He grunts and lifts his arm to rub his face. He must feel the needle in his hand as his eyes open, looking at the line. “What the fuck?”
Alex comes over to remove the needle. “You are okay, Seb. What do you remember from last night?”
He lowers his eyebrows and looks around the room, zooming in on me. “Sunshine? Are we at your house?”
I nod. “Yeah. You’re in the guest room. Do you remember what happened last night?”
His brows draw down as he tries to recall. “We were at the party. E and I were sitting on the patio with everyone, then…I don’t know,” he says, confused. “What happened?”
E comes back into the room and notices Seb awake. Sheer relief crosses his face. “Thank fuck,” he says, crawling onto the bed between me and Seb, wrapping his arms around him.
“What the hell happened?” Seb says, looking worried. We all exchange looks as Troy and Zander join us.
“Someone drugged you,” Troy states simply.
Shock registers across Seb’s face. “What? How?”
“We are unsure,” Alex replies. “Luckily, Summer found you before anything went too far.”
Seb whips his head around to me. “Sunshine?”
“We should start at the beginning,” Alex suggests.
“Do you remember getting up to go to the bathroom?” E asks him.
“I think so, yeah,” he nods.
“Well, you were gone too long, so I got up to check on you when I ran into Nick on the way into the house. Bay called him because something happened to Summer,” he tells him.
Bay and I go over what transpired upstairs with Ben, and my finding him and Cara on the bed. A look of horror is on Seb’s face. “I would never sleep with her,” he swears.
“I know Hurry. I knew something wasn’t right. That’s why I called out to you a few times, then you answered, calling me Sunshine, but you were barely conscious. I punched Cara in the face, and then the guys showed up. She was only in her underwear, though, Seb. I’m pretty sure she was going to have sex with you. However, you were still fully clothed; nothing was out of place,” Iquickly add.
A full-body shudder comes over Seb. “I remember calling out to you, Sunshine, but the rest is all foggy.” He leans over E and grabs my hand. “Thank you.”
I suck in a breath. He’s squeezing my injured hand. “Watch it, Seb. She hurt her hand punching the bitch,” E says, gently removing Seb’s hand from mine.
“Shit Sunshine. You’re my hero,” he smiles. “So what happened to them? I assume Ben was unconscious by the time you left?”
“Nick took care of him. We left a crying, bloody Cara in the room. She was too drunk to be helpful, but she claims she didn’t drug you.” Bay offers.
“Fuck.” Seb leans his head on E’s shoulder, looking weary.
“I had Doc Croft take a blood sample and check you over. We are waiting for the results,” Alex adds. Seb nods at that.
“Did you set your drink down, even once, or take one from anyone?” Troy asks.
“Nope. I was still on my first beer E gave me. It was in my hand the whole time.”
“Unless Cara offers something, we may never know who drugged you or how,” Troy says, looking frustrated.
Both Bay and E suggest talking to the team to see if anyone noticed anything.
“Do that,” Troy tells them. “Maybe we will get lucky. Is he clear now that he’s awake, Alex? Does he need to see Doc again?”
“He should be fine now. Tired and possibly weak today. Seb should rest.”
“Okay. I’m going home to shower and check on Gabby then. Do you want to stay here or come home?”
