Second Hand by Heidi Cullinan & Marie Sexton

Author:Heidi Cullinan & Marie Sexton
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Published: 2012-08-29T21:45:12+00:00

As soon as he could escape, El chain-smoked his way down Rosa’s street, but once he made it to the Light District, his phone rang. It was Rosa.

“What the fuck, El? I don’t want the party at my house!”

“Hey, I was thinking on my feet. Mom had already invited Noah—”

“Then how about I uninvited him later, or something that doesn’t upend my life, huh?”

El winced. “I know. Sorry, Rosa. I’ll help you clean.”

“You’ll do all the cleaning, you bastard. But first you’re going to tell me who you’re bringing to the party.”

He stopped dead in the middle of the street, panic shafting through him. “Nobody. I was just bullshitting there, trying to sell the reason for moving the party.”

“No, that’s the bullshit, what you just said to me. When you said you wanted to invite someone, that was the truth.”

Goddamn Rosa and her ability to see right through him. “It’s nobody. Just this guy that’s been hanging around the shop. He’s a friend.”

“A friend you want to fuck. Interesting. What’s his name?”

Fuck. “Bob.”

“You’re lying,” Rosa declared, sounding pleased with herself. “Don’t worry, I’ll get it out of you while you’re cleaning.” She hung up.

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.

Though it hadn’t been his original intention, El headed to Lights Out instead of back to the shop. When Denver greeted him at the door, the bouncer’s expression changed from welcoming to something heavy and sober.

“Somebody die?” he asked.

“No, but I have the feeling I’m going to wish I had.” An idea struck him, and he seized it. “Denver, what are you doing for the Fourth?”

“Working here, what do you think?” He gave El a funny look. “Why?”

“Nothing. I just had this—” He grimaced and shook his head. “Forget it.”

Denver grinned at him. “You’re looking nervous, buddy. Any chance this nothing has to do with Strawberry? Because if it means I get to watch you with him again, I’ll get Jase to find someone else to man the door that night.”

Murmuring “Fuck you” under his breath, El nudged past his friend and a gaggle of giggling girls playing tourist, heading straight for Jase and the bar and the alcohol.

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