Page 144 of Wicked Savage Cruel
Bibiana
“We’re going to a party this weekend,” Kasey says as soon as I sit down for lunch.
“Uh, you do know I have a kid, right?”
She nods, blond hair bobbing around her face. “Yup. I already took care of it.” I look at Allie and she shrugs.
“And how exactly did you take care of my child?” I ask just as Emilio and the rest of the boys join us.
“What’s this about our child?” Emilio asks, plucking Luis from my arms. He gives me a quick kiss on the cheek and then turns his attention to our son, making faces and blowing raspberries on his neck.
“I got you a sitter,” Kasey adds, and I frown. I’m not going to leave Luis with just anyone. “Relax, it’s Monique.”
Oh. My shoulders relax. “I didn’t know you two talked.”
Dominique grunts and a wicked smile spreads across Kasey’s face. “All the time,” she says with a pointed look toward Dominique. “I’m learning so much. That girl is a wealth of information.”
I snort, but quickly smother my laugh. I can only imagine what these two are getting up to. “Okay. I’ll bite, since I trust Monique, why are we going to a party this weekend?”
At the mention of party, four scowls greet me. Emilio, Aaron, Dominique, and Roman.
Kasey ignores all of them. “The guys have the state championship game this weekend.”
“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.
