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“Where’s Rhett?” she asks next, arching her brow at her daughter.
Straight to the point. I like her.
“He’s around. I doubt he’s coming tonight. He got a bit distracted,” Cara says, shrugging. She gives nothing away. It’s just like she has flicked a switch and turned all of the pain off. I both admire her for it and worry about her.
“How do you two know each other?” Bailey presses, glancing between us, trying to figure out why the hell I’m standing here right now with her daughter while her boyfriend is nowhere to be seen.
“He’s a friend of Felix and Clover’s,” Cara explains as she hands me a beer.
I thank her and then respond to Bailey, “Apparently that means a friend of Cara’s, too.”
Bailey’s eyes flash with amusement. “I know how it works. Love one, love them all.”
I definitely don’t love Rhett, but I don’t bring that up.
“I thought you weren’t coming tonight, but I’m glad that you’re here,” Bailey says to her daughter.
Cara shrugs. “I wasn’t going to, but then I ran into Clover, and you know how it goes.”
Bailey nods. “Did you wish Tracker a happy birthday?”
“Yes, I did,” Cara replies, turning to me and pointing to a large man with long blond hair. “That’s my uncle Tracker over there, and it’s his birthday.” Uncle Tracker looks like he could be an actor, or a model or something, even though he must be in his fifties.
“You two have a good night,” her mom says, kissing Cara on the temple and then heading back to Cara’s dad.
“She’s nice.”
“Yes, she’s the best,” Cara agrees, clinking her drink with mine. She smiles right at me, brown eyes sparkling—and for a moment, just looking at her, I suddenly feel sober. “I think she likes you. We don’t get new people coming around here much, besides the prospects and random women.”
“I seem to have that effect on women,” I tease.
Cara rolls her eyes, and we join Clover and Felix. I notice myself getting a few looks, but Felix quickly explains that I’m his friend, and that’s all there is to it.
We drink, we laugh, and we chat.
I can’t even remember the last time that I had so much fun.
The spontaneous nights are always the best ones.
Chapter Six
Cara
I know how inappropriate it is for me to be checking out a man in Rhett’s MC clubhouse, but here I am. It’s even more inappropriate because I legit just found my boyfriend in a bar with another woman sitting on his lap and kissing him. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get that vision out of my head. Part of me wonders if he wanted to get caught. He knew I was going to stop by Rift with Clover tonight.
He says he’s too busy to make time for me, but he can find time for other women? I saw red when I saw him, and in that moment I knew that everything Clo said was right.
Rhett and I are the past, and I need to let go so I told him that we were done. I don’t think I could ever look at him the same after seeing him with another woman. And if he was there with this one, who’s to say he hasn’t been cheating on me with other women?
Maybe I’ve had too much to drink. Maybe I mentally checked out a long time ago with Rhett and now that sparks are flying with Decker, I can’t help myself. I’ve heard that women do that. They mentally check out long before a relationship is officially over, and by that time, they’ve accepted that they are ready to move on. Is that what I have been doing?
All I know is that I can’t seem to look away from Decker’s clear green eyes and his sexy smile.
And considering everything that has happened tonight, it’s completely messed up.
Fuck.
I need to get my ass home before I do something that I regret, especially with the whole MC watching me. They know it’s unusual for me to be here. It’s a school night, and I rarely drink anymore unless I’m on a rare night out with Clover. I hardly come to the wilder events the MC hosts.
