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Amelia cocks a brow at her. “For this reason. Look at how you're acting about it. Tame yourself.”
Crossing her arms over her chest, Tye pouts, but it only makes us chuckle because she's not the pouting type. Then again, she is drunk.
“So, what are you going to do about it?” Amelia asks.
I shrug. “There's nothing I can do about it. Being with him, at least before the baby is born, it's risking everything. I can't do that.”
“Why not?”
“Because what if it doesn't work out? What if we crash and burn and can't get along afterward? This baby needs his parents.”
She puts her hands up. “Okay, stop. There is no part of you or Easton that would ever let shit get so bad that you can't co-parent, for one. And secondly, I don't think E would let anything get between you two again.”
Everything in me knows she's right, but there's still this suffocating fear when I think about it. Like if I make this leap, if I take this risk, I could ruin everything. But then I think about Easton, and the way he kissed me last night, and I feel like if he were to do it again, I'd lose all fight against him at this point.
My phone vibrates against the bar and grabs my attention.
Easton Donovan - 1 New Message.
Amelia raises her brows at me as I swipe it open and read the text.
Easton: Meet me at the lake. I have a surprise for you.
My heart starts to race as I read the words, knowing I stand no chance at telling him no. I flip it around and show Amelia, who coos.
“My favorite couple is going to get back together,” she says excitedly.
Tye chuckles. “Your favorite couple isn't you and Zayn? Does he know that?”
She narrows her eyes on Tye. “You mean your favorite couple is you and Carter? How narcissistic of you.”
Flipping her off, Tye goes back to stocking the bar. I stand up and take a deep breath as I give Amelia a helplessly nervous look.
“You'll be fine,” she assures me. “It was only a matter of time before this happened.”
“Yeah, I know,” I say with more calmness than I possess. “I just hope I'm making the right choice.”
I SHUT OFF TYE'S CARas I pull up next to the lake. Putting the keys in the cupholder, I climb out and look for Easton, but I don't see him. I don't see anyone, for that matter.
What the hell?
“Easton?” I call out, thinking maybe he's trying to scare me, but there's no answer.
That's weird. It's not like him to stand me up, especially when he just told me to meet him here. Maybe I should call him.
As I take out my phone, however, a sharp pain shoots through my head and everything goes completely black.
EVERYTHING IS HAZY ASI come to. I groan as I try to move, but I can't. My hands are bound behind my back, my ankles to what feels like the legs of a chair, and there's something covering my eyes. I start to shriek against the tape over my mouth as I try to free myself, but there's no use. I'm stuck here.
The sound of footsteps coming toward me has me freezing before the blindfold is ripped off my head, taking some of my hair with it. I shy away from the sudden brightness, but when my eyes focus, everything goes cold.
Alec.
And even worse, Alec holding a gun.
Next, he rips the duct tape from my mouth. I wince from the pain, but it doesn't stop me from immediately trying to get through to him.
“Alec, what are you doing?”
