Page 139 of Rags's Awakening
Too small.
Rags laughed. “Saber’s solid. Rode with him a few times. The guy knows his shit.”
Casey nodded, her throat tight. “I’m sure he does.”
JT’s eyes darted to Rags, then back to her. “Didn’t think I’d ever see you again,” JT said.
“Likewise.” Casey shifted on the barstool.
Rags’s hand tightened on her shoulder. “You sure you’re good?”
“I said I’m fine.”
“You don’t look fine,” Rags said, his tone sharpening.
JT’s mouth twitched, like he was enjoying her discomfort.
Rags’s gaze snapped to him. “Stop looking at my woman like that,” he growled.
Casey stiffened, her pulse kicking hard against her throat.
“How am I looking at her,bro?” JT said.
Casey felt the shift between the two men. “I’m starving. Let’s get something to eat,” she said, starting to push off the stool.
Rags didn’t look away. “With fuckin’ disrespect. Cool it or we’re gonna have a problem, Saber.”
“What can I say? You’ve got a hot woman.”
Casey felt the anger rolling off Rags. She grasped his forearm. “Let’s go eat. Forget this jerk.”
“I’m not forgetting shit,” he said, shrugging off her hand.
“How do you know I’m a jerk, Casey?” A smirk spread across JT’s face.
“Because you are. Look how you’re acting now,” she said evenly.
“What the hell’s going on?” Rags said. He turned to her. “You know him?”
“Real well, dude. I mean, she’s my woman.” JT grinned.
Rags’s eyes locked on hers. “Is that true?”
“It is, dude.”
Rags didn’t look away. “Casey?”
“No, it’s not.” She glanced at JT over Rags’s shoulder.
“She’s bullshitting you, just like she did me.”
“Shut the fuck up, you liar.” Casey met Rags’s eyes. “I used to be his old lady. Then I left him.”
Shock spread across Rags’s face. “You were Saber’s ol’ lady?”
She nodded.
“She loved being my ol’ lady, didn’t you, sweetcakes?”
