across the casino.
Running
my fingers through my curls, and twisting a ringlet around my finger, I drop my
eyes to floor. “Yah, I just figured it’s better to walk away while I still have
my winnings.” I smile at her, but the sadness in my eyes gives me away.
Furrowing
her brows together, Brooklyn stairs me down with each step we take never
removing her eyes from me. “I’ve known you almost my entire life; you should
know by now that you can’t get anything past me. What happened? You went from
finally relaxing and enjoying yourself, to distracted and sad within a split
second.”
“I
swear, sometimes you knowing me so well can be really annoying.” Speeding up my
pace, I glance to my side and scan the crowd of gamblers trying to see if I can
spot Kayden. I know he’s near. My entire body is aching for him. I’m getting
whiplash from all my emotions flashing through me. One minute I can block all
the sadness out and have fun, the next I’m being attacked by my thoughts and
back to being depressed again.
“That’s
why you love me, because we both can read each other better than we can read
ourselves.”
“I
just wish I could rewind time and be back in Hawaii where everything was
perfect . Now, it’s like my life is spinning
out of control and no matter how hard I try, I can’t get things back to how
they were.”
Wrapping
her arm around my shoulder, Brooklyn walks with me as we maneuver through a
crowd of people hovering around a Black Jack table. Jax has already gone ahead
of us to cash in my chips for me. Looking around, I notice the Casino is
beginning to grow louder and fill up with more people. The later its getting,
the rowdier the Casino’s becoming. I try to spot Kayden, but don’t see him
anywhere.
Trying
to squeeze through a crowd of people, Brooklyn walks ahead of me gripping my
wrist and pulling me along behind her. She flashes a worried glance at me over
her shoulder before pulling me next to a vacant poker table.
Her
face turning serious, Brooklyn looks me straight in the eyes, “Listen Savannah.
Today has been a shitty day, but the nights not over. You can still find Kayden
and smooth things over. He’s had plenty of time to cool off, so why don’t you
stop being stubborn and just text him! You’re miserable and that won’t change
until you two clear all this crap up.”
Leaning
against the railingbehind me, I cross my arms over
my chest, frustration is consuming me. “Yah, but I know Kayden well enough to
know he’s got one hell of a temper. Two hours is not enough time for him to
calm his ass down and be rational. If I text him, how do I know he’ll even want
to see me right now after what happened earlier with Shayne?”
Brooklyn
lets out a sigh and rolls her eyes at me, “You drive me insane, I swear to God!
You two are so freakin’ stubborn, I can’t take it anymore.” Holding her hand
out towards me with a look of determination on her face, she tells me, “Give me
your phone. If you won’t text Kayden, I will.”
God!
When she gets on a roll there’s no slowing her down. Opening my clutch, I pull
out my iPhone and hand it over to her.
“Here
ya go. Have at it. But I’m telling you right now he’s probably still fuming, he
was just in a frickin’ fist fight with Shayne for Christ sake!”
Brooklyn
raises her eyes up at me while still texting Kayden, “Kayden loves you. For the
last two hours, I bet he’s been contemplating whether or not to text you. But
you’re both so thick headed that neither of you will take the first step to
clear this shit up. Don’t even get me started on Shayne; he’s lucky I didn’t
kick his fucking ass for the stunt he pulled earlier.”
With
frustration consuming me, I toss my hands in the air,“Uhhh!
I swear I could kick Shayne’s ass right now! What the fuck is wrong with him
anyways? Blurting my personal business out like that for the entire club to
hear. I was two seconds away from cold cocking him upside the