Wow. She stared down at the drink in shock.
“Good, huh? It’s full of all sorts of good stuff too,” Ralen said.
“Of course it is,” Bonnie said. “I don’t mean to be rude, but you all look like you need a good night’s sleep.”
“We had an eventful night,” Cash told her. “We met Addie last night when she climbed into the back of my pickup after seeing a man carrying a dead body around and putting it in the trunk of his car.”
Bonnie gasped and placed her hand over her mouth. Then, to Addie’s surprise, she walked over and grasped hold of Addie’s free hand. “Oh, no. Are you all right, Addie?”
Wow.
Addie had never had a complete stranger look so concerned about her before.
Addie nodded.
“Why isn’t she talking?” Titus asked.
Bonnie gasped again and turned around towards Titus. “Titus, that’s rude. You can’t ask questions like that.”
“She has anxiety that makes it harder for her to talk, especially around people that she doesn’t know,” Cash said, glaring at Titus.
“So the three of you definitely aren’t dating,” Bonnie said.
“Definitely not,” Ralen told her. “Cash and I don’t share, we’re both too possessive.”
“Ha, interesting,” Bonnie said. “So, the two of you are just taking care of her? Do you live here, Addie?”
Addie shook her head. She really wished she could talk. She put the straw back into her mouth to cover up the fact that no words were coming. Maybe it might have been easier if Titus hadn’t been glaring at her like she was a piece of dog poop on his shoe.
He stayed close to Bonnie, watching her every move. She guessed he was some sort of bodyguard, but it almost seemed more than that.
“There’s kind of a bit more to it,” Cash said. He explained everything that had happened.
Another huge gasp came from Bonnie once he’d explained everything.
“Be careful. You’re going to give yourself a heart attack if you keep gasping like that,” Ralen said dryly.
“You can’t get a heart attack from gasping,” Bonnie said. “Can you?”
Cash shook his head. “We’re just looking after Addie until she and her sisters go back to Las Vegas.”
“Aw,” Bonnie said. “But we only just met. I have a feeling we could be good friends. Maybe we should exchange phone numbers.”
Addie just nodded. There was too much there for her to sift through right at the moment, but she would be so lucky to have a friend like Bonnie.
“We need to talk in private,” Titus suddenly said.
A worried look filled Bonnie’s face. “Right, yes, we do. Maybe we should go into my office, and we could leave Addie out here?”
“We thought Addie might like to wander around LittleLand,” Cash said
“Oh, yes. That’s way more fun than waiting in my boring living room.”
She considered this a boring living room? What on earth was LittleLand then?
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Right.
