Heart Thief by Wren Charles

Author:Wren Charles [Charles, Wren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-05-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-Five

Evie

I am a wreck. My sons are in Vegas on New Year’s Eve.

They’ve sent pictures of themselves running down the side of some building, and in casinos with piles of chips. I laugh at that one and show Jackson, who is now going between green and a weird shade of grey and back again. I stop laughing, however, when James sends me a picture of Bucky outside a wedding chapel with a group of girls who look as drunk as he obviously is. In fact, all of them have a girl on each arm and are forming an orderly queue.

I start screaming for Jonno to do something, like cut off the power to Vegas, to stop them getting into that chapel. My brothers are in hysterics as I call and call Bucky and James.

Jonno shoves a very large whiskey into my hand and says, “Drink that, Grandma.”

“They better not have gotten anyone pregnant,” I tell him.

“I’m talking about Pinky,” he laughs.

“Pinky is the least of my problems,” I groan.

“Oh good, glad you think that. ’Cos she’s gone over to Marshall’s and is enticing Crockett into action. Thought you might need that before we go and try to get her back.”

“Where’s Tubbs gone? I thought she was a one stallion woman?” I laugh.

“Nope she’s bored of Tubbs and moved on to Crockett. I hope Marshall doesn’t have any other 1980’s named Stallions. She could be there a while.” Jonno grins at me.

“Marshall is stuck in the eighties, so I suppose there’s a good chance.” We both laugh as I slam the whiskey back like a shot and say, ”Let’s go.”

After a heavy night of whiskey, which I think may have hallucinogenic properties, chasing a pink pony around a stable yard, then beating Marshall at cards at his kitchen table, I stagger back home to bed and crash, sleeping until after 2 p.m.

“You bothering with food today?” Jackson asks me, coming into my room.

“No,” I croak out, “and don’t mention it to me, Jax. I’ll be sick.”

He laughs, “Marshall’s brought his famous hangover cure over, come get some''

Errrrr. I’m hanging, big style. I wander downstairs and sit like a shaking white marshmallow in the corner. Grunting in people's general direction.

“Did they get married?” I ask the room at large.

“No marriages,” says Jude, grinning at me. “James and Kellen made up, though.”

“Marcus, Jude. James and Marcus made up.” I curl my lip, and crack open an eye. “Well done them. I’m staying out of it. No involvement. None. I don’t want to hear anything about him.”

“So you don’t want to know what happened at that party then?” he says, bringing up the internet.

“Did Marcus get married to Gabe? Xander? Levi? How many others are in that band?”

“No, but he saved Kasey Becker from drowning in his own pool. He’s a national treasure now.”

“Captain America strikes again.” I make a power salute and say, “I’m off back to bed. Where’s the hangover cure?” He plonks the rancid looking concoction in my hand and I drink it down in one.

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