command. “What don’t I know?”
“A lot,” I mumbled to myself quietly, but as I glanced up at Beau, I was almost certain that he’d heard.
“There’s a reason she hasn’t returned your calls,” Jack spoke up. I was grateful that it wasn’t gonna be me. “She — ” He cleared his throat before continuing. “She was kidnapped several months ago, from her apartment. The police closed her case a few days ago due to lack of evidence.”
Tears made their way to my eyes. Not again.
BEAU
No. This couldn’t be happening. I felt as if my world was caving in and my heart was being crushed inside of my chest. I could see the truth evident in their expressions — they weren’t lying.
I leaned my head against the nearest wall, once again trying to calm my breathing. I was getting tired of my wolf being on edge, probably just as much as I was tired of my newfound lack of self-control.
Jack laid his hand on my shoulder and the comfort instantly calmed the beast raging within me. I needed to sit.
I slid into the booth, eyes narrowed and focusing on the food menu in front of me. Anything to keep me from wolfing out.
“Why’d you do it?” Saylor’s voice pierced through the thoughts running through me.
“What?”
“Why did you do it? Sleep with her and then leave?” The harsh tone in her voice was clear as day and, despite the cringe on my part, she continued. Paying no notice to me. “Did you ever think about how she would feel? Or was it more like a hit it and quit it? Sleep with the hot chick then dump her like week old fast food and — ”
“Enough.” I cut her off as I brought my eyes to hers, making sure to convey my words properly. “It wasn’t like that, at all.”
“Okay, then tell me how it was. Cause I assure you, I had to pick up some very damaged pieces and it wasn’t easy to put them back together.”
Though Saylor’s face was still streaked with newly fallen tears, the sadness had been replaced with frustration.
“I care about Jules, Saylor. It about killed me to leave her like that, but I have certain expectations from my family and she isn’t the type of girl that would be accepted. Me leaving her was the only thing I could do to keep her from being hurt even more in the long run.” I sighed and noticed her face finally soften.
“Then why sleep with her? Why not just leave after you danced with her at Rush? I guarantee, you both would be hurting a lot less right now.”
“Okay, I agree with you on that, but in just a split second she had me crawling after her like a lovesick puppy. There was no denying her. I was a coward.”
“Yes. I second that thought.” She winked, instantly lightening the mood. I was thankful that, at least for a minute, the inquisition was on hold.
Saylor and Jack finally slid into the booth across from me. We sat in silence, none of us really sure what to say or do to break the silence but eventually someone did.
We were there for what felt like ages, Jack and Saylor reminiscing on their most memorable moments that they’d shared with Juliette.
Having just recently met her, I sat back and listened, laughing when necessary and watching as they both lit up like Christmas lights when talking about her.
Jack went on and on about how animated and infuriating she could be, telling tales of times where she’d gone out of her way just to piss him off, almost as if she lived to irritate him. She was always friendly and sweet to customers but when business was slow or she got bored, she made it a game to see how quickly she could make him mad.
Putting dish soap in the dishwasher and watching it overflow all over the kitchen area, replacing the sugar shakers that he used with salt... Oh, and then there was the time she put superglue on a fork he was using on his lunch break.
In the grand scheme of things, they were small little pranks, so he brushed it off, admitting that Juliette was by far the best employee that Ziggy’s had.
“A lot,” I mumbled to myself quietly, but as I glanced up at Beau, I was almost certain that he’d heard.
“There’s a reason she hasn’t returned your calls,” Jack spoke up. I was grateful that it wasn’t gonna be me. “She — ” He cleared his throat before continuing. “She was kidnapped several months ago, from her apartment. The police closed her case a few days ago due to lack of evidence.”
Tears made their way to my eyes. Not again.
BEAU
No. This couldn’t be happening. I felt as if my world was caving in and my heart was being crushed inside of my chest. I could see the truth evident in their expressions — they weren’t lying.
I leaned my head against the nearest wall, once again trying to calm my breathing. I was getting tired of my wolf being on edge, probably just as much as I was tired of my newfound lack of self-control.
Jack laid his hand on my shoulder and the comfort instantly calmed the beast raging within me. I needed to sit.
I slid into the booth, eyes narrowed and focusing on the food menu in front of me. Anything to keep me from wolfing out.
“Why’d you do it?” Saylor’s voice pierced through the thoughts running through me.
“What?”
“Why did you do it? Sleep with her and then leave?” The harsh tone in her voice was clear as day and, despite the cringe on my part, she continued. Paying no notice to me. “Did you ever think about how she would feel? Or was it more like a hit it and quit it? Sleep with the hot chick then dump her like week old fast food and — ”
“Enough.” I cut her off as I brought my eyes to hers, making sure to convey my words properly. “It wasn’t like that, at all.”
“Okay, then tell me how it was. Cause I assure you, I had to pick up some very damaged pieces and it wasn’t easy to put them back together.”
Though Saylor’s face was still streaked with newly fallen tears, the sadness had been replaced with frustration.
“I care about Jules, Saylor. It about killed me to leave her like that, but I have certain expectations from my family and she isn’t the type of girl that would be accepted. Me leaving her was the only thing I could do to keep her from being hurt even more in the long run.” I sighed and noticed her face finally soften.
“Then why sleep with her? Why not just leave after you danced with her at Rush? I guarantee, you both would be hurting a lot less right now.”
“Okay, I agree with you on that, but in just a split second she had me crawling after her like a lovesick puppy. There was no denying her. I was a coward.”
“Yes. I second that thought.” She winked, instantly lightening the mood. I was thankful that, at least for a minute, the inquisition was on hold.
Saylor and Jack finally slid into the booth across from me. We sat in silence, none of us really sure what to say or do to break the silence but eventually someone did.
We were there for what felt like ages, Jack and Saylor reminiscing on their most memorable moments that they’d shared with Juliette.
Having just recently met her, I sat back and listened, laughing when necessary and watching as they both lit up like Christmas lights when talking about her.
Jack went on and on about how animated and infuriating she could be, telling tales of times where she’d gone out of her way just to piss him off, almost as if she lived to irritate him. She was always friendly and sweet to customers but when business was slow or she got bored, she made it a game to see how quickly she could make him mad.
Putting dish soap in the dishwasher and watching it overflow all over the kitchen area, replacing the sugar shakers that he used with salt... Oh, and then there was the time she put superglue on a fork he was using on his lunch break.
In the grand scheme of things, they were small little pranks, so he brushed it off, admitting that Juliette was by far the best employee that Ziggy’s had.
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