“Oh no, he didn’t.”
There was Cockalorum and the walking accessory, out on a date on the one night he had the girls.The table was only set for two, telling me that he’d left the girls with a stranger.His parents lived a ten-hour drive away and hadn’t been to visit for years.That only left the paid variety of childcare.
The kids could have been with me.But he was such a petty human paperweight, he’d rather pay a babysitter to watch them than leave them with their mother.
Balling my fists, I only made it one step in their direction before arms engulfed me from both sides.
“Oh no, you don’t,” Malena pressed out through her effort to hold me back.
Keely was on my other side, steering me in the direction of the exit.“You’re the one who wouldn’t even let us talk about his girlfriend.Now we’re going to be the ones to save you from making a big mistake.”
“Fiancée.”
Linny, who’d been leading the way, looked back at me with a frown.“What?”
“They got engaged.”
Keely muttered under her breath, but the only word I understood was “jackass.”
Malena flinched at my words.“He does know it’s illegal in Colorado to marry more than one person at a time, right?”
The cool night air hit me as soon as we stepped outside, and so did the alcohol.Head fuzzy and limbs not entirely obeying my commands anymore, I tripped my way through the parking lot.“He’s hoping for a quick divorce.”
“It could have been if he hadn’t made demands all of a sudden.”
Malena’s words barely registered when I spotted the shiny midnight-black Mercedes sitting in the lot a few rows down from Malena’s car.I beelined for it, holding on to whatever I could grab along the way so I wouldn’t fall over.
Everyone followed, Malena and Linny making attempts at stopping me but failing.
Coming to a halt in front of his Mercedes, I went through my purse.I found the screwdriver I’d been looking for and whooped in triumph.Before anyone had a chance to stop me, I punched it into his tire.Which didn’t deflate.This shit was harder than it looked in the movies.
But not one to give up that easily, I punched again, finally getting somewhere when the screwdriver sank into the rubber.
Linny blinked at me, then at the tire.
The screwdriver was stuck, despite me turning and twisting it every which way.
Malena pulled me away from the tire, looking as confused as Linny.“I don’t know if I’m more surprised by you committing a crime or that you’re carrying a screwdriver around in your purse.”
My hand flew to my mouth when I realized what I’d done.“Oh my, oh my, oh my.Please tell me I didn’t just stick a screwdriver in Cockalorum’s car tire.”
Keely cleared her throat.“Sorry, babe.It definitely happened.Now, I’m all for being honest and admitting when we do something wrong, but maybe we should walk away.Fast.”
We made it a few rows before blue lights illuminated the parking lot.
The police cruiser stopped next to us, and two officers got out.“Everything okay out here?We got a call about suspicious activity.”
Keely looked at Malena with wide eyes, who gave the same look to Linny, who was rubbing her belly like it was a scratch-and-sniff sticker.
Having every intention to confess, I stepped forward.“I can explain.It was—”
A firm hand shoved me to the side.“What she meant to say was we were on our way to the car to go home and didn’t see anything.”
I reached out for something to stop my momentum, my hand landing on a side mirror.It broke off from the force, and I stared at it with horror, still swaying on my heels, still holding the mirror.
One of the officers stepped forward.“Did you just break off a mirror?”
I threw up my hands, losing hold of the mirror.It sailed through the air, hitting the officer who’d spoken in the head.
