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wouldn’t leave me all alone, in order be with Josh,
would she?
    I returned to the main room,
stepped up to Jacko, and drew upon every ounce of alcohol fuelled courage I
could muster. “Dance?”
     

 
    Chapter Eight
     
    Jacko looked puzzled, but with
Nessie’s encouragement, he followed me onto the dance floor, and straight off
the other side.
    “I thought you wanted to dance?”
he shouted, too close to my ear. Even a wisp of his breath made my skin crawl.
    “You thought wrong.” I threw the
words back and headed for a quiet corner near a stack of tables, where I
stopped and faced him.
    Bad idea, Amy. How stupid can
you get? He’s got you cornered now.
    “Not getting you.”
    “I don’t want to dance.”
    “Then why ask?”
    “I want to talk.”
    Jacko’s face lit up with a
devious grin. “Ah, talk . I see how it is. You want me all to yourself.”
He stepped closer and his arms reached for my hips. I batted them away.
    “Don’t touch me, and stay away
from my sister.”
    “To the point, but still not
getting you.”
    “ You’re staying here, and I’m going to get Nessie and take her back to the hotel. You will not see her or try
to contact her— ever . If you come anywhere near either of us again, I’ll
castrate you.”
    He chuckled silently. “You really
are a firecracker. I get the message. You don’t like me very much. Am I allowed
to know why?”
    “You really don’t remember me, do
you?”
    “I have to admit you look vaguely
familiar, but…should I?”
    “Three words. New Year’s Eve.”
    Our eyes locked, and I waited for
his brain to connect. Suddenly realisation slapped him in the face. His eyes
widened and he started waving his finger in front of my nose.
    “You! You’re the reason
for my black eye.”
    He didn’t have a black eye. “What
black eye?”
    “The one J.J. gave me before
leaving me in a ditch to find my own way home.”
    My brain smiled but my face
didn’t show it. That was a picture I would like to have seen. “You deserved
more.”
    “Yeah. Look. I’m sorry,” he said.
“You must have been too tempting to resist. I can see why I thought that.” His
gaze drifted down my body. “But hey, no harm’s been done, right? I mean there
isn’t a little Adam running around somewhere that I should know about, is
there?” He laughed nervously.
    “It’s not a laughing matter.”
    “And you didn’t catch anything,
coz I know I’m clean.”
    Eww . “So not the point.
I’m out of here.”
    I bumped his shoulder as I
passed, but stopped dead when two giggling girls got in my way.
    Jacko caught my arm and swung me
back to him. “J.J. is here because of you.”
    “I know. We had a date.”
    “I meant Greece. Here in Greece.”
    My stomach pitched. “How could he
be?” I glared at the hand gripping my arm, and it released me.
    “It’s no excuse, but I was really wasted. I don’t remember anything other than what J.J. told me, and he loved to
remind me. He wouldn’t let me forget that night. We were always fighting, and
then eventually, we stopped speaking altogether, and I moved out here. He was
happy to be rid of me, but our parents insisted we work on our differences, or
they were going to throw him out of the house and call in my loan for this
place. He was starting to come around too. I guess it’ll be back to the silent
treatment from now on.”
    “Don’t worry. I’m not about to
break up the bromance. You won’t be seeing me again.” I turned to leave.
    “Don’t bank on it,” he shouted
after me.
    By the time I’d squeezed back
through the crowd, Nessie had stolen my spot next to Josh at the bar, and as
much as I tried to tell myself I didn’t care, I did. I stood back for a minute,
watching her with him. She was leaning back with her elbows resting on the
counter. I knew the pose well. I’d used it many times. It was a sure fire way
to get a guy to fixate on your tits, and usually had him panting like a hound
dog to get his hands on them.