guy arrived for his ink. Talk about a close call. I laughed silently then went to sit in the chair and play on my phone until he was done.
Halley had tried to text several times but I refused to answer her. I had nothing nice to say at this time. Anything I said was bound to start more than just a simple fight between us. We never fought and hardly got mad at each other. This situation was awkward and her bugging me was making it worse.
The first read, “You can’t ignore me Macy Young.”
And they continued, “It’s not my fault so quit taking it out on me it’s not my fault he did what he did.”
And yet another one came through. “You should have known he was going to be in the wedding.”
“Oh you’d be glad to know he and Marcus are staying in tonight to play video games. Please text me back.”
She could wait. I was not in the mood right now. Matter of fact I was on cloud nine and she and her mess she was causing were not allowed in my life right now.
An hour later Luke finished the tattoo and the guy paid him. Luke sauntered over to me once the guy left and kissed my neck. “We can go for round two if you want.”
‘We could couldn’t we. Thanks for doing that tattoo for me. I love you.” I wrapped my arms around his neck and leaned in resting my head on his chest.
“I love you too. Let’s get going so we can get to The Lounge. We may be a little early but we can visit with Gary.”
I groaned and let my arms fall back to my side. All I wanted was a little alone time with him, we usually had a lot of it but with Halley’s wedding getting closer and me having to work tonight, this just wasn’t one of those days. He flashed me his best I’m sorry and I love you smile. I couldn’t stay mad at that face no matter what happened. Hand in hand, we walked to the Challenger and got in but he didn’t drive off until he kissed me properly with his hands in my hair and his lips locked to mine.
The drive to The Lounge was rather quick. It was the perfect Louisiana day. The humidity wasn’t too bad to where the air was sticky. You could actually walk outside and be able to breathe. My hair was even halfway cooperating and that was something I usually hoped for. I was kinda upset I had to work but in reality if I weren’t we would probably just be sitting at home or maybe we could have gone to the park and had a picnic. I took a deep breath and felt my chest rise and fall as I played Halley and my conversation over and over again. I trusted Halley when she said that Trevor and Marcus were staying in tonight but I still felt uneasy about the whole situation. Part of me wanted to tell Luke about the phone call and just get it out of the way but I just didn’t know if I was ready for that just yet. He was sure to be upset either way. We were having such a good day I didn’t want to ruin any part of it because of my ex.
I got out the car and walked up to the front doors. Gary opened a little early because typically there were a few regulars who liked to come in early and have a few drinks before it got rowdy. The evenings were usually filled with the younger crowd who had nothing better to do than get drunk and well act their age. Gary wasn’t in sight so we walked back to the office where I found him playing solitaire on his computer.
“You sure look busy Uncle Gary.” I smirked knowing good and well he was going to give me a piece of his mind.
“I am busy winning another game of solitaire. Thank you for working tonight for me, I really appreciate it. Is Halley coming to meet you?”
I felt like he knew something, but I doubt Trevor would call him. He sorta just ran out on Gary without saying anything when it all went down. He at least owed him a phone call after everything Gary did for him and the band. Gary took them in and gave them a place to play when they had no where to go.
“No, she and Marcus are staying in. She’s got her hands full with wedding stuff. Luke’s going to hang out with
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