Page 51 of We Are All Sinners

“I’m waiting a little bit longer to sleep with Liam. It’s not that I don’t want to, I do, so bad, but I don’t want him to think I’m a slut. I just got out of a relationship.” Emily admits showing her good vibe has been shaken by her insecurities.

“Em, Liam likes you a lot! Plus, he was there when that relationship ended. Has he been pushy at all for sex?” I ask, ready to kick his ass if he has.

“No, that’s part of the problem. He won’t make that move until I tell him I’m ready.” She says before taking another shot.

Lily and I follow suit and now I want to kick Liams ass for making Emily insecure that he doesn’t want her. I mean, he is the guy. He should encourage her without pressuring her.

“Men are infuriating! Brix proposed to me like ten times last night, thinking I would say yes. Am I wrong for wanting to have the cool proposal? I plan on only getting proposed to once.” I stop myself and suck up the tears that start to form in my eyes.

“Eves, what is going on?” Em asks, giving me a stern yet confused look. She picks up on my mood shifts no matter how hard I try to hide them.

“Nothing… It just makes me so upset at Liam for not thinking, that’s all.” My voice cracks a little, but I think I sound believable.

“Bitch, you are a horrible liar! Has anyone ever told you that?” Lily pipes in, breaking the ice, making us all laugh at her brashness.

“Em, first off, if you want to fuck the man that can’t take his eyes off of you. Who makes you feel like the only girl in the room. The guy that had you so lost in a kiss on the couch earlier that you had no idea that Brix and I were right there watching. I don’t think that guy is going to have an issue with you wanting to fuck his brains out. He will probably rock your world if I’m being honest.” I try to reassure my best friend.

“Spill bitch. I won’t ask again! You are trying to deflect the situation, and you know I know, so you might as well let the cat out of the bag now.” Emily replies with a sad smile.

“You know I can’t tell you what I have seen.” I drop my head, losing the buzz I had a few minutes ago.

“I think this one calls for a loophole, being you are going to need help to beat whatever has you fearing death! There, now it’s out in the open. No more secrets.” Em smiles with tears streaming down her face as she wraps me in a tight hug.

I can’t help but let the tears fall for a minute as I hug her back.

I break the hug first and look at Lily who is crying now too.

“Okay, we can fix it, I already have a plan. I’m not going anywhere.” I reassure them both as I wipe the tears streaking down my face.

“Wait, I’m not in the loop here witches! Help a muggle out!” Lily sounds exasperated and looks even more confused.

“The curse states that one of us must die. I saw my death the first time Brix touched me the other day. I didn’t just see it, I felt all of it!” I explain.

“Well, fuck me up the ass without lube!” Lily almost shouts with wide eyes.

“Exactly.” I reply as I make more shots to numb the sting of my fucked-up reality and can’t help but chuckle at Lily.

“Let’s make some drinks and go through everything again. The crystals, jewelry, Casket Girls, all of it. The three of us can work this out. Your mama and gran gave us a great head start.” Emily tries to reassure me.

“Yeah, I had actually been doing research on the Casket Girls for a book I’m working on based on things I heard the nuns talking about in the orphanage, and there has never been Saint’s mentioned in anything I have ever found. I guess that would make the whole secret society thing a problem if they did though huh?” Lily says with a duh expression.

“Yeah, I can’t exactly hide from this or put it off any longer. It’s happening unless I can figure out how to stop it. It doesn’t seem as scary with you guys helping me. Thank you for having my back.” I look at my best friends and I feel more at peace just knowing I’m not alone.

“Well, have you nailed down a timeline for when it is supposed to happen?” Lily asks, looking like a light bulb just went off above her head.

“No, I hadn’t thought about that. I have been focused on the who and accepting, one, that it’s happening, and two, the fact that I’ve been cursed in the first place. Honestly, I’m just pissed off right now. I mean, this is really fucked up.” I finally say what I have been feeling the last few days and just let it out.

“Thank you for finally opening up. Now, dry those tears, we have work to do.” Emily says sweetly as she gives me another hug.

“Can you think back to the vision and see what you are wearing? If you are inside or outside? What the weather feels like?” Lily asks.

I close my eyes and try to think back to the vision and where exactly we are.

“We are outside, it’s cool, but not cold. I’m wearing a stunning fitted white dress, could be a wedding dress, could be an evening gown. I’m running outside, barefoot, toward Brixon. He looks so handsome in his tux. I think we are down at Grans in the bayou, but it’s dark, so I can’t be sure.” I explain what my brain is allowing me to still see.

“Okay, so we know it’s got to be closer to spring since it’s still cool outside but not cold. See, we have a timeline.” Lily smiles wide.

“Hell, that could be anytime it’s cool outside in the next ten years.” I chuckle.

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