My heart was fucking hammering, and just looking at her face and lips continue to swell had my entire being on alert.
“If you’re not going to pay for any more drinks, I’ll have to ask you to leave.”
Shade’s disgusting words had me turning to regard him.
Was he joking right now?
“Oh, sure.” Mable rolled her eyes. “I’ll just get right on that.”
“You will, or I’ll ban you.”
“You can’t ban me from here.” Mable scoffed, her watery eyes narrowing on the man behind the bar.
And I use the term “man” loosely.
No man worth his salt would do what he did to a woman.
“I can and I will.”
“Sure, sure.” Mable laughed.
I liked her laugh.
A lot.
It sounded like tinkling bells.
Shade hated the laugh, and I could see that plain as day on his face.
He hated her.
What the hell had Mable done to this twat waffle to get him to despise her that much?
My guess was that it had to do with the sister.
That was the only explanation.
Apollo had texted me today to tell me that he’d dug up a little bit about Birdee, but most of it was normal information that most could get from a driver’s license and asking around.
The challenge had well and truly caught Apollo’s interest, though.
I knew that I’d have everything there was to have, because Apollo didn’t lose.
He’d get everything he wanted and then some, and I’d know all there was to know about Birdee by the end of the week.
“You think I’m kidding?” Shade asked. “One phone call and you’re banned for life. I can have you banned from Brussel’s, too.”
“You can’t, and we all know it. If they were made to choose, then they’d choose Mable.” Cody came back into the fray with a zealousness that had Weaver paying even closer attention. “Now, let’s talk about what you just did to my friend, and whether or not we can press charges or not.”
“Charges?” Shade asked. “That was an accident.”
“No, it wasn’t,” Cody disagreed. “I already have Dad pulling the tape, so you won’t get back there and erase it before he does.”
Shade’s gaze flickered. “You have no access to this tape.”
“Dad’s best friends with Toot-Toot, Shade. Do you honestly think that Toot-Toot won’t give him everything he asks for?” Cody asked.
She dismissed Shade and his reply and walked up to Mable, ripping open the package.
