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Fox stepped back so I could hug them back and breathe in their two very familiar scents.
My girls.
“You’re okay,” Bella hiccupped in relief.
“We were so worried,” Yellow added.
Meeting Fox’s gaze over their heads, I frowned. “How the hell did you get them to stay out here?”
“Are you kidding me?” Bella growled, pulling away to scowl up at me. “Like I wanted to go anywhere near that asshat in there.”
Yellow shook her head, agreeing. “Neither did I.”
“And what the hell!” My sister smacked me in the chest. “What did you think you were doing going after him in the first place?”
“Um, I thought I was avenging you,” I answered. Duh.
“You could’ve gotten in trouble or hurt or arrested. Do you think either Yellow or I wanted that?”
“We didn’t,” Yellow told me, looking just as upset as Bella did. “We were way more worried about you staying safe than him paying for his crimes.”
“But I didn’t kill him,” I argued. “I didn’t even touch the slimy prick.” He probably would’ve left a permanent grease stain behind if I had. “And look.” I motioned through the window where a huge crowd had gathered around Ethan’s table. It looked as if someone had broken the fight up, but yeah, Ethan wasn’t faring through the outcome too well. With his face all bloody and swollen, he needed the help of someone else just to remain upright. But still...
“Justice has been served,” I announced.
Or it would be.
In the distance, we could hear the wail of police sirens.
If karma was in a giving-type mood, maybe Ethan would spend some time behind bars, starting today.
One could hope.
“Come on,” Fox said. “How about we get out of here and go celebrate somewhere.”
Bella wrinkled her nose at him. “Uh, celebrate what?”
“That justice is going to be served. And the fact that I’m allowed to do this in public now,” he told her, taking her hand and tugging her away from me so he could kiss her right there, outside the pub.
Yellow turned to me, grinning. “I’d like to celebrate the fact that I’m able to do this anywhere now.”
When she lifted onto her toes to press her mouth to mine, I kissed her back.
But the police sirens that just kept getting louder kind of ruined the mood.
I pulled back, glancing that way before turning back to Yellow. “You know, I do owe you breakfast.”
She laughed because it was deep into the afternoon by now. But she only shrugged and admitted, “I am pretty hungry.”
“That’s it,” I announced, turning to the other two who were still kissing because they were obviously weirdos who could kiss through the blare of approaching law enforcement. “I know where to go. You guys follow me. No, wait. You come with me,” I told Yellow, winking at her as I took her hand. Then I glanced toward Fox and Bella, who’d finally stopped kissing. “You two follow us.”
Bella scowled and set a hand on her hip, while down the block, a police cruiser turned onto this street, its red and blue lights flashing. “Having eleven minutes on me does not make you the leader of this group.”
I snorted at her. “Yes, it does.”
“As if.”
Together the four of us turned in unison and started toward the parking lot while the police pulled up to the curb behind us.
