Page 43 of Sour Lollipops and Sweet Nightmares
Slater had a few blotchy patches on his face and bloodshot eyes, but he looked the same when he had a hangover. There was a chance he had an allergy to alcohol. Not that he would get tested, despite my many suggestions that he do so.
“What took you so long?” Levi asked while continuing to stare down at his phone. “We were on time.”
I found that hard to believe. “Not all of you were on time.”
“What do you mean?”
“Ravi’s not here.” I pointed out while eyeing the empty seats next to them.
That was when Levi finally tore his eyes off his screen and looked up at me. “Isn’t he with you?”
“Why would he be with me?” Ravi was hit with the pepper spray, too. I was the only one who didn’t need to clean up. Not that I would’ve. If my father wanted to talk to me, he could do it while I was in wet clothes with my eyes watering.
“I don’t know,” Levi shrugged. “Don’t you guys suck each other’s dicks at night?”
What the fuck. “No!”
“Huh?” He paused and narrowed his eyes as if he was trying to find a lie in my expression. “You guys spend so much time together, I just thought…”
“So. That doesn’t mean we do that shit. You’re not sucking Slater off?”
“No, but he’s sucked me off.”
“Hey!” Slater slapped his shoulder.
“Oh, calm down,” Levi dismissively waved. “You weren’t that bad.”
I wasn’t sure what to say to that.
Slater looked over at me. “It’s not what you think. There was a girl involved, and…”
I held up my hand, cutting him off. “I don’t want to know.”
If I could scrub this entire conversation out of my head, I would.
Changing the subject before I got any more information, I turned the attention back to our missing member. “Any idea where Ravi is?”
Both Levi and I turned to look at Slater.
He cocked a brow. “What?”
“He’s your brother,” Levi explained.
“So?”
“So, you should know where he is.”
“Why? Because we’re twins?”
“Yes,” Levi nodded. “Don’t you have that twin ESP crap?”
We both stared at Levi for a second before Slater said, “No. That’s not a real thing.”
“That’s only because you and Ravi are the worst twins ever.” Levi huffed and slumped back in the chair, disappointed that Slater couldn’t mind-meld with his brother.
That was not an ability I would want if I were Slater. I roomed with Ravi. No one wanted to see that, let alone know what twisted shit was happening in his head.
That’s when I noticed something else. There was not a single person in here working. Every desk was empty. Even the receptionist was gone, and that old bitch was always here, giving people the evil eye when they walked in.
