Equilibrium by Katey Hawthorne

Author:Katey Hawthorne [Hawthorne, Katey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: LGBT Paranormal
Published: 2012-05-08T07:10:03+00:00

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46

Katey Hawthorne

Happy hour at the Pits again—and I knew goddamn well he did it just so I‟d have to wait longer to grovel. I got there before him and found Daly in the usual spot, but with Vanessa and her friend Rhonda.

Great.

Nessa eyed me. I said hello, having trouble holding her gaze. It was like being caught out twice: once with my hand in the fire and once with it in, well, her ex-boyfriend. Not that she knew about the latter, and she was supposedly not sure about the former, but—

“Hey, Hansen. How‟s things?” she asked.

Daly scooted over to make room for me. “Yeah, man, how‟s tricks?”

“I‟m raking it in,” I said, taking the seat. Maybe my smile was a little smug, because Daly made an O with his lips, and Rhonda giggled across the table. “What‟s up?” I directed at Nessa.

Yeah, not awkward at all. Jesus.

“Hoped you‟d be here tonight.”

Oh shit. I waved for the cute bartender. The fucker winked at me as he scurried across the room with a full tray of shots for some lucky table.

No, just bring ’em over here, man. Gonna need those myself.

Nessa went on. “Wanted to talk to you about the other night—and I think you know what I mean.”

I feigned placid interest.

“I know Sam told you. He tells you every—”

“Told him what?” Sam appeared, like the devil who‟d heard his name, and shoved me closer to Daly so he could swing in beside me. He passed around his hellos and hung his jacket on the side of the booth.

Nessa clammed up, thank god, and a few minutes later, she dragged Rhonda away with her.

Sam went around to the other side of the table and pulled me with him. If this confused Daly, he gave no indication. “The hell did you do to that girl?”

“She thinks I got a bad shock from that jukebox and it melted my brain. Why else would I break up with her?”

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