with Yvette.
Ginger thought, “What the fuck is going on?”
She gasps and says, “Oh shit.”
Chapter Nineteen:
It had been two entire years without a word to each other and he suddenly he popped up here at her home, and at Stacey’s 21 st birthday party.
Ginger spun around and saw Leo. She was fine with him; they’d gone back to being friends. He took one look at her and she saw his concern. His gaze reached over her shoulder and he also gasps.
Leo says, “Are you okay?”
She nods and responds, “Tryna be.”
Leo sighs and replies “Are you sure? Want me to tell him to leave?”
She shakes her head and answers, “No, Stacey will be here soon, and so will my boyfriend.”
Leo nods and smiles.
He states, “You bringing Luke?”
She smiles and says, “Of course. He had a late meeting, or else he would have helped me set all this up. I can deal. Today, I have to. No drama at my best friend’s birthday party.”
Leo smiles and answers, “Good luck.”
Ginger whispers, “I’ll need it.”
Stacey came home, they all jumped out and yes she was surprised. Ginger let her shields drop to feel that excitement. How could she not? She was ready to party.
The hours flew by and ginger was happy that the party was a success. Yvette was even talking to a friend of Lupio’s. He promised to bring her a healthy, blooded single man and he delivered.
Damien Avalon was a journalist at Trek Publishing. How the lobo demon knew Guadalupe?
Lupio later told her that he plays darts with the guy. Small world, but what was amazing was Luke holding her hand. Sure they had sex, but the small romantic gestures like this made her giddy inside. The normal 15 years old inside never got to experience small moments of happiness, so she was making up for lost time.
Luke asked, “You seem tense. What’s wrong?”
Ginger sighed and answers, “Mark is lurking around somewhere.”
Luke gasps and asks, “Mark the guy that kissed you. The one that broke up your fling with Leo?”
Ginger nodded and states, “The one and alone.”
Luke answers, “Leo talk to him.”
Ginger stunned asks, “What?”
Luke responds, “You need closure. Go see what he wants. I trust you and love you.”
She smiles and says, “And that is why I love you more.”
Ginger grabbed his curly hair, pushing forward as she kissed him. Biting his bottom lip as he withdrawn. Luke had lust in his eyes.
He says, “Wow.”
Ginger says, “Be back soon.”
Before she could walk twenty feet, Mark pulled her close to him. His woodsy scent sent her brain down memory land and passion was ignited. How could she ignore his presence, what they shared simple.
She pulled back, adding distance made her realize this was her past. A mistake. Time to deal and move forward.
Ginger demands, “Why are you here?”
Mark smirks and states, “We need to talk. I figured you hang up on me so in person was the only solution. Stacey and I are acquiesces so I got her a gift.”
She thought, “That damn smirk. Still makes me swoon, but I won’t be dragged back into dramatic land.”
Ginger snarls, “Fine. Talk quick. I have places to be.”
Mark smiles and says, “It’s Caleb. He is in trouble. When is the last time you talked to him?”
Guilt raced through her body, the same words that many had told her.
She lets the moment hang as tension builds.
Mark continues, “What I thought. He needs your help. My informative says he is in danger, and I believe time. We need to go handle this now.”
Ginger shockingly answers, “I can’t.”
Mark asks, “The boyfriend. Bring him along. He is an elf.”
Ginger rolls her eyes and states, “That’s not it. I am through with all this. I fulfilled my past in destiny.”
Mark snaps, “Your friend needs you Ginger.”
His words were like a punch to the face. A reminder that she was the guilty party; the one that let Lucy