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I dropped my hand and arms from around her and stepped back, careful not to glance in my sister’s direction. Kami didn’t either as she hurried back to Sasha.
“I’m fine,” Sasha shouted from the floor. “No one rush to help me up.”
Kas snorted as she bent down and helped her friend before Kami could get there. “Come on, cupcake. Up you get.”
Sasha huffed as she brushed the dust from get backside. “What the hell, Kami? What happened?”
Face a scarlet mask of guilt, Kami dropped to gather her things. Curiosity had my head titling a notch to peer around the patch of hair forming a curtain between us.
“I … I guess I lost my footing,” she mumbled, scooping her things back into her purse. “I’m sorry. Are you okay?”
Sasha bent to help her, passing her papers and pens. “Yeah, are you? I’m so sorry I hit you.”
Kami waved away the apology. “I deserved it.”
I did not think so.
Accident or not, the idea that anyone would be stupid enough to hurt her in front of me had my brows furrowing. Had Sasha been anyone else, their apology would have been done on their knees.
“Juan’s outside with one of the cars,” Lavena cut into my thoughts. “I thought you were riding with us?”
I shook my head. “I’m not going back to the Alexander. I’m heading to the office, and I’m not sitting nine hours in your backseat.”
Lavena rolled her eyes. “Well, aren’t you fancy? Sorry my car isn’t big enough for your fat head.”
“I have room if one of you wants to join me,” I said as a blanket offer, but only hoped one of them would take me up on it.
“Well, I can’t,” Lavena said, glancing out to the others. “Anyone want to spend nine long ass hours in a limo with this fancy pants?”
Kas shrugged. “I would but I already have my stuff in the trunk.”
Sasha shook her head. “No thanks.”
Kami, bag pulled over her shoulder, rose and turned to me, a sweet smile on her face. “I’m okay. Thank you.”
I started to pull in a frustrated breath, but Lavena beat me to it. “So, someone has to go with him. I didn’t realize how much of the stuff in my closet needs to be cleaned out since last year. It’s a lot. I don’t have the trunk space with all the other stuff so it needs to go into the back seat. Sasha?”
Sasha shook her head. “It took a long time to get my butt print just right in your car.”
“I’m not unloading my shit,” Kas grumbled.
“I guess that leaves you, Kam.” Lavena turned to the final member of her team. “Think how fun it’ll be. Nine hours to talk about all the books you’ve read since you guys talked last.”
Kami’s eyes widened. “Oh, I have so many!” she reached for her bag. “I have a list.”
“Of course, you do,” Lavena and I said simultaneously.
I exchanged glances with my sister, both our expressions amused.
“And Darius can tell you about the one he’s reading. The one where the priest is the killer.”
Most people would have withered under my glower. Lavena flashed her teeth and jerked back when I shot out a hand to grab her and possibly strangle her.
Smirking, she pivoted on her heels and stalked in the direction of the stairs, yelling about seeing us at home.
“I’m guessing you didn’t know,” Kami murmured, a grimace on her face as the snap of Lavena’s heels up the stairs echoed through the foyer.
I sighed. “Nope.” I cocked my head in her direction. “It was just starting to get good, too.”
