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My thoughts turned to Tricia again, and I stared at her acting carefree on the dance floor and thought more on what Bradley had told me. It had shed some light on something Billie and Sawyer had mentioned.
While Billie was pregnant, Tricia had been the perfect friend and was fiercely supportive of her and Sawyer. She’d also acted like the perfect honorary aunt, to Colby, Billie’s son from her first marriage. Yet, the moment Billie gave birth to their twins, she didn’t see much of her for a while.
From the conversations with my brother, Billie hadn’t seen much of her for a while, and they had figured since Billie was married and had a new family Tricia had lost interest in her. Sawyer said Billie was devastated because Tricia had been the one person my sister-in-law thought she could depend upon.
I had been told since Hammer’s party contact between them had improved again, but my brother had said Billie was wary about getting close to her again. After my experience with Tricia, I couldn’t say I blamed Billie for that.
The cocktail waitress arrived, and fresh drinks were ordered. When she walked away, I resumed our conversation.
“So what’s the real deal?” I asked, wagging my finger between him and Tricia probing him farther.
“Me and Tricia, you mean?” He smirked wickedly, his blue eyes immediately brightening. “We have a room.” His words dripped like burning acid onto my heart, the sting immediately corroding it. Narrowing his gaze, he stared at me for a second or two and shrugged. “Wait… were you thinking of…” His eyes darted toward the dance floor again.
What did I think? I had no idea what to think, the complexities of what thoughts and feelings I had when I looked at Tricia were incomprehensible.If I couldn’t make sense of my feelings, I knew I couldn’t explain them to a man like Bradley, who was obviously in love with her.
“No!” I exclaimed then shook my head, my voice less clipped when I spoke again. “No, we should never have happened,” I lied, and the moment I did I knew I couldn’t stay with them all evening, only to watch them leave together at some point.
Glancing at my watch I sighed, it was only approaching 6:00 p.m. and I’d already drunk too much. Deciding the explosive combination of having Tricia, her fuck buddy, and a bar full of alcohol was a bad idea, I stood, stuck my hand in my jeans pocket, and pulled out my cell.
“Shit, I’ve missed some calls,” I lied. “I need to compose a couple of urgent emails. I’m going to head upstairs, and I probably won’t be back tonight. One of these issues is going to take hours to figure out.” Nodding toward Bradley, I left the bar without one last look at the dance floor.
