Wild Weekend by Susanna Carr Read Free Book Online

glanced at the phone and saw Aaron’s number. He wasn’t surprised. It was a shock that his friend hadn’t contacted him until now.
    Travis answered his phone. “Hello?” he asked curtly. He didn’t want any more interruptions.
    “Travis? How’s it going?” Aaron asked.
    “Good. Why?” Travis heard the underlying tension in his friend’s voice. He glanced around the sidewalk. Pitts and Underwood were nowhere to be seen.
    “Okay.” Aaron’s voice dropped to a confiding whisper. “You know how I said you were paranoid because you thought those two guys were watching us.”
    “Yeah?” He did another quick survey of the area. Nothing.
    “Well, I think someone was in my hotel room.”
    Travis’s head came up like an animal scenting danger. It must have been obvious as Christine looked at him with concern. He flashed her a lopsided smile as if nothing was wrong. “How do you know?”
    “I did the toothpick trick you showed me,” Aaron said in a rush. “You know, put the toothpick on the top of the door and close it.”
    “Found it on the floor, huh?” He didn’t need confirmation. He knew the room had been searched.
    “Yes! I also did it for the bathroom door and the closet. They’re all on the floor. I got out of there as fast as I could and called you.”
    “Do you need me to drop by?” Travis asked. He saw Christine’s chin dip with disappointment.
    “Actually...” Aaron’s tone changed. “I need my emerald now before the game starts.”
    Travis rubbed his forehead as he tried to understand his friend’s insistence on playing the game with the questionable group. Did he think this emerald had some protective spell? “You’re still going through with it?”
    “Yes, of course,” Aaron replied. “And then I’ll give the stone right back to you. What could go wrong?”
    Travis groaned. “Famous last words.”
    “You sound different,” Aaron said.
    He probably did. He hadn’t felt this frustrated in a long time. He was used to getting what he wanted, when he wanted it. But now he couldn’t follow up on this attraction that flared between him and Christine. “No,” he said through clenched teeth. “I’m good.”
    “Wait a second,” Aaron said slyly. “Are you still with that hot chick?”
    He glanced at Christine and their gazes held. “Yes.”
    “Seriously?” his friend said in a high-pitched squawk. “How the hell did you get her to go with you?”
    He couldn’t answer that because he had no idea. “I’ll be right there,” he promised with great reluctance before he disconnected the call.
    “You have to leave?” Christine asked.
    “I have to drop by the casino,” he said as he placed the cell phone into his pocket. “It won’t take long.”
    “No, that’s fine.” She took a step back and crossed her arms. “I’ve already taken up enough of your time.”
    “I’m not ready to call it a night,” he said. Especially after that kiss. “I have to do something for a friend and then I’ll take you dancing.”
    Her eyes widened. “Dancing? Like at a nightclub?”
    He nodded. She looked as nervous as she had when she suited up for the sky jump. He couldn’t imagine why. “I know, I know, you’ve seen one nightclub, you’ve seen them all. But I promise, this one is different.”
    “Dancing?” she repeated. She snapped her mouth shut and flipped back her hair. “Eh, sounds a little tame, Travis.”
    He gave her a slow, wicked smile. “Then you’re not doing it right.”
    * * *
    N OT DOING IT RIGHT . Christine nervously thought about Travis’s words as they stepped into the nightclub an hour later. It was more like not doing it at all.
    She looked around the nightclub. It wasn’t like anything she had expected, but then she had never been to a club. They didn’t have any around Cedar Valley.
    The place was obviously popular, but she wasn’t sure why. The white walls, pink lights and sheer curtains didn’t look exotic or mysterious. The live band was good