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Still here.
I swallow and lift my glass to her.
“Thanks, Doc,” I say quietly because anything else would sound like it meant something more.
CHAPTER SIX
Saint
After dinner, I thought the night was winding down. But when we wait for our cars outside, Presley holds up her arm to get our attention.
“You all ready for our next stop?”
I narrow my eyes. “There’s more?”
“Yes,” she says, wiggling her brows.
“What did you do?” I sling my arm around her shoulders.
“It’s a surprise.”
“You’re really not gonna tell me?” I pull her in tighter.
When her driver pulls up, my car behind hers, she points to the door. “You’re riding with me. I don’t need you ruining the surprise by following me too aggressively.”
Liam drives my car, following behind us. And Aston follows Liam with Brody.
The drive takes less than ten minutes, and we park in front of an old movie theater, which is oddly conveniently close, that usually showcases classics and cult favorites.
There’s a marquee that has likely been refurbished in recent years that reads:
PRIVATE SCREENING:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAINT!
Under that, it says:
VENOM
I stare out the window, and I’m speechless.
Presley shifts in her seat, excited. “Your favorite.”
I look over at her.
I laugh because she looks like a little kid instead of a thirty-year-old woman. “You rented out an entire theater to watchVenom?”
She shrugs. “Alie helped. And you should be grateful that Liam stepped in and vetoed the symbiote masks that Aston wanted us all to wear.”
“I’m annoyed that I missed that conversation.” I chuckle.
Her smile widens.
I have to look away before I do something embarrassing, like admit this is my favorite birthday ever.
We walk inside, and the theater smells like popcorn and musty carpet. Even though we have the entire theater to ourselves, our group sits together in the center row.
Brody brought in enough candy that Presley reprimands him for all the sugar. Aston won’t shut up, and Liam threatens to move him three rows away. Alie falls asleep on Liam’s shoulder fifteen minutes in and jerks awake every time her head slips off.
