“McGuire’s.”
“What would something happening there affect any of this?”
“Cause that’s where she shot him down in front of everyone.”
“Why?” His eyes widen as he asks it, equally concerned and confused. “Why would she have been there to begin with?”
“I dunno, cause it’s Drew. And she’s insane.” I pause, shaking my head. “Apparently, she’d been going there for weeks, waiting for me.”
“Why?”
“To thank me.” I try not to sound cocky.
“Why not just call or go to your house?”
“Again, it’s Drew. She enjoyed being in a room where she was what everyone wanted, but no one could have.”
He wrinkles his nose at the thought. “Hate that.”
It makes me laugh.
“Thank you?”
“Look, full disclaimer, it was supposed to just be a hookup. A onetime thing, when I dropped off her phone.” I watch him look over at me. “Her idea. We talked about it beforehand and agreed. But…” I trail off, feeling weird talking to him about this, which is funny considering all the girls in the past we’d talked like this about. “But I couldn’t stop thinking about her. I kept my distance, but when she showed up that night. And told me she felt the same way.”
“What does that have to do with what she wanted to thank you for?”
“When I left her apartment the first time, I told her I wouldn’t call anyone.” I can see the confusion on his face, so I don’t wait for him to ask. “You had just left, and I overheard you ask her if you had the right guy.”
“Wait!”his voice rises a couple of octaves. “You were in the apartment?”
“Yeah, let’s just stop there; you don’t want the details.”
“That’s why she wouldn’t let me in.” I can see that he’s trying not to laugh now.
“We were both naked, and our clothes were in the living room.”
“Hate that.” He mumbles under his breath.
“I tried to jump off the balcony…”
It surprises me when he laughs loudly.
“But most of the club was surrounding the building.”
“Exactly.”
He just shakes his head, still chuckling.
“I thought you’d be madder about all that.”
He blows out a puff of air as he looks over at me. “I saw you two of you the other day.” It’s quiet. “I had gone around the block and parked across the street, needed to leave and calm down before I killed you.”
“Appreciate that.”
“I think the whole thing just caught me off guard... You guys hated each other.”
“I know.” I nod my head.
