The Way We Break by Cassia Leo

Author:Cassia Leo [Leo, Cassia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Amazon: B00YFCS1CS
Barnesnoble: B00YFCS1CS
Goodreads: 24769605
Publisher: Gloss Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-05-27T04:00:00+00:00

December 31, 2014

I pull up to the curb next to the United Airlines check-in terminal and turn to Kenny. “Do you have everything you need? I mean, do you need money for cab fare or anything? My assistant took care of the flight. It’s first class, so feel free to get drunk on the plane.”

Kenny purses his lips as he stares at the revolving door leading into the terminal at Portland International Airport. “Houston, you’re making me feel like a whore or a slave. A slave-whore to Operation Gay Agenda. This is not the way it’s supposed to feel.”

“Sorry, I just… I don’t want anything to go wrong.”

He turns in his seat and stares at me for a moment before he sighs. “Oh, the things I do for you and Rory. I could be home, sipping hot toddies with a hot Toddie, and Rory would be coming to me.”

“Kenny, we went over this. I need you to go to her. I need you to make sure she’s okay.”

He purses his lips again. “She’s fine. As we speak, she’s probably huddled safely in the arms of the lumberjack.” He sings the last six words to the tune of “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan.

I clench my jaw and take a deep breath so I don’t fly off the handle. “Don’t say stuff like that. You make me want to get on that plane with you and that would not turn out well.”

He rolls his eyes. “I was just trying to draw a comparison between Rory and an abused shelter dog.”

I fix him with a searing glare to let him know I’m getting dangerously close to calling off the whole operation.

“I’m kidding,” he insists. “Rory’s more like an adorably helpless lost puppy who was taken into a stranger’s home, but not abused.”

“Okay, I think we get the point. Let’s just drop the comparison.”

“Okay.” He slings the strap of his carry-on bag over his shoulder and reaches for the door handle. “I’ll report back to you tomorrow.”

“Tonight.”

He rolls his eyes again and grumbles his agreement. “Tonight.”

I watch as he heads into the terminal, my stomach fluttering with anxiety, my mind drifting to sickening thoughts of Rory curled up in Liam’s arms. Is she really safe with Liam? If she is, is it time I let her go?

A car horn blasts me back into the present moment and I quickly set off out of the airport, toward Barley Legal headquarters in Northwest Portland. When I arrive at the pub on the first floor, I find Troy holding a meeting with the servers in the kitchen. He’s going over the agenda for tonight’s Barley Legal New Year’s Eve party. It’s only our second year doing it, so the servers have to be prepared for the madness that’s going to descend upon this building in about six hours.

“There are four holiday cocktails that Wilma created just for tonight: the Holiday Ménage, Absolutly Legal, the Portland Legspreader, and Just the Tip for the Bartender. They’re not the same drinks

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