Fall For Me Again by Parker Ali

Author:Parker, Ali
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2018-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Dallas

We found Kate and Elijah still sitting exactly where they had been before Elise and I slipped upstairs.

Kate had one leg crossed over the other. Her royal blue dress with its plunging neckline seemed painfully tempting for Elijah, but he was doing a good job maintaining eye contact, rather than letting his gaze rest solely on her cleavage. I’d have to give him praise for that. Kate had been the poor guy’s kryptonite for a long, long time.

Elise walked around me, her heels clicking on the hardwood floor, and took the open seat beside Kate, who was too enamored with her conversation with Elijah to notice the pink in her sister’s cheeks. I pulled out the chair beside Elijah, spun it around, and sat down in it backward, draping my arms over the backrest.

Elijah glanced at me. “Where did you wander off to?”

“I had to take a call,” I said nonchalantly. “Do you guys want to get out of here?”

Elijah’s brow creased, and he looked to Kate, who shrugged. “What did you have in mind?” he asked.

“There’s a bar down the street. Good drink specials and music. And the best nachos in town.”

“Say no more,” Kate said, getting smoothly to her feet. She plucked her glass of wine from the table and finished it in three big swallows. Elijah watched her with fascination, and I nudged his foot with mine.

He stood up, and so did I. Clearing his throat, he said, “Lead the way, Dallas.”

I straightened my jacket and shared a look with Elise as she stood, too. Her hair was a bit messy, and she seemed a bit flustered as she ran her hands down her thighs, but she smiled at me.

As we left, I was stopped by several coworkers who all asked where I was off to so early. The night had barely begun. I used Roy as my excuse, and it worked like a charm every time.

“That’s low,” Elijah said. “I need a kid so I can get out of the shit I don’t want to do.”

“It’s definitely useful,” I said as we went out through the doors and emerged in the lobby of the building. We crossed the tile, which echoed loudly with every step our group took. When we stepped out into the cold dark evening, Elise slipped her leather jacket on. She and Kate walked up ahead of Elijah and me all the way to the bar.

When we arrived, the place hummed with good energy. It was dimly lit, and the dance floor, which was situated right smack in the middle of the place, was packed. A track of strobe lights mounted to the ceiling above the dance floor cast flickers of red, blue, green, and yellow light down on the floor, briefly illuminating the dancers.

All around the dance floor were high tables. Most were occupied. Some of the other tables along the walls of the bar were still empty. Candles glowed on the tables as people sat in tightknit groups, sipping their drinks.

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