“Well thanks for abandoning me,” Donovan grouched walking out the same door Ryder had just disappeared through.
“Us,” Reece pointed out. “He abandoned us.”
Donovan frowned at me then looked back at the door then back to me. “You been having a heart to heart with the marine?”
“Maybe...that for me?”
I reached out and took the beer from Reece before jumping up to sit on the wall to the side of the steps.
“How’d it go in there?” I knocked the beer back while I watched and waited. I knew it would have been great, because Donovan could sing he just lacked confidence in front of so many folk.
“Great,” he grumbled. “I’m more interested in how it went in there with the babe.”
Exhaustion settled in as I wiped my hand down my face, just wanting the night to be over with.
“It was fine. In fact it was great...then I told her I was sorry and walked away... I let her think I was apologizing for touching her, when I was apologizing for leaving her with Liam. I’m an ass.”
“We could have told you that,” Reece said.
I ignored him.
“Can I bunk at your place again?” I looked at Donovan who nodded his head before walking back inside.
“Why do you never ask to bunk at my place?” Reece whined like a fuckin’ two year old.
“Too much traffic.”
He smirked and followed Donovan back into the bar while I wondered what Thalia was doing. Whether she was still upset after what I’d said, or whether Liam was cheering her up.
Although I prayed for the latter, the thought of Liam cheering her up put a ball of fire in my gut.
“Will you stop acting like a girl and get in here!”
Hearing the door slam back into place behind Reece, I jumped down from the wall and made my way back inside to find the place loud and packed.
When I climbed on the stage the noise level hit fever pitch with a lot of the audience shouting my name ‘Phoenix’.
That was what it was all about. People enjoying the music the three of us had created over the past ten years since high school. My family had never understood my need for this release. As far as they were concerned I’d given this up when I left for college.
But standing in front of two hundred people, hearing them shouting ‘Phoenix and Deception’ had my heart missing a beat. I wanted Thalia standing out there watching me; watching us. She’d understand the pull this had for me. She’d understand and she’d support me; I knew that without even having to think about it.
Reece started up on the drums, a familiar beat, which was the introduction to one of our more popular songs, ‘Fallen from the Sky.”
Chapter 40
Thalia
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It was morning and by the sound of things Liam’s folks had company, which had me burrowing further into my quilt. After last night I didn’t want to get up and face the day, unless my day included Phoenix.
Mmm, Jack – Phoenix. I loved the name Phoenix and planned on using it all the time when no one else was present. I’d never felt anything like last night when I was in his arms practically naked. I tried not to think about what was said in the parking lot, because I planned on being with him again and again until he did something to stop the farce of a wedding.
But what I did keep thinking about was his cock. Oh yeah it was huge, not just in length, but in width with the tip displaying an AP. I licked my lips remembering the taste of him. He’d been leaking when I’d put my tongue to him and he’d leaked more when I’d flicked the piercing. It was a huge turn on knowing he was pierced there, which also made me more determined to get my hands...and mouth on him again. It would be fun to have him at my mercy. I wondered if it was possible for him to come with me just flicking the silver. Mmm... only one way to find out.
With that thought in mind, I threw off the covers and walked into the bathroom for a quick shower, having slept in my t-shirt and underwear from last night. Yuk!
Once again presentable in a dress and my new cowgirl boots, I headed downstairs and straight into the kitchen to find Stephanie and Mia deep in conversation.
“Oh, here she is,” Stephanie said. She grabbed hold of my arm and pushed me down into the chair next to Mia. She then put a cup of coffee and a bagel in front of me.
I looked up at her in surprise. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. I heard you in the shower, so I knew you’d be down soon.”
Mia had yet to say anything so after a quick glance in her direction, I started to eat and drink the much needed coffee.
“Now that you’re here, Mia would like us both to go over to her house and look at flower arrangements for the wedding. Apparently, Joan the florist is taking some displays and brochures there in about an hour.”
The wedding was just under three weeks away; surely they’d ordered flowers before today.
“Isn’t it a bit late to order flowers?”