“Hey!”
“Nope,” Pearl said while climbing onto the foot of my bed.“Investigation time is over.”
“It is absolutely not over.”
“It is for tonight,” she chirped.
“I need to-”
“You need tequila,” Shay interrupted.
Pearl leaned toward the hallway and hollered, “Prime!Bring me the margarita glasses!”
Prime appeared beside Push a second later already looking tired of our shit.“They are beer glasses,” he corrected while stepping into the room carrying three large glasses.“And Anchor is gonna shit a brick when he finds out you three are in here getting drunk.”
Pearl snatched the glasses from him.“Then I guess we need to get margarita glasses.”
Prime grunted.
Pearl winked at me while pouring.“And don’t worry about Anchor.He’s my problem that I can handle.”
Prime shot Shay a pointed look.“Don’t drink too much so you can handle your own problem later.”
Shay batted her eyes dramatically.“That’s the only kind of problem I like, and I’ll drink just enough to have some fun.”
Prime shook his head slowly.“Jesus Christ.”
Push stayed leaning against the doorway watching the whole thing with amusement sitting low in his eyes.And there it was again, that stupid little stomach flip.
I grabbed the margarita Pearl handed me mostly so I had something to do with my hands.“I really should keep looking at the footage,” I muttered.
“No,” Shay said immediately.
“Yes.”
Pearl pointed at me with a tortilla chip.“McKayla.You have spent the last several hours staring at grainy security footage while looking like you might start speaking in camera timestamps.”
“She already sort of does that,” Push said from the doorway.
I narrowed my eyes at him and he smirked slightly.
Shay climbed onto the bed beside me and nudged my shoulder with hers.“You found something huge today.Your brain needs a break before it melts.”
“I don’t think brains technically melt.”
Piney suddenly appeared in the hallway behind Push.“I microwaved one once.”
Push glanced over his shoulder.“Get out.”
Piney pointed at the pitcher.“That enough margaritas for everyone?”
“No,” Pearl answered.
He disappeared again.
I laughed despite myself and finally took a drink.Cold lime and tequila hit my tongue immediately.“Oh,” I sighed.“That’s dangerous.”
Pearl looked proud.“I know.”
