KNOX: Volume 2 by Cassia Leo

Author:Cassia Leo [Leo, Cassia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gloss Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

8

Lita is such a lightweight. She drinks maybe four times a year. At weddings or on New Year’s Eve she’ll have one glass of champagne and declare herself “warm.”

But guilt is a powerful emotion. I’m going to guilt Lita into having drink number two tonight. I need to know just how much she knows about Knox and August.

Knox’s vendetta looks very much like an impressionist painting viewed up close. I need Lita to fill in some of the missing details. Or help me take a step back so I can make some sense of it. If that’s possible.

I pick up Lita at her apartment in Chelsea then we head to The Park, a restaurant-slash-dance club featuring indoor trees and shrubs. After yesterday’s excursion to Central Park ended in a bad run-in with August, I figured I’d better cancel out that experience with a trip to a classic hangout.

Lita and I used to go to The Park almost every weekend before I met August. It will be nice to spend some time with my best friend in our old stomping ground. And Knox is busy tonight. Probably off planning something “diabolical.” I know his goons are watching me, but we’re just here for a drink. I’m not worried.

I pull Lita past the indoor trees that glow with twinkling lights. She protests as I drag her up the stairs, past a display of a dozen or so glowing lanterns. I’m taking her to the second floor bar and dance floor.

“I don’t want to dance tonight,” she pouts. “I’m hungry! I want some chicken wings.”

“We’ll get some chicken wings tomorrow. I’ll take you out to brunch for a hangover cure.”

“Oh, nuh-uh!” She shakes her head adamantly as I pull her through the dense Saturday-night crowd toward the bar. “You have lost your mind if you think you’re getting me drunk.”

“Please just have one drink with me?” I plead while trying to find a place to squeeze in at the bar.

“I’m going to the restroom. Stay right here. I’ll be right back.”

Lita wouldn’t ditch me, would she?

I turn back to the bar and try to squeeze into a tiny space between a young guy who’s wearing some yummy cologne and a blonde who’s using her assets to try to get the bartender’s attention. The guy scoots back a little so I can squeeze in next to him and I smile at him to acknowledge his kindness. He’s actually kind of hot. Or maybe it’s just really hot in here.

“I’ve been waiting here for thirty minutes,” he shouts a few inches away from my ear. “He’s finally getting our drinks. What are you drinking?”

I should decline. I don’t want to give this guy the wrong idea. There is no doubt in my mind that I belong to Knox. But how? As a fuck buddy? As a co-conspirator? Or is it something more? Is what we have … love?

We certainly haven’t made any verbal commitments to each other. There’s no harm in letting someone buy me a drink.

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