Another round and she had nothing else to throw up. She stood and looked at me. Even after throwing up, the damn woman made my knees weak.
“Hey, Tucker?”
Her voice was so soft and innocent it made my stomach jump in delight.
“Yeah, Charlie?”
“Why is everything going black?”
“Huh?”
And just like that her legs gave out, and she fell right into my arms. I stood in the parking lot behind my new bar with a passed-out woman in my arms. Glancing around, the only thing I could do was laugh. For seven years I had hoped for another chance to have Charlie in my arms, and here we were. Lifting her up, I put her over my shoulder. The short red dress she had on rode up, and her perfect tight ass was right in my face.
“Why, cruel world? Why?” I mumbled as I walked to my car.
ROLLING OVER, I pulled the covers over my head and moaned.
“Oh shit,” I whispered. Even my whispered words hurt my head. I hadn’t drunk like that in a long time.
Not
e to self: Give up alcohol. Except wine. Wait. No. Never ever give up wine.
With my head still buried, I tried to think back to last night. The last thing I remembered was talking to that guy … Brad. No Billy. Bobby? Brady?
Who cares? I need aspirin.
I pushed the covers over my head and went to get out of bed. I froze when I saw the sheets.
Oh. My. God.
These aren’t my sheets.
Turning, I looked at the bed.
This isn’t my bed.
Glancing down, I gasped.
I’m not wearing any clothes.
Covering my mouth, I jumped up. “I didn’t. Oh God, please tell me I didn’t. Terri! I’m going to kill her.”
Frantically looking around, I saw my purse on the chair in the corner. Rushing over to it, I dug through it until I found my phone.
As I waited for that whore to answer her phone, I mumbled, “She broke the number one girlfriend code. Don’t let your friend leave with a guy when they’re drunk!”
“Hey, girl! So? Did you get laid like you wanted? Please tell me yes ’cause this would make a great story.”
My heart jumped to my throat as a small sound came from my lips. “Wh-what? Why? How could you? You let me go off with him? What if he had killed me!”
She laughed. “Hardly. But then again, you do drive him up a wall, and he has mentioned snuffing you out a time or two.”
My finger and thumb went to the bridge of my nose. “What are you talking about?”
Terri muffled the phone, then laughed. “Hello? Terri! I’m at a strange man’s house, I don’t remember anything, and I’m naked.”
“Wait. You’re naked?”