ACE: Las Vegas Bad Boys by Frankie Love

Author:Frankie Love [Love, Frankie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

EMMY

I left the elevator after he kissed me. My entire world broken and alive.

He kissed me and told me he loved me, and I believe it.

When his lips pressed against mine it was as if a flood of truth washed over me.

Janie is dying, and that’s tragic and incomparable.

But maybe her death is allowing something else to be brought to life.

Maybe her death will allow Ace and I to live.

Is that crazy? Is it the flawed logic of a lonely girl grasping for sense in a screwed-up world?

I don't know and I don't care, because right now I need something that makes sense.

I change out of my uniform in the locker room, pull on my leggings and my flats. Yank on a tank top and a jean jacket. I shove my fishnets and pleather in my tote bag and get the hell out of here.

I'll see Ace again. Of course I will, because he’s all I have left.

I leave Spades Royalle and get a cab for the hospital.

Ace offered to come with, so I wouldn’t be alone. But I told him no. I see texts from Claire and Tess, asking WTF is going on—apparently word travels fast—and asking if I need their support. But I dash off a message saying thanks but no thanks.

Right now I need to be alone so I can say good-bye to the person who has known me longest in the world. So I can say good-bye to the story I wanted to be mine and Janie's … pages of redemption and happily-ever-afters.

That won't be our story … but maybe—just maybe—it will be Ace's and mine.

I've never been the sort of person who believed in Go—shit, I was in the chapel this week wondering where the angels were, where the Saints had gone—but maybe there is a God.

Maybe he's been looking out for me, making sure I won't have to be alone. Maybe Ace came into my life at the perfect moment. Maybe he arrived when Janie was leaving so I would never be truly alone in this world.

I get to the hospital, check in with the nurses and take my seat beside my sister.

I hold her hand all night. I don't let go because soon enough I'll be forced to walk away.

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