Bad Girl Reputation--An Avalon Bay Novel by Elle Kennedy

Author:Elle Kennedy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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“Hey, sorry, I’m late.” Alana slides across from me at the table near the small stage of the Rip Tide. Her dark-red hair cascades over one shoulder, appearing a bit tousled.

“Swear to God, if you’re late because you were hooking up with Tate—”

“I wasn’t,” she assures me. Then she rolls her eyes. “And even if I was, you’re the last person who should judge. Your love life is a series of bad decisions.”

“Ouch.” I grin. “But true.”

As we laugh, Alana flags down a server and orders a beer. Friday nights are half-price pitchers at the Rip Tide, a deal I would’ve taken full advantage of not so long ago. But I’m drinking a virgin mai tai, which is damn good if I’m being honest. Who knew the taste of virgin cocktails would start growing on me.

“What’s the holdup?” she asks, nodding toward the empty stage. “Weren’t they supposed to go on at nine?”

“Technical difficulties.” About ten minutes ago, one of Jordy’s bandmates came up to the mic to make a vague announcement. Naturally, I’d texted Jordy for more details, and he admitted their steel drum player showed up with a hangover and has been puking backstage since his arrival.

“Technical difficulties?” Alana says knowingly.

“Yeah, as in, Juan is technically having difficulties not projectile-vomiting all the Jägerbombs he inhaled last night.”

She gives a loud snicker, before smoothing out her rumpled hair. “Sorry I look like a scrub. I came straight from the club. I was caddying today and it was so windy. I didn’t have an elastic, so my hair was blowing all over the place.”

I wrinkle my forehead. “I didn’t know you were working at the country club again. What happened to the receptionist gig at the Avalon Bee?”

“I’m doing both.” She rubs her temples, visibly tired. “I’m saving up for a new car because old Betsy’s engine is finally threatening to give out for good. So I called my old boss at The Manor and she gave me a few shifts a week over there. I might be landing a better gig, though—some lady at the club approached me about possibly working as her au pair for the rest of the summer. I guess their current one just up and quit.”

“An au pair? You realize that’s just a fancy word for nanny, right? Also, you hate kids,” I remind her, then snicker at the thought of Alana wrangling a bunch of screaming kids into a minivan. She’d kill them in two days, tops.

“Nah, I can tolerate kids. What I can’t tolerate is caddying for one more pompous jackass. I swear, the group today had four of them and they all took turns offering to buy me expensive shit in exchange for sex.” She snorts. “One said he’d settle for a handy in the bathroom, which was sweet of him.”

“Gross.” I take a sip of my drink. “Speaking of career changes, I had a job interview today with Mackenzie.”

“Yeah? How’d that go?”

“Good, I think. She said she’ll be in touch once she’s done interviewing all the candidates.

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