Page 54 of Savage Devil
“Exactly,” Roman says. “So why the fuck would any of us go to a party?”
“You’re not invited,” she tells him with a flick of her hair.
“If the guys have a game, why wouldn’t we go to that?”
Emilio shifts beside me. “You wanna see me play?”
I shrug. “Why not?”
His back straightens and the corners of his mouth curl into a smile. “You guys should come to the game.”
Kasey just shakes her head. “We don’t do school games, remember?” She gives a pointed look in Allie’s direction and everyone at the table is suddenly nodding.
“What am I missing?”
Kasey hesitates, so it’s Allie who answers. “When I was… uh… assaulted,” she swallows hard, “it was at a football game. They’re still kinda a sore spot for me.”
Oh. “I’m so—“
She shakes her head. “Don’t be. But I’m with Kasey. Let’s get out. Go to a party. I haven’t been to one since we all got together at Shadle Creek. I could use a fun night with everything going on right now.”
Roman places his arm around her and she leans into him. I’ve been such a crappy friend. I’ve barely checked in to see how she’s holding up with all of the Miguel stuff going on right now. That last I heard from Jae, since he’s been keeping tabs on everything for me, is that Miguel was offered a plea deal to give up the other man who assaulted Allie with him.
It’s looking like the recent charges are going to stick, and Jae said Miguel is considering it. They offered him a lesser sentence. Ten to fifteen years with a shot at parole for good behavior, so he could be out in as little as seven if he turns on his buddy. We’ll see what happens.
“Are you holding up okay?”
She shrugs. “As good as can be expected. I just want it all to be over, ya know? I want to finally put all of this behind me and move on with my life.”
I reach across the table and squeeze her hand. “So, girls' night out?”
She nods. “Girls' night out.”
I smile wide. I haven’t been to a party since… well, since I got pregnant with Luis.
“I don’t like the idea of you three going out alone,” Emilio says, setting Luis on the table where he promptly twists in an attempt to crawl across the surface.
“Give me,” Allie says reaching for him. “I need the baby snuggles.”
“We’re not going to be alone. We’ll be with each other.” I shrug.
“Bad idea,” Dominique adds. Roman and Emilio both nod in agreement. “Shit could happen. Someone could spike your drink. You guys could get hurt.”
Kasey snorts. “It’s at Sarah’s. I live literally right next door. We don’t have to worry about rides or designated drivers and none of us are heavy drinkers. Stop being spoilsports. We’ll call Aaron if we get in a bind.”
Aaron shakes his head. “I’ve got plans. You three are on your own.”
Kasey whirls on him. “Plans? What plans?”
“Personal ones that my nosey baby sister doesn’t need to know about.”
Her eyes narrow but surprising us all, she drops it. “Whatever. It doesn’t matter. We don’t need—”
“No,” Roman deadpans like his word is law and all three of us girls raise a brow.
“No?” Allie says, a tilt of her head and a gleam in her eyes. Oh, this is going to be good.
“Vanilla, you know this is a bad idea.”
