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Brittney and Ajani are both blankly staring at me. “What?” I wave down a waitress, pointing to the table, signaling we want another round.
Brittney covers her mouth but Ajani laughs. “Well, aren’t we going to check under our seats?!”
“Ha! Come on, it’s a gimmick.” I sit back into my chair, waiting patiently for my fresh beer. I miss Jared already. He knew it was ladies’ night, and I told him that I’d call him when I was finished. I’m hoping to be tangled up in him tonight. Which makes me remember…
“Hey, did Skyler care that you were coming to watch half-naked men?” I ask Brittney, knowing he’s the boyfriend that can, at times, be overly jealous.
“Actually, when I mentioned it during the week—what we’d be doing for ladies’ night—he was all for it. Weird, right?”
“Ajani should be the one scouring under her seat, hoping to find rope. She’s the single one, right?”
Ajani smacks my hand that’s pointed directly at her. “Aren’t you technically single too?”
“Nah, I guess it’s time Cap Guy and I make it official.”
Brittney smiles when she hears Jared’s nickname that I started using so many years ago.
“He really is even cuter in a hat,” Ajani coos next to me.
Mmm, he really is…I bite my bottom lip. “Now we need to findyoua man.”
Ajani holds up a piece of rope, then swings it in a lasso. “I think that I'll be having one tonight.” She grins wickedly at us, then points at our seats. “Hurry up and check under your seats before the rest of the audience starts to riot.”
I shake my head, assuming that these rope pieces would have to be spread out through the audience. My fingers go under my seat, rubbing around until they make contact with a coarse rope. “No fucking way,” I whisper under my breath as I pull the piece of rope out and stare at it.
Brittney holds her rope up into the air and screams up at Darla, “We are the chosen ones!!!”
“Shit, ladies. I’ve never been to a show like this, but I’m thinking we might have to start a tradition of us going to these!” Ajani is beaming with excitement.
Okay, how much had these two really had to drink before I got here?
My phone chimes inside my purse. When I open it, I see it’s from a bartender from The Purple Room.
Val
Hey, you have a delivery that was left here for you.
Hmm, I don’t think I was expecting anything.
Me
Thanks, girl. Go ahead and leave it in the break room for me.
Val
Will do.
CHAPTER 59
KC
Darla waves for us to come up to the stage before screaming to the audience, “Let’s hear it for these three lucky ladies!!!”
Ajani and Brittney push their chairs back and stand up quickly. I grab Brittney’s arm, stopping her. “Hey, are you sure Skyler will be okay with this?”
She pauses for a moment and looks between Ajani and me. “I mean, it can’t be too bad if it’s going to happen in front of all these people, right? We’d have plenty of witnesses.”
I start to shake my head. “Fuck, I don’t know. I know he can get jealous sometimes, and I’d hate for this night to turn into a shit show.”
