Novella.Soul Possession.2011 by Banks Maya

Author:Banks, Maya [Banks, Maya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 0100-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

With makeup and her hair fixed, Jessie didn’t resemble the photo that had aired on the news. She wasn’t sure how the hell they’d managed to drag up the picture they had. Jessie had looked hung over, and since she rarely imbibed to excess, it wasn’t like she’d had many opportunities to be photographed drunk off her ass.

Tonight, though, she was going to make an exception and blow off some serious steam and anxiety.

“Holy crap, it’s loud in here!” Jessie exclaimed when they entered the corner bar.

“What?”

Jessie leaned in closer. “I said it’s loud in here!”

Kirsten nodded and grinned. Then she motioned toward the bar and the two women threaded their way through the crowd. As they reached the counter, the music stopped, though Jessie’s ears kept thumping right along.

“Thank God,” Kirsten said. “Now we won’t have to holler to order a drink.”

The bartender was cute in a preppy sort of way but Jessie found her mind wandering to the two rough-edged cops who’d rocked her world in bed and shattered it out of bed.

The women accepted their drinks and Kirsten turned around, drink in hand, to survey the assortment of people in the dimly lit interior.

“Looks like pickings are slim tonight,” Kirsten muttered. “Not too many cute ones.”

“That’s your problem,” Jessie said. “You like them cute when you should be looking for a harder edge. Something that screams badass and I’ll rock your world in bed.”

“Uh-huh, well we’re not all queen of the threesome,” Kirsten said dryly.

“Oh God, that sounds so dirty when you say it,” Jessie groaned.

Kirsten chuckled. “You’re cute when you blush. Besides, don’t listen to me. I’m a jealous bitch right now because I’d die a happy woman to get it on with two gorgeous guys.”

She threw back her drink and chugged it down then she held out the hand with the glass in it and bumped Jessie’s arm. “Bottoms up, girlfriend. The night is young and we’re wasting good booze.”

Jessie complied, tipping up her glass and swallowing down the tart drink.

Kirsten turned around, ordered refills, and then asked for six shots of Patrón.

“Oh, hell no,” Jessie said. “You aren’t getting me to shoot tequila.”

“Don’t be a whiny bitch and drink up. I’m buying tonight.”

Jessie grimaced then gingerly picked up one of the shot glasses. “We’re crazy.”

“But we’re cute crazy,” Kirsten said with a grin.

She held up her shot glass, clinked it against Jessie’s, and then both of them put the rim to their mouths and tipped back their heads at the same time.

It was like swallowing fire.

Jessie came back wheezing, her eyes watering. Around them applause broke out and it was then she realized that she and Kirsten had an audience.

“Shit,” she muttered.

Kirsten shrugged. “Let’s give them a show.”

Chants of “Drink, drink, drink” filled the air and Jessie reached for the second shot. A moment later it felt like the lining was stripped from her esophagus but the alcohol was down and swimming around her stomach.

“One more and then let’s dance,” Kirsten said. She thumbed in the direction of the band that was returning from break.

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