Chapter 53 - Ryker

I shook my head, chuckles still pushing through my chest. I got up and moved to the door to let Baxter in. "Call Tali. Let her know dinner is ready," I said over my shoulder.

"So bossy," Willow called after me.

I bit my lip. She didn't even know the half of it yet. I opened the door, held it open for Baxter with the food. Leaving the door open for Tali, I turned and helped Baxter get the food sorted and onto plates.

"Yum, it smells delicious. Where did you order from?" Tali asked.

I looked at her over my shoulder. Her long dark brown hair was pulled up in a messy knot on top of her head. Her trim body was covered in yoga pants and a thin shirt covered by some kind of jacket-thingy women were prone to wear.

"Taliano's. They might be Italian, but they serve the best steak in the city."

"I've never heard of them," Willow answered. "Where are they?"

"Little hole in the wall between Industrial Row and Downtown," Baxter answered. He got the steaks divvied out while I got t