someone
I’d loved like a brother since I was five years old.
I
heard a tortured sob coming from Beau and I looked down at him. He’d sank down
to the floor and had his head in his hands. “Her face…” he mumbled.
Kris
tapped me on the arm. “Let’s get him out of here and back to his apartment. There
are still people here with camera phones and I’m sure he doesn’t want this on
the news later,” he said, and I nodded. As we helped Beau up off the floor and
took him out the back door, I texted Everleigh and let her know that I’d be
home late and to have John take them home. I put my phone in my pocket and we
all left the club.
Once
we were all piled in the cab, my phone rang. I pulled it out to answer it,
expecting it to be Everleigh, but it wasn’t. It was Kip. Getting a call from
him at one in the morning wasn’t good. Dread immediately spread through me as I
answered the phone and got the worst news I could have possibly gotten...the
news that I was afraid would cause Everleigh to finally break.
Chapter
8
Everleigh
“Danni,
wait up! What happened?” I asked, already knowing the answer to my question
judging by the look on her face and the unstoppable tears pouring down her
cheeks. I followed her out of the bar into the cold. Beau had broken her heart,
just like I was afraid he would do. She was sobbing uncontrollably as I
approached her and wrapped her coat around her shoulders. “Was it Jake?”
“No,”
she cried, “you know it was Beau.”
“What
did he do?” I asked as Jessie came out of the bar and joined us.
“Danni,
are you all right?” she asked, and Danni shook her head.
“I
can’t believe he did this,” she said.
Jessie
turned to me and asked, “Beau?”
I
nodded silently and we both looked at Danni. “What happened?” I asked again.
Wiping
tears from her cheeks, she said, “I didn’t know he would be here tonight but
that really didn’t matter to me because he didn’t seem like he wanted to be
anything other than friends now. I mean, when I saw him again this afternoon at
the studio I wanted to tell him that I missed him so bad, but he just acted
like he didn’t care anymore. When Jake started hitting on me tonight I decided
to just go with it because hell, if Beau didn’t want me why shouldn’t I go for
it with a sexy guy that was into me, right?
“Well,
of course Beau shows up here looking so sexy that it literally hurt me to look
at him and the minute I saw him my heart skipped a beat. I knew we needed to
talk and try to work this thing out, but every time I looked at him he was
glaring at me and Jake. I was getting sick of it so I asked Jake if he wanted
to go out back with me to get some fresh air, hoping Beau might get jealous and
actually fight for me but of course he never came.
“When
we were outside, Jake kissed me but I pushed him away before it went any
farther than that. The truth is that I love Beau,” she said, and I gasped. I’d
never heard Danni say she loved any guy before…ever. “I know it’s stupid and
you tried to warn me, Ev, but I didn’t listen and went ahead and fell in love
with him anyway.
“I
told Jake that I wanted to be with Beau and he backed off, telling me that Beau
was his friend and he wasn’t about to try and come between us. I came back into
the bar to find him and tell him what I’d been to chicken shit to admit and
asked the bartender if he’d seen him. He told me that he’d just seen Beau go
into the bathroom,” she said, crying harder.
I
immediately knew what had happened before she had to say it. “Danni,” I said,
putting my arm around her.
“He
was fucking some girl against the wall,” she sobbed. “He didn’t even lock the
goddamned door. That’s when I ran out…I couldn’t even look at him after that.”
At
that moment my cell phone pinged and I looked to see that I had a text from
Ryder. He told me that he and they guys were taking Beau back to his place
I’d loved like a brother since I was five years old.
I
heard a tortured sob coming from Beau and I looked down at him. He’d sank down
to the floor and had his head in his hands. “Her face…” he mumbled.
Kris
tapped me on the arm. “Let’s get him out of here and back to his apartment. There
are still people here with camera phones and I’m sure he doesn’t want this on
the news later,” he said, and I nodded. As we helped Beau up off the floor and
took him out the back door, I texted Everleigh and let her know that I’d be
home late and to have John take them home. I put my phone in my pocket and we
all left the club.
Once
we were all piled in the cab, my phone rang. I pulled it out to answer it,
expecting it to be Everleigh, but it wasn’t. It was Kip. Getting a call from
him at one in the morning wasn’t good. Dread immediately spread through me as I
answered the phone and got the worst news I could have possibly gotten...the
news that I was afraid would cause Everleigh to finally break.
Chapter
8
Everleigh
“Danni,
wait up! What happened?” I asked, already knowing the answer to my question
judging by the look on her face and the unstoppable tears pouring down her
cheeks. I followed her out of the bar into the cold. Beau had broken her heart,
just like I was afraid he would do. She was sobbing uncontrollably as I
approached her and wrapped her coat around her shoulders. “Was it Jake?”
“No,”
she cried, “you know it was Beau.”
“What
did he do?” I asked as Jessie came out of the bar and joined us.
“Danni,
are you all right?” she asked, and Danni shook her head.
“I
can’t believe he did this,” she said.
Jessie
turned to me and asked, “Beau?”
I
nodded silently and we both looked at Danni. “What happened?” I asked again.
Wiping
tears from her cheeks, she said, “I didn’t know he would be here tonight but
that really didn’t matter to me because he didn’t seem like he wanted to be
anything other than friends now. I mean, when I saw him again this afternoon at
the studio I wanted to tell him that I missed him so bad, but he just acted
like he didn’t care anymore. When Jake started hitting on me tonight I decided
to just go with it because hell, if Beau didn’t want me why shouldn’t I go for
it with a sexy guy that was into me, right?
“Well,
of course Beau shows up here looking so sexy that it literally hurt me to look
at him and the minute I saw him my heart skipped a beat. I knew we needed to
talk and try to work this thing out, but every time I looked at him he was
glaring at me and Jake. I was getting sick of it so I asked Jake if he wanted
to go out back with me to get some fresh air, hoping Beau might get jealous and
actually fight for me but of course he never came.
“When
we were outside, Jake kissed me but I pushed him away before it went any
farther than that. The truth is that I love Beau,” she said, and I gasped. I’d
never heard Danni say she loved any guy before…ever. “I know it’s stupid and
you tried to warn me, Ev, but I didn’t listen and went ahead and fell in love
with him anyway.
“I
told Jake that I wanted to be with Beau and he backed off, telling me that Beau
was his friend and he wasn’t about to try and come between us. I came back into
the bar to find him and tell him what I’d been to chicken shit to admit and
asked the bartender if he’d seen him. He told me that he’d just seen Beau go
into the bathroom,” she said, crying harder.
I
immediately knew what had happened before she had to say it. “Danni,” I said,
putting my arm around her.
“He
was fucking some girl against the wall,” she sobbed. “He didn’t even lock the
goddamned door. That’s when I ran out…I couldn’t even look at him after that.”
At
that moment my cell phone pinged and I looked to see that I had a text from
Ryder. He told me that he and they guys were taking Beau back to his place
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