Page 64 of Blade

I knew she was trying to calm herself down. Knew she would be mad I never told her.

“Please don’t be mad, Rach. I was going to tell you, but then everything happened.”

Reaching over, she grabbed both my hands and looked at me. “No. Babe, I’m not mad at you. I’m so glad you had that moment. So, there has been no one since?”

“No. I’ve never had feelings for someone other thanhim. Not until Blade. I don’t know what to do, Rach. I don’t know how to lethimgo. Until I do, I can’t even think about anything happening with Blade. If he wants anything to happen, that is.”

“Ladies, today must be my lucky day.”

Rachel and I looked up and smiled as Ryder walked over to our table. “What the fuck happened to your face?”

“We’ll talk more later,” she whispered, before she turned to Ryder to explain. “She had dinner with Grant. Things went sideways. The guys dealt with it.”

“He still alive?” Ryder asked, and my mouth dropped open.

“ICU,” Rach simply replied.

“Good.” Ryder leaned down and kissed us both on the cheek.

“What are you doing?” Rachel asked Ryder.

“Just saying hello to my dearest friends.”

“You know what will happen—” Just then, Rachel’s phone rang, and she sneered at Ryder as she mouthed,asshole, before answering her phone. “Hi, babe.”

Ryder chuckled as Rachel rolled her eyes as we both heard Cash ranting and raving through the phone. “Hang on, babe. Here.” She grinned happily, handing her phone to Ryder as his laughter rang out.

“Hey Cash, how’s it going?”

I couldn’t hear Cash’s words, but I heard the anger in his voice.

“Man, we have had this conversation enough. She is like a sister to me. If I had wanted to go there, I would have a long time ago. You need to accept that I will kiss her cheek, just like I do my mother when I say hello.”

“What is going on, Rach?” I asked, confused.

“Ryder loves to piss off Cash. He knows Cash can’t touch him because I won’t let him.”

“How did Cash know?” Rachel pointed out the window at the prospect sitting on his bike. His phone to his ear.

“He can’t be talking to Cash if Cash is talking to Ryder.”

I looked back over at Rachel, who sat there with a smirk on her face.

“He isn’t. He texted Cash. It happens too often for him to call every time. He’s on the phone with Blade.”

“What?” I whipped my head back around, glaring at the prospect.

He noticed me and just shrugged his shoulders.

Now I was the one with my head in my hands, and my eyes closed. Ryder hung up and handed Rachel her phone.

“He’ll get over it. He always does.” Ryder shrugged as he waved his hand at the phone and smirked.

“What are we talking about, ladies?”

“Beck and I were just catching up on some old times,” my best friend and confidant said then asked, “Did you know Micah kissed Beck the day he died?”

I whipped my head up, looking between Rachel and Ryder.

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