“Give her a break, Casey,” Sue said sternly.
“What?”Casey defended holding her arms open wide.“I’m just trying to help her get over dickhead.”
“It’s only been a week.”
“It’s been four,” Casey corrected.
“Three weeks since he disappeared and one week since he came back.”Sue ticked off her fingers.
“Semantics.”Casey her waved away.“Regardless, he is out of her life.Good riddance if you ask me.”
“Well, no one did,” Karla mumbled before taking a pull of her beer.
“Why are you all coming down on me?”Casey pouted.“June has been miserable the past month.”
“And you think a new guy will fix that?”Sue gave her a dubious look.
“It’s always worked for me.”Casey shrugged her shoulders before taking a sip of her beer.
“June waited how many years for the right guy to give herself to, and you think now she’ll just jump in bed with another guy to erase Rob?”
“Yeah, it’s what I do.”
“June isn’t you.”
“Well, she could learn something from me,” Casey remarked, pointing at herself with her beer bottle.
“No offense, Casey.I love you, but I can’t just hop in bed with another man.”Nor did she want to.
“See.”Sue smirked as if she had won the argument.
Casey opened her mouth to respond when her eyes shifted toward the front of the bar.“What the hell is he doing here?”
June half turned her in her seat and looked toward the door Casey was glaring at.Her own eyes widened in shock seeing Rob walking in.Casey’s words echoed in her own head.
His gaze zeroed in on hers as he walked confidently toward her.As if he had every right in the world to be there.
June turned back in her seat, giving him her back.It told him to leave her alone.
Casey hopped down from her stool and blocked Rob’s path from getting to her.His gaze shifted to Casey who only came up to about mid chest level.It was like a mouse taking on a lion, but this mouse wasn’t timid in the least.“What the hell do you think you’re doing here?I’m sure June made it clear that she never wanted to see your lying, two-timing face again.”
June hadn’t phrased it like that.
“I want to talk to her,” he stated evenly.
“Well, tough shit.She doesn’t want to talk to you.”Karla and Sue got up as well, creating a barricade between them.
“I’d rather hear those words come from June than you, Casey.”His eyes flickered up to hers, but June turned away from him, not wanting to see him.
“Well, you’re not getting to her.She doesn’t want to hear any more lies or excuses from you.So go on.Shoo.”Casey waved him away.
“I think it’s best if you go, Rob,” Sue said kindly as if asking for a glass of water instead of sending him packing.
“Look, you all are her best friends and would do anything for her.”
“That’s right.Even take out the trash if need be.”Casey crossed her arms over her chest and glared up at him.She was feisty when provoked, and she was very protective of their group.
“I’m glad you’re so protective of her.She deserves great people in her life like you.She is everything good and sweet in this world.”
