The sound of Waverley laughing her ass off did not helpat all.
Chapter 23
“I could have taken her if she didn’t wait till my back was turned.”
“Yeah, you would,” Cassie said, raising her beer. “Always hated that slut.”
“I’d like to get my hands on her and give her a piece of my mind,” Lily added.
“She should have been kicked out weeks ago. When she attacked Gia, if Warren had listened to me…” Rosa trailed off. She knew she shouldn’t be speaking about the VP like that. Then she huffed. “Nope, she was trouble just waiting to happen. Maybe next time they’ll stop looking at those crazies as easy pussy and know when they’re gonna go psycho.”
I smiled at Rosa. Two days ago, when she got back to the compound with the other old ladies and heard what happened, she’d been livid. She was pissed she had missed giving her a piece of her mind, but Tanya had been bundled into a car and driven off to God knew where.
I hadn’t been left alone since, people checking on me per Medic’s instructions. I was left to sleep through the night, but electronics were a no go, as well as reading or prolonged exposure to sunlight. All the fun stuff. Declan had texted me again. I didn’t think there was anything more to say to him and, given the shit going on here, he was the least of my concerns.
Hudson was suspiciously quiet and spent a lot of time doing club work, but he always showed up in my room at night, crawling into the bed with me. He never tried anything. Medic’s warning had sunk in, but he was doing everything he could to take care of me.
“Hey Rosa,” I spoke up, interrupting the conversation that had been going on around me.
“Yeah hun?”
“Tanya definitely left?”
“You bet your hiney she did,” Lily said. “Damien told me they took her to the train station, gave her a wedge of cash, and told her to leave town. Good riddance too. One down, the rest of those hussies to go.”
“Right on, sister,” Cassie grinned.
“They tracked her right into some town in Wisconsin. God help anyone she sinks her claws into,” Rosa said, before focusing on me. “How are you feeling?”
I was sick of the question, but it was asked because they cared. And also because Medic told them I needed careful watching for at least forty-eight hours, so I just gave the usual response. “Fine, still got a dull ache now and then, but I’m good now. Sleeping through is helping.”
“I bet the warm body next to you helps too,” she said with a sly grin.
“I’m not talking about that,” I said.
“No need to. The rest of the girls in the house tell me enough. Oh, and every time I run into him wherever he is, he demands to know how you are.” She laughed at my expression. “It’s a good thing, hun,” she squeezed my hand. “You and that boy are destined.”
“Oh God, mother, you’ve been reading your sappy romance books again, haven’t you?”
“There is nothing wrong with romance novels,” Rosa huffed. “And I know love when I see it.”
“Whoa, let’s not get carried away,” I scooched up on the couch so my back was against the armrest. “I just got out of a long-term relationship.”
“He was a placeholder.”
I didn’t agree with that. Declan hadn’t felt that way. I couldn’t help but think if I hadn’t left, we’d still be together, for how long I didn’t know. If he had strayed the first time we were apart, that didn’t mean he wouldn’t have done it further down the line, especially now the band was making a name for themselves. He would travel with them a lot.
I wasn’t an idiot, that was how it was with bands, especially rock bands full of hot single guys. Declan would be surrounded by that. I’d seen well enough here how stupid men got when women threw themselves at them.
I’d thought Declan was different. And although I often thought of Hudson, it had never entered my mind that I would see him again, let alone be around him all the time, to the point where we were now involved in… something.
“How is my brain trauma twin?”
I glanced up and smiled at Connor as he came into the sitting room. He looked around and smiled at the others. He dropped onto the couch beside me and tugged me into him.
“You remember me?”
“Amusing.”
