchen.

"Good morning," she smiled and looked me in the face for a long time, although her smile unfortunately faded a bit.

"Morning," I replied, stretching long enough to peer curiously into the pot.

"What is that?"

"Minced meat leek soup," she explained, looking wistfully at the door, after which I immediately took my cell phone and dialed Odran's number. I was tired of her worrying like that.

"Ja?"

"Where are you?" I asked immediately, noticing Keeva's piercing gaze at me.

"We'll be home soon," was all that Odran said, who then hung up immediately.

"What is it? Where are you? Is it-"

"They'll be right there," I reassured Keeva, who almost choked on her own words with excitement and then took a deep breath.

"Oh thank god," she said, concentrating on her food again, making me grin stupidly, which she must have noticed from her questioning look.

"You think everything's funny today, don't you?" She grinned as well and I pointed to the food in amusement.

"Odran must have smelled that, that's why they're probably here."

We both started laughing heartily until suddenly the door opened and my brothers walked in.

Keeva immediately jumped into Rian's arms, apologizing for her slap and kissing him so many times it was dizzy just watching. My eyes then fell on Odran, who apparently only had eyes for the pot.

"Everything okay?" I then wanted to know and he nodded at me, which made me breathe easy.

I didn't have to ask any more because my brothers always didn't tell me the details anyway... Probably better that way.

After we all sat down at the table together, tucking into the really delicious food and discussing whether Arielle resembled Keeva, I looked at the clock again and had to start walking slowly if I wanted to reach Irina in time.

"Where are you going?" Rian asked immediately as I got up and I lied to not talk about the Russian beauty.

"To Jake," I said and after Rian nodded, Odran also turned to me.

"Take care," he said, looking deep into my eyes, whereupon I nodded and disappeared upstairs to my room.

I quickly grabbed a pair of light-colored jeans, a black hoodie, and underwear, then scurried into the bathroom to shower and brush my teeth.

When I looked in the mirror, I got a little startled, because I had never seen myself so bad. Slight scratches could be seen everywhere, as well as the totally swollen eye and my split lip. Irina would surely get a shock...

Without giving it a second thought, I got dressed and grabbed my helmet before heading to my bike, where I suddenly realized I didn't even remember the fucking address. I didn't have to ask Jake, he was totally drunk himself, so only Padraig stayed, but I couldn't reach him on the cell phone.

Well, then I just had to stop by Tina's. He was probably there.

I got on my motorcycle and drove off. Since I had to give the taxi the street address this morning, I knew roughly where I had to go and when I discovered her house, I immediately noticed that Mandy's BMW was parked in front of it.

Hopefully she would listen to her sister, get a divorce and live here for now.

After parking my machine right behind her car, I got off and checked my phone again. 5:36 p.m. Fuck!

I rushed to the front door, knocked several times and shortly afterwards Mandy opened the door for me, who immediately looked up at me shyly. Her eyes looked me up and down and I also began to let my gaze wander over her. She had her hair down this time, which I liked much better, and a pink sweater for a change, which she must have gotten from Tina. I had to grin slightly at the sight, which immediately made her blush and a slight smile crossed her lips.

"Sorry that I just left this morning," she said, biting her lower lip lightly, which made me completely forget about Irina for a moment.

Crap! Crap! Crap! I couldn't like the woman in front of me!

I quickly averted my gaze from her and looked past her, not wanting to be dragged further into the abyss. She was married and too good for me.

"Is Padraig here?" I asked and looked at her, whereupon I immediately saw this disappointment on her face, which made me incredibly sorry, but I only wanted her best and it certainly wasn't me.

"Yeah, they're in the back. But-"

I didn't even let them out because I was running out of time and when I opened the bedroom door I almost got the shock of my life.

"Ohhhh my God!", I breathed out and with huge eyes I looked at Tina, she was lying naked on the bed with her hands tied while Padraig probably spoiled her with his mouth.

"Get out!" she yelled and I raised my hands apologetically to turn and escape, tripping over one of the little dogs, losing my balance and then falling into Mandy's arms, who fell to the ground with me.

"What's that supposed to mean," she moaned in pain from beneath me and looked up at me, causing me to focus my eyes only on hers.

"Wasn't on purpose," I whispered, and from this close I could see her blushing and parting her lips slightly.

"I would have said the same now," she suddenly said bravely and I liked how she slowly relaxed in front of me, but before I could say anything, I felt someone pull me up by the collar.

"Tell me you're crazy!" Padraig yelled at me and when I got back on my feet and turned to face him, I closed my eyes for a moment for fear of seeing him naked as well. "You idiot," he growled, smacking my head lightly.

"Sorry man! Nobody can know what you're doing there."

"Is it nobody's business when I fuck my girlfriend, or should I text you beforehand so that you can at least take part in other people's love lives if you don't have one yourself?!"

He grinned stupidly and raised an eyebrow while Mandy got up and rolled her eyes at both of us.

"Thanks, I don't need any help," she said and walked past us back to the couch, which made us look at her in perplexity for a moment until I turned back to Padraig.

"That's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about," I whispered and he looked at me completely confused.

"About my sex life?"

"No!" It came out of me immediately and I took my cell phone out of my pocket. "I need Irina's address. The villa, do you remember?"

He nodded and took my phone to type something. When he gave it back to me he laughed and I saw why pretty quickly.

He had asked Irina for the address...

"That's exactly what I wanted to avoid! Now she thinks I'm some alky who immediately forgot where he was a few days ago!"

"Then at least she'll know from the start what you're up against," he grinned, patting me on the shoulder before disappearing back into the bedroom in just my boxer shorts.

I was about to go to the door and wait for a message from Irina when I caught sight of Mandy, who was sitting on the couch with her legs bent and staring out the window... Fuck!

I didn't want to leave her here alone, especially since those two back there might have been fucking all evening, but then a message came from Irina.

Greenstreet 69. I'm happy ;-)

What should I do now !?