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sometime this weekend.”
“Sounds good. See you then.” Cassie turned toward the door, but the pit in her stomach wouldn’t let her leave without saying one more thing. “Hey Cor. Please be careful tonight. Make sure you and Laura watch your drinks. I know you’re tough as nails, but it doesn’t take long for someone to slip you something.”
Rolling her eyes at the suggestion, Cori looked as though she wanted to beg Cassie to quit acting like their mother. They’d received similar speeches from both their parents on several occasions.
Instead, Cori wadded the hand towels, threw them into the trash, and refaced the door where Cassie stood. “Cass, I love you babe, but this isn’t my first time out. You don’t have to worry about me. I won’t do anything you wouldn’t do.”
The response did little to ease Cassie’s mind. She didn’t doubt it was intentional on her sister’s part. Cori knew a few of her dirty secrets. In truth, both had info on the other. Nothing damaging, but certain things they preferred not to share with anyone else.
As if she’d read Cassie’s very thoughts, laughter erupted from Cori’s direction. “Would you go already? Seriously, sis, relax. I’ll be safe.”
“Okay fine. I won’t preach.” Cassie gripped the door handle but gazed back at her sister one more time. “But if you can’t be safe, use a rain jacket. I’m not ready to be an aunt.”
CHAPTER SIX
Theo worked his way through the crowd of people standing in the side room that housed the pool tables. Nearly half the crowd came in search of him not long after he announced the band was breaking. He couldn’t count how many people offered to buy him a drink, but most wanted nothing more than to praise him for the performance.
As egotistical as it sounded, he enjoyed the attention. Saying otherwise would be a lie, but he knew it wasn’t his sole purpose for pursuing his dream. Who cared what anyone else thought.
He passed the pool tables, moved across the dance floor, and submerged into a new crowd of people near the bar. Like the others, they said nice things that inflated his ego, but all he wanted was to grab a beer, maybe a shot of tequila, and then bullshit with Jesse at the bar.
Thirty-minute breaks flew by when he spent half the time chatting with people. After the show, it was game on, but breaks were coveted time slots. He regretted not following Jesse when he left the stage. His bass guitarist headed straight for the bar. Had he done the same, he would have saved time and avoided the first mob of well-wishers.
Instead, he’d taken his guitar to its stand along with Jonah’s. He wasn’t sure what caused his brother to shove the other guitar in his direction or rush off stage. With the way he sprinted toward the restrooms, Theo didn’t want to know.
Forcing himself to grin once more, the last person to pat his back turned back to what Theo assumed were his friends. It provided him with the space he wanted, as well as a direct path to the bar where Jesse waited. His friend had a beer in one hand, a shot in the other, and being the awesome friend that he was, he had the same drinks waiting atop the bar for Theo.
“Damn, man. Have I ever told you how fucking awesome you are?”
Jesse chuckled and lifted his shot glass in the air. “Yeah, but I’ll still drink to that.”
He tilted his head toward Theo’s shot and waited for him to raise his as well. Theo didn’t hesitate. He pinched the glass between his fingers before raising it in the same fashion as his friend. “To awesome friends and chasing dreams.”
“Ditto, bro.”
Jesse’s glass clinked against Theo’s. Then both pressed their respective glass to their lips, draining it of its bitter content. That same content burned its way down Theo’s throat. His lips puckered, his eyes closed, and the rush of heat that followed made him shiver.
Damn, he loved tequila shots.
After setting his shot glass back on the bar, he grabbed
“Sounds good. See you then.” Cassie turned toward the door, but the pit in her stomach wouldn’t let her leave without saying one more thing. “Hey Cor. Please be careful tonight. Make sure you and Laura watch your drinks. I know you’re tough as nails, but it doesn’t take long for someone to slip you something.”
Rolling her eyes at the suggestion, Cori looked as though she wanted to beg Cassie to quit acting like their mother. They’d received similar speeches from both their parents on several occasions.
Instead, Cori wadded the hand towels, threw them into the trash, and refaced the door where Cassie stood. “Cass, I love you babe, but this isn’t my first time out. You don’t have to worry about me. I won’t do anything you wouldn’t do.”
The response did little to ease Cassie’s mind. She didn’t doubt it was intentional on her sister’s part. Cori knew a few of her dirty secrets. In truth, both had info on the other. Nothing damaging, but certain things they preferred not to share with anyone else.
As if she’d read Cassie’s very thoughts, laughter erupted from Cori’s direction. “Would you go already? Seriously, sis, relax. I’ll be safe.”
“Okay fine. I won’t preach.” Cassie gripped the door handle but gazed back at her sister one more time. “But if you can’t be safe, use a rain jacket. I’m not ready to be an aunt.”
CHAPTER SIX
Theo worked his way through the crowd of people standing in the side room that housed the pool tables. Nearly half the crowd came in search of him not long after he announced the band was breaking. He couldn’t count how many people offered to buy him a drink, but most wanted nothing more than to praise him for the performance.
As egotistical as it sounded, he enjoyed the attention. Saying otherwise would be a lie, but he knew it wasn’t his sole purpose for pursuing his dream. Who cared what anyone else thought.
He passed the pool tables, moved across the dance floor, and submerged into a new crowd of people near the bar. Like the others, they said nice things that inflated his ego, but all he wanted was to grab a beer, maybe a shot of tequila, and then bullshit with Jesse at the bar.
Thirty-minute breaks flew by when he spent half the time chatting with people. After the show, it was game on, but breaks were coveted time slots. He regretted not following Jesse when he left the stage. His bass guitarist headed straight for the bar. Had he done the same, he would have saved time and avoided the first mob of well-wishers.
Instead, he’d taken his guitar to its stand along with Jonah’s. He wasn’t sure what caused his brother to shove the other guitar in his direction or rush off stage. With the way he sprinted toward the restrooms, Theo didn’t want to know.
Forcing himself to grin once more, the last person to pat his back turned back to what Theo assumed were his friends. It provided him with the space he wanted, as well as a direct path to the bar where Jesse waited. His friend had a beer in one hand, a shot in the other, and being the awesome friend that he was, he had the same drinks waiting atop the bar for Theo.
“Damn, man. Have I ever told you how fucking awesome you are?”
Jesse chuckled and lifted his shot glass in the air. “Yeah, but I’ll still drink to that.”
He tilted his head toward Theo’s shot and waited for him to raise his as well. Theo didn’t hesitate. He pinched the glass between his fingers before raising it in the same fashion as his friend. “To awesome friends and chasing dreams.”
“Ditto, bro.”
Jesse’s glass clinked against Theo’s. Then both pressed their respective glass to their lips, draining it of its bitter content. That same content burned its way down Theo’s throat. His lips puckered, his eyes closed, and the rush of heat that followed made him shiver.
Damn, he loved tequila shots.
After setting his shot glass back on the bar, he grabbed
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