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“Where’d she go?” Kate asks.
“She stole the duck cup,” I whisper. Then it hits me. We’re close enough to the hotel that maybe Grace ran back to the room with it. Which means I’ll have enough time to do the same.
“Let’s go find her, okay?” I ask Kate. I mean it is her bachelorette party after all.
“Okay!” She throws an arm in the air and slings it around my shoulder.
We make our way toward the hotel gift shop and I ask her to wait at the candy aisle while I grab something. She makes a joke about it being condoms and I dash around the store hoping she won’t see what aisle I’m actually in.
I get to the front and of course it’s the same chipper cashier from earlier.Doesn’t she ever go home?I shoot her a look that says don’t even ask and she doesn’t say a word to me the entire interaction. I buy a few other souvenirs to hide what I’m actually buying and stash the pregnancy test in my purse. Kate’s holding a stuffed animal that looks like a beaver, three aisles from where I left her.
“Look at how cute! It says ‘loves you’ get it? ‘My beaver loves you’.” She’s hysterically laughing but I can’t help but join in. That shit is ridiculous in the best of ways.
“Let’s go, we can find you some water on the way.” We’re almost to our floor when Kate’s phone starts ringing. She’s dancing to the music, not realizing it’s her phone so I grab it from her hand and answer it.
“Hello?”
“Um, where’d you guys go?” Grace asks from the other end. I can hear the music from Gatsby’s playing in the background.
“We went to find you, we’re back at the hotel.”
“Shit, you figured me out.” She laughs.
“Yes, you little thief.” I chuckle. “Come meet us and we’ll go to the next place together.”
“Okay!” she agrees happily and I let out a sigh. I will have just enough time to pee and finally get an answer to the only question I am dying to know.
Dakota
I can’t helpbut wonder if I should have just gone with the girls tonight. Sure, I wanted to spend time with my brother. He is the one I know.
But I just am not having it with this Grant guy. Every time I look at him, he is scowling at me. Plus, if I join up with the girls now, I’ll actually be able to spend some time with Violet. You know, before we have to share one bed. It might be good to get to know someone for once before sleeping next to them all night.
“Austin, give me your phone.” I interrupt their conversation about something either slot or slut related. For everyone’s sake, it better be slot. We’ve already seen the comedy show and ended up back at a random casino for more gambling.
“What? Why?” Austin’s words are still slurring but he is already reaching for his phone.
“I’m going to call the girls and see where they are.”
“You bailing on us, Dakota?” Grant sneers.
“You, maybe,” I toss back. “But yeah, I’m thinking it’s time I join people more on my level. Maybe go see some naked guys or something.”
Grant tries to hide the way his eye twitch when I mention “naked guys.” I roll my eyes at him and wander off to somewhere maybe a bit quieter.
“Austin!” Kate answers the phone on the fourth ring.
“Um, no this is Dakota.”
“What?” The music from their background is blasting through the speaker. “Is Austin okay?”
“Yeah!” I nearly scream back. “I just wanted to know where you all are. I think I’m going to join you after all.”
“Hell yeah!” Kate is more than tipsy at this point. “Hang on!” I hear her call out to someone else and then I am met with a different voice on the phone.
“Hey, Dakota. Kate told me to tell you where we are.” Violet.
Damn, her voice. “Um, yeah.”
