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“ISHneeds us. Mason is already on his way. There’s been a shooting at the mall,they’ve got hostages.”
I’mstill confused. This isn’t what SB or ISH do. “Okay.”
“It’sthe women. Ayda, Sadie, Zoe, Frannie, and Dare’s sister. I can’t remember hername. They’re all inside.”
Icyfear seems to immobilize my body for a second. “Leah,” I gasp.
“Yeah,Leah. We don’t know if anyone is hurt. SWAT already has the place surroundedand locked down.”
I’min my car before he can say another word and he barely gets his ass in the seatin time to go with me.
Thiscan’t be happening. Not again. I won’t lose another woman I love to some psychoagain.
Chapter Fourteen
Leah
“Girl,I don’t want to hear it. You are absolutely skinny,” Zoe says as we make ourway across the mall parking lot. “You need a bikini, not a one piece. You couldrock it.”
“Yep.No use in having it if you aren’t going to show it off,” Frannie agrees.
Aydainsisted we get all the girls together for a trip to the mall before thefireworks tonight. I was surprised when Frannie agreed to join us. She hasn’tbeen around as much lately. I think maybe there’s a new boyfriend in thepicture.
“I’llhelp you pick one out,” Zoe volunteers. “Frannie and I are looking at swimweartoo.”
“Fine,but I want swimwear, not slutwear,” I giggle. The truth is I wouldn’t mind asuit that shows off my assets. No matter how hard I try not to think about him,Tucker is never far from my mind. I’m going to see him tonight and it wouldn’thurt to show him what he’s missing.
I’vemissed him every day, but I haven’t made any effort to get in touch lately. Hemade it clear he needed some time, and I want to respect that. That doesn’tmean I’ve given up. If there’s one thing I’ve learned after a few months in theromance book world, it’s that anything is possible when it comes to love.
“Let’shit Gina’s first,” Zoe says. “I want some new earrings.”
Hesitating,I look at Zoe. “Do they do body piercing?”
Aydagrins and all eyes are on me. “Yeah, what do you have in mind?”
“Oh!Get a clit piercing! They’re amazing,” Frannie pipes up, making two old ladiesgive us a dirty look as we walk inside the glass doors.
Coolair sweeps over me drying the sweat on my skin. “No way. Nobody is touching myvagina. I was thinking about a belly button ring.”
Sadieturns to Frannie. “You have your clit pierced?”
“Yep.”Frannie gives a little shimmy. “Maybe I’ll get a second one so they’ll jingle.”
“Yeah,what’s Jeremy think about it?” Ayda asks.
Frannieshrugs. “He likes it.” She chews her lip. “He called me this morning. Said hewants to talk tonight.”
Somuch for my suspicion she was seeing someone new.
“Uh-oh,”Zoe says. “About what?”
Frannieflips her hair out of her eyes. “I don’t know. He sounded all nervous andweird. Babbled about being done with sluts and games or something like that.”
“You’llbe the next ones married,” I tease, and she shoves me playfully.
“Biteyour tongue! That’s you and Tucker.”
“Yourealize I haven’t seen him in two months, right?” I didn’t intend on tellinganyone what happened between me and Tucker, but Ayda wasn’t blind to howheartbroken I was when I stayed with them after he told me about his wife.
