Missing Dixie by Quinn Caisey

Author:Quinn, Caisey [Quinn, Caisey]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Music, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780062366863
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-10-26T07:00:00+00:00

17 | Dixie

“HE MADE BAIL. I had to call a bondsman,” I tell my brother over the phone. For the first time I’m grateful that Katrina Garrison got arrested during Austin MusicFest and I knew what to do because I’d gone with Gavin to bail her out.

“They’re going to charge him with assault,” Dallas says evenly. “He has an attorney from . . . previous stuff. I just talked to her.”

“Previous stuff?” After seeing the side of Gavin I saw tonight and now this, I feel like maybe I don’t know him at all. Maybe he’s always kept a part of himself hidden from me and I’m starting to understand why.

“Long story. And one he should tell you.”

I sigh. Bro code. Those two have always kept secrets from me for as long as we’ve known each other and, frankly, it’s getting old.

“According to the arresting officer, Carl regained consciousness in the ambulance and said Gavin had assaulted him before. Do you know anything about that?”

Dallas sighs loudly and I know I’m not going to get an answer.

I huff out a breath right back. “Look, I know you have the nursery to finish, and Robyn probably needs you, but I . . . I can deal with getting him out I just . . .”

“I’ll be there in under an hour. Promise.”

“Thanks, Dallas.”

“Hey, Dix?”

“Yeah?”

“Gavin’s hands . . . are they majorly fucked-up?”

It takes me a second to realize why this is even an issue worth discussing at a time like this. Musicians have to be careful with their hands, especially if they use them to make a living. They can be as important as any instrument.

We have only one more week until the battle, but if Gavin’s fingers or knuckles are broken, he won’t be a part of it.

“There was a lot of blood, D,” I whisper, closing my eyes and trying not to remember that terrifying look in his eyes as he pounded on Carl. I was able to get Liam out of the way but just barely. “I don’t know if it was his or Carl’s.”

My voice wavers at the end because the last few hours have been a complete draining nightmare.

Watching Gavin brutally attack another human being like that, watching the cops cuff him and put him in the back of the car, getting Mrs. Lawson to keep Liam while his dad is in the hospital. It hits me all at once when the adrenaline rush wears off and I am emotionally and physically exhausted.

As much as I know in my heart what Gavin did was wrong, I saw Carl hit Liam, saw the way Liam cowered in fear, and honest to God, I wanted to pummel the son of a bitch myself. I was torn between pulling Liam away and cheering Gavin on. Not sure what that says about me.

“Okay. Don’t worry about that right now. I’ll take him to get an X-ray when they release him. See you soon.”

I mumble goodbye to my brother and drop heavily into a metal folding chair.

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