“Show her your hands,” Carl says.
They each hold up their right hand, revealing a difference that will help her in telling who is who. Dex has a large intricate D tattooed across the soft skin on the top of his hand, and Lex has a matching L.
“She knows us already,” Noah says.
“Just us left then.” The man with the broken nose smiles again. “I’m Kole, and this is Kase.”
“I can introduce myself,” Kase says, rolling his eyes. “He always does that. Thinks just because he was born a minute early that I’m incapable of speaking.”
“On a daily basis, I regret becoming friends with so many fucking multiple births.” I down a long pull of his beer and place it onto the table with a little too much force.
“Only child syndrome,” Niall says.
“His mom saw his face and decided to shut up shop,” Nash says. The rest of the men snort, even though this isn’t the first time someone’s made this joke.
“Yeah, well, none of your mom’s opted to have more kids after you either.”
“Do you have brothers or sisters, Kyla?”
“Nah,” she shrugs. “Just me, but my friend Dawn is like my sister. We’ve known each other since kindergarten.”
“Is that Dawn with YOLO?” Niall asks.
“That’s the one.”
The men share a look that people often do when Dawn is being discussed. She’s the best friend a person could ever have, but not everyone can see past her brash exterior to the heart of gold beneath.
“So, who’s going to pop your tattoo cherry?” Kole asks.
“No one,” she blurts. “Since I had a ruptured appendix as a teen, needles have become a whole lot more terrifying. There’s no way I’ll let anyone come near me with one unless it’s life or death.”
“Is it even a thing to have a tattoo-free person working in a tattoo parlor?” Dex asks. When he speaks, I catch a glint of the piercing in his tongue.
“Well, I guess I don’t have to take the job if you have a problem with it,” Kyla says.
“No problem,” I say. “But if you do want a tattoo one day, I claim that first one.”
“Why do you get to claim it?” Noah grumbles.
“Because I’m the boss.”
“And do I get a say in the matter?” Kyla asks.
The stern look in my icy blue eyes should tell her absolutely not. When I say something, I mean it. No ifs. No buts.
Kyla only stays with the Ink Factor team for one drink and then makes an excuse to leave. When she’s gone, the team all give me the seal of approval. Their opinion is important to me, but I wouldn’t have changed my mind about Kyla even if they didn’t like her. We need the help too much. When she gets home, she forwards her resume immediately, and within five minutes, I send her the contract. I imagine her reading through the great salary and awesome benefits and smiling that pretty smile.
I hope she’s as happy about joining our team as I am to welcome her.
Now all she has to do is quit her other job.
Fingers crossed that all goes off without a hitch.
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