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button (which was pierced as
well), and a pair of skin tight jeans that rested just at her hips. This time,
instead of heels, she had her jeans tucked into a pair of calf high leather
boots. She was mesmerizing. I turned my face away to hide the drool I felt was
about to start pouring from my mouth. When I turned back, there was genuine
surprise on her face. “Liam? Hey,” she said, looking at Marissa. “What are you
doing here?”
    “Liam
and I both had the night off, so I invited him out,” Brody said.
    She
glared at Brody and then Marissa before she held her hand out to me. “Cool. It’s
nice to see you again, Liam,” she said tersely.
    I
took her hand in mine, and shivers ran up my arm and straight though me. She
had goose bumps on her arms. “You too, Rory.” She took a seat next to me and
immediately grabbed a shot glass. Pouring herself a shot of Tequila, she
slammed it back quickly and blew air out through her lips, and then poured
another one. This girl could drink with the best of them, that’s for sure.
“Rory, you might want to slow down,” Brody said.
    Slamming
the shot glass down hard on the table, she glared at Brody. “I’ll slow down
when I’m dead,” she said, looking at him in the eye. He looked angry for a
moment, and Marissa looked worried. It suddenly got a little too quiet.
    “Hey,
are you okay?” I asked, placing my hand on hers.
    She
quickly snatched her hand away and her eyes quickly shot to mine, fire burning
in them. “I’m fine. Never better,” she said. She looked away and began to pour
herself another shot, but Marissa stopped her.
    “Rory,
come with me. Now,” Marissa said sternly. She seemed like the type that was
sweet and calm but could be tough when she needed to be.
    Rory
sighed and sarcastically said, “Yes mom ,” and stumbled behind her to the
bathroom. Either those shots must have gone to her pretty quick or she’d been
drinking before I showed up.
    I
turned to Brody. “What the hell was that about?”
    “She’s
pissed at me. Knowing her, she probably thinks I brought you here to set her
up.”
    I
felt a little stab of disappointment. “Why would that piss her off?”
    Brody
looked a little at war with himself for a moment. He looked toward the
bathroom, and sighed. “Rory’s had some bad shit happen in her past. About four
years ago, she had a boyfriend. He was a good guy, a lawyer.”
    “Really?
Lawyers don’t seem like her type,” I said, surprised.
    “Well,
this one was different. They were definitely different, but that’s what made
them unique.”
    I
poured myself a shot and quickly tossed it back. “So, what happened?”
    He
sighed. “She’d kill me if I told you this…” he trailed off. “She doesn’t like
to talk about it. At all.”
    “Well,
then don’t tell me. I don’t want her to hate me. I like her. Let her tell me on
her own.”
    “What
if she doesn’t want to do that?”
    “Then
she just won’t.” In all actuality, I was intrigued. This guy must have done a
number on her for her to swear off men altogether. I really wanted to know
more, but honestly, even though I was a cop that carried a gun, I had a feeling
that if I pried into her romantic history all I’d get was a hard kick in the balls.
The thought made me smile to myself. “I can be her friend and not know
everything about her. She can tell me what she wants to tell me.”
    He
smiled at me. “Dude, where the fuck did Liam go? Why are you all sensitive and
understanding now? As much as I love you, man, you were kind of a dick to girls
in college,” he admitted.
    I
shrugged my shoulders. “I know I was. I’m just growing up, I guess. And, while
we’re at it, let me ask you a question. Why the hell don’t you go for it with
Marissa already?”
    “What
do you mean?”
    “You’re
kidding, right? That girl is so into you it’s ridiculous. Hell, I’ve only met
her once and I can see it. Why can’t you pull your shit together and go after
her? Because if