Faded (Faded Duet Book 1) by Julie Johnson

Author:Julie Johnson [Johnson, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JOHNSON INK, Inc.
Published: 2018-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

ryder

Amazing how fast life can turn on you.

One minute, you’re holding the girl who sets your fucking soul on fire, the next your eyes are getting clawed out of their sockets. Face still stinging from the assault, I glance to my left to make sure Felicity is okay before charging after Linc, who looks like he’s about two seconds from dropping Lacey. We have to get her crazy ass outside before the bouncers start swarming and throw us all out on the curb.

We wrestle her onto the rooftop patio like a feral cat. The few couples gathered by the railing quickly clear out, not wanting to get involved in our drama. I don’t blame them — the way Lacey is hissing and spitting, she looks like she’s got a highly contagious case of rabies.

“You motherfucker!” she screams at me for the tenth time.

She really needs to broaden her range of insults.

“What the hell is going on?” Lincoln yells, struggling to keep hold of Lacey. I watch him wince as her claws find purchase in his forearm. “Ow! Bitch!”

“You could’ve ruined everything! Everything!” Lacey screams at me. Her legs windmill the air as she snarls, rhinestone cowboy boots flashing like a strobe. “You’re damn lucky I smoothed things over for us!”

Aiden is hovering at my side, tense as a bowstring, silent as a grave.

“Get off me, Lincoln!” Lacey screams, still flailing. “Put me down!”

“Gladly, once you get a hold of yourself. You’re acting absolutely fucking crazy!”

“Me, crazy?” she seethes, finally going limp. “I’m not the crazy one. If anyone here is crazy, it’s him.”

Lincoln looks at me. “Any idea what the hell she’s talking about?”

“Oh, he knows,” she spits, breathing hard. “He knows exactly what he did.”

I cross my arms over my chest, fists clenched tightly as I watch her. She seems to be calming down, though I’m not about to trust her anywhere near my eyes in the foreseeable future. Linc loosens his hold so her feet are back on solid ground, but keeps his arms around her abdomen in case she dives for me again.

“Is this because he was kissing that Nightingale waitress? ‘Cause, I know you two hooked up a while back but…” Lincoln shrugs. “Not to call a spade a spade, you aren’t exactly the paradigm of virtue yourself, Lacey.”

“You think I’m jealous he was kissing some little bar mouse?” She throws her head back and cackles. “That’s rich.”

Aiden’s eyes are swinging back and forth between her face and mine. I can almost see his mind spinning as he tries to put the pieces together. I feel lower than dog shit on the bottom of a shoe.

“If we aren’t dealing with a Yoko Ono situation here, what the hell is this?” Lincoln is sounding increasingly frustrated with each passing second. “I mean, you just show up here — after totally blowing off the most important gig we’ve ever played, by the way — and go rabid on Ryder. Always knew you were a bit off the rails, but this is beyond the pale, even for you…”

There’s a dangerous glint in her eyes.

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