“Nope.”I take another swig.“And guess what?”
“Oh, I can’t even imagine what.”Her response snarky.
“He wants me and Larkin to go on tour with him so he can get to know us better.”The words rush out because this, I know, is going to push her over the edge.
“I need something stronger.”She gets up and heads straight to the cabinet she knows I keep the hard stuff in.She grabs the bottle of Patron, two shot glasses off the shelf and plops back into her seat, brows drawn tight.
I watch as she pops the cork off the bottle and sloshes clear liquid into the short glasses.She doesn’t wait for me, she grabs one and tosses the tequila in one swallow, pouring another immediately.
Her eyes snap up to mine.“I need to know everything.”
So, I tell her.How Luc and I ran into each other at Sapphire Resort when I was working.How I knew almost in an instant he was Larkin’s dad; the eyes a dead giveaway.I share everything he told me about our time together, how Larkin came to be.How we supposedly wanted to try and keep seeing each other.
How I was the reason he bottomed out at the end of his last tour.How their album, Ashes & Echoes is apparently all about me.Him meeting Larkin, and finally asking me to go on tour with me.
“Holy shit, girl.”She swigs another shot.“This is something that would happen to me, not you.”
“You’d think, right?”I huff out with a shake of my head, then lower my voice to a near whisper.“I don’t know what I should do.I think I’m going to go.Do I do it?”
“Lil, if you don’t get on that tour bus with him, I’m going in your place.”She points a finger at me, her expression stern.“You’ve wondered for over a year who her dad is.You finally know.You owe it to yourself to see where this goes.”She lowers her hand, mumbling sulkily as she does.“And you owe it to me.I want to go on tour.”
I laugh, because it’s so like Briana.The wild child who doesn’t want to grow up.
“He kissed me today.”I blurt out, needing so badly to share what I’m feeling with someone.
Her mouth quirks up in a smirk.“And?”
“It was literally five seconds long and I think my panties melted.”I sigh, hiding my face in my hands as I feel my cheeks heat.
“I mean, Lil, he’s the kind of guy who would fuck you stupid and then you’d thank him for the brain damage.”
“Bri!”I cry out, coughing as I almost choke on the sip of wine I was taking.
“I’m just saying.”She practically snorts.“Don’t go thinking you aren’t going to have sex with him.You know you will.”
“I’m not some kind of slut who’s going to jump into bed with him after one kiss.”I defend.
“Didn’t you though?”She teases, another smirk on her lips as she challenges me.
“Ugh!”I groan out.“I hate when you’re right!”
“Guess I should help you pack?”She giggles, the tequila definitely hitting her.
Chapter 22
Luc
The Adventure
Angels & Airways
“I want to hold her.”Mikey announces as he reaches out in an attempt to take Larkin from me.“I am her uncle after all.”
“You’re a depraved lunatic and there’s no way I’m letting you hold my daughter.”I twist my frame from Mikey’s outstretched hands, moving a few feet away from him at the same time.
“Come on, dude.I’m not going to hurt her for fuck’s sake.”Mikey whines, arms lowering as he approaches again, this time crouching down to Larkin’s level.
“Jesus, man!You can’t use language like that around her!”I admonish, using a hand to gently press her head against my chest to try and cover her ears.
