Joe snorted. “Alcohol.”
“Alcohol sucks,” she grumbled. “And I was looking forward to going on these rides.”
No way was she hopping on any of them now.
“I wouldn’t have let you on any of these rides,” Kellan told her. “I don’t know that they’re safe.”
“You used to ride them,” Joe pointed out.
“That was me, not Arabella.”
“Who are you?” Shaw asked, but he was still smiling.
“Is Laken here?” she asked.
“No, she wasn’t feeling well so Duncan made her stay home,” Shaw said.
“Oh no. Maybe we should check on her later.”
“We’ll see how you feel,” Eli said.
“Oh yeah. This could be a virus.”
“Hmm, with how many cocktails you drank last night, I doubt it,” Joe told her with a grin. “We’re off to go on the Ferris wheel. Remi, come on!”
Remington ran over from where he’d been talking to a cute blonde woman and they lined up.
“Come on, let’s find you some food,” Eli said.
As they walked along, a clown bounced past them, squirting people with a fake flower.
He went to squirt Kellan who scowled at him.
Needless to say the clown backed off.
“Arabella!”
She glanced around and saw Cole holding up a hand, waving at her.
Shoot.
She wasn’t really in the mood to deal with him today.
“I can tell him to go away,” Kellan said.
“No. No, I need to talk to him. Might as well get it over and done with.”
Cole drew closer. He gave Kellan and Eli a cool look that she didn’t understand.
“Hi, Arabella,” Keira said.
“Hi.”
“No Horse?” Julian asked.
“No, he’s with Abe today. My ex-next-door neighbor,” she explained. Heath had been busy and she thought Abe had seemed a bit lonely the last time she’d talked to him.
“Can I speak to you a moment?” Cole asked. “Alone.”
