Chapter 136

“Thanks, Paula, but I need to be getting home. I told Uncle Joe that I’d be home before it got too late. You have company, so I’ll just say goodbye to the girls and head home.”

“Good idea. Go the fuck home, asshole,” snarled Jordan just as Steve turned toward his car just as Diane pulled in to pick up Stephanie.

Paula couldn’t believe what she witnessed next. Jordan’s crude outburst came as a shock, but Steve’s reaction was a total stunner. He turned around and grabbed Jordan around the waist and easily picked her up and headed for the house. He carried her over his hip like she was an infant, and she kicked and thrashed like a temperamental child. He entered the house and went straight to the bathroom.

He placed Jordan in a supine position and gently sat on her chest, pinning her arms to her sides as he looked around the sink. Finding no bar soap, Steve picked up a soap dispenser. Jordan was cursing a blue streak and flailing her feet around in her anger. Steve wa