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When is the grounding over? Can I see you soon? Can you CALL me?
I muttered a curse under my breath. If Jace had been sitting beside me right then, I would have shaken his shoulders. Or beaten some sense into his hard head.
ANGIE IS IN TOWN, JACE. ANGIE. SHE WILL BE AT FIRST BASS TONIGHT WITH LUCY AND CALEB. ANGIE. ANGIE. A. N. G. I. E.
I hit send and hoped that he finally got what I was attempting to make him realize. Caleb was in town with Angie. Angie who would kick him in the balls if she saw him without warning. Angie who would do so much more damage with just the smallest provoking. He didn’t have to worry about Caleb who was so much harder to piss off and wouldn’t dare hurt anyone unless either Angie or I asked him to kick their ass.
Angie would tear Jace St. Charles apart and smile like an angel when she was done.
Yeah. Got that, babe. Don’t care. Want to see YOU. Want to hear your voice. Call me.
Before I could make up my mind to call him or not, the car came to a jerking stop. If I hadn’t been wearing my seatbelt I would have gotten whiplash for sure. Fighting back the kind of nausea that came with the kind of rollercoaster ride Georgia took me on every time she was behind the wheel, I quickly typed out one last text before reluctantly getting out of the car.
I’ll call you later.
Chapter 15
Jace
She was going to call.
Fuck yeah.
Finally.
That Kin had actually texted me back had put a stupid grin on my face. With her promise to call me, I was actually walking around the apartment singing along to one of my favorite songs on my playlist as I fixed myself a late lunch.
Mostly all we had in the fridge was milk, eggs, a hell of a bunch of condiments and a shitload of beer. The pantry was just as bare with only a few half-empty boxes of cereal, some canned soup and an assortment of flavors of protein powder that Gray kept stocked up. He was a total freak about his protein powders.
I scrambled some eggs, added a few slices of toast smothered in grape jelly and headed into the living room to watch some TV while I waited on Kin to call. I had no idea when—or even if she actually would—call, but I wasn’t going anywhere until she did.
As I was stuffing the last of the toast in my mouth, Gray walked into the living room in nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist and his phone to his ear. “Yeah, he’s here,” I heard him say to whoever he was on the phone with. “Looks fine to me, Kas.”
I shot him a look as he fell onto the couch, stretching out before crossing his legs. “No. You don’t need to talk to him. I just told you he was fine…Because I want to talk to you, that’s why. He can suck it.”
I rolled my eyes and washed down the toast with a big swallow of coffee. Knowing Gray wouldn’t hand over his phone to me or anyone else when it was Kassa on the other end, I cleared my throat. “I’m good, Kas. Love you,” I called out so she could hear me.
“See? He’s fine, just as I told you.” He listened for a second before grunting. “Fine. Kas says she loves you too, dickhead.”
Gray stayed on the couch, talking to Kassa about anything and everything that seemed to come to Kassa’s mind. I knew my sister loved me and confided in me, but not the way she did Gray. I was glad that they had that kind of relationship. I was thankful that Gray cared about her just as much as I did and would listen to her complain for two hours straight about her day without grumbling about her taking up his time.
They were still on the phone when my own cell buzzed with an incoming text. I picked it up, saw it was from Kin and pulled up the message.
Will be at First Bass in an hour. You coming?
My brows lifted at that. Thought you were grounded.
ANGIE IS HERE.
Of course. That answered that particular question perfectly. Smirking at the screen, I quickly sent her a text back, letting her know I’d see her at the club, before getting to my feet. Gray didn’t even spare me a second glance as I took my dirty dishes into the kitchen to put them in the sink before heading into my bedroom to change.
Pulling a clean shirt over my head, I picked my phone up again.
You gonna need bail money and a lawyer?
There was a long pause but I soon saw that she had read my message.
Funny.
