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I don't see the difference, though, except here, dozens of people can see my pity party for one. I look at my watch to see that Mel, who is supposed to meet me here, is late, and I furrow my brows. We've met up a few times over the past month on friend dates, as I refuse to see Bella, so I don't get to see her at work anymore. I don't want the chance of Hawk or Ink bringing Bella in. I know Dagger is supposed to come with her tonight, but if I'm being honest, I'd just ignore him anyway. I don't want anything to do with the bikers anymore, much to Annalise's disappointment, but she also understands; she gives Gunner goodies to give to Leah to give to me just so I don't miss out.
Sighing, I get my phone out and message her quickly.
Me – hey, what time are you getting here? You're late, and I'm bored. xx
I put my phone down on the bar and take a sip of my drink before it goes off, and she messages me back.
Mel – OK, please don't kill me, but I'm still at work, and Dagger wants to take me home afterward. *wink wink*. Can we meet up at the weekend? Pretty please xx
I smiled a small smile, shaking my head. I love that she was able to forgive him.
Me – see, I can't even be mad at you because your love is written in the flipping stars; you suck, although it does mean I can go hometo my ice cream. I'll message you tomorrow to sort out the details. xx
She texts back straight away with a laughing face.
Mel – You know you love me. Thanks, girlie. I'll give you all the details of my sex life so you can live vicariously through me until you knock some sense into my brother-in-law xx.
I snorted, shaking my head before replying with a middle finger emoji, then put my phone away. As if I'd go anywhere near him, he ended things after he violated my privacy and took a text out of context without even talking to me about it first.
I look up as Leah comes towards me, smiling, which soon turns into a frown when I get up. "Where are you going?"
I give her a smile and say, "Mel can't make it; she's working late, and her man wants to take her home straight after. I'm tired, so I'm off."
She scowls at me, crossing her arms over her chest before she shakes her head, and I raise a brow at her. "Sit your ass back down right now!"
I tilt my head and say, "It's late, Leah, and I have work tomorrow. I'm going home."
Her eyes go panicky, and she drops her arms to her side. "You can't."
Now, it's my turn to fold my arm over my chest. "And why's that?"
She bites her bottom lip before I drop my arms, and betrayal shines through my eyes, making her swallow hard when the last person I want to see or talk to comes up behind me as he rasps in my ear.
"Because we need to talk, Pixie."
Anger vibrates from me, and I shake my head at my so-called friend as guilt shines through her eyes. She set me up tonight, knowing I needed space from Ink to sort through my head after how he treated me and let's face it, for the time we were together, he didn't exactly treat me right either.
She goes to say something but is cut off when Gunner rounds the bar and gets in her face. "What's this about you having a fucking date?" I roll my eyes at the same time as Leah. He'll get in her face when she has a date, yet he'll still return to Cara, the waitress currently making a beeline towards him. Leah scoffs, "It was a bust and none of your fucking business. Why don't you go pay attention to your girlfriend?"
He furrows his brows, "I don't have a girlfriend." Just as he's said the words, Cara comes up behind him and wraps her arms around his waist. "Baby, your home. I missed you."
Leah raises a brow at him, trying to hide the pain in her eyes, and he sighs when she turns away from him before looking at me apologetically. Still, I just shake my head at her. She's on my shit list, and right now, if she says something to me, I'll end up kicking off with her in front of everyone.
I go to leave, needing to get out of here, but Ink stops me, wrapping his arm around my waist and making me tense.
"I know you're pissed, Pixie; I understand, and I deserve it, but baby, please. I fucked up; I didn't let you explain shit; I let my jealousies of another man getting to touch you take over."
I just shake my head at him before I pull out of his hold and turn to face him—the man I fell for who thought of me as a whore!
I point at him and say, "I'm not your Pixie; I'm not your baby; I'm not your anything." Then I looked at my so-called friend and said, "Don't bother talking to me for a while."
Her eyes widen before she shakes her head at me, "Soph, you are struggling without him. Did he screw up? Yes, he did, but you can see he loves you. Just give him a chance to explain."
I look at her in disbelief. She's supposed to be my friend, and yet she's siding with him after he humiliated me and called me a whore that belongs in a fricking whorehouse, and she knows this, yet she's still siding with him all because she's in love with Gunner, who can't see past Cara's fucking tits!
He broke me. I don't want anything to do with him; why couldn't she understand that?
I bite my bottom lip as Ink comes up behind me again. I don't break eye contact with Leah as he starts to rasp, "That day, I'd just found out that my mother, my blood, had my big brother molested from the age of 10 until he left for the Navy. I wasn't in my right frame of mind. Phoebe showed me the text on your phone, and I flipped. I didn't think; I just acted. Please, Pixie, please understand where I was coming from."
