“All Right Now” was screaming from the windows.
Bliss.
Chapter Twenty-Three
Say It Ain’t So, Tex
Tex and I were on our way to Twin Dragon for Girl’s Night Out Does Chinese.
I’d spent the afternoon at Flat Iron Crossing Mall.
The next best thing after rock ‘n’ roll to calm a girl’s soul was retail and Auntie Anne’s pretzels, both of which I exercised in therapeutic proportions.
Since it wasn’t safe to go home (because, by now, Vance likely had the whole place wired direct to Command Headquarters), I bought myself a new outfit for Girl’s Night Out, including underwear and makeup.
I called Tod and Stevie and invited them and Tex called me to tell me Kitty Sue gave him a ride home.
I took a shower at Tex’s with a cat lying on the toilet seat watching the whole show. I put on my new red, satin drawstring pants, a bronze silky camisole with sequins stitched across the neckline and strappy bronze sandals. I figured red and bronze were the way to go when going to Twin Dragons as I’d fit in with the decor.
Tex was driving, I was shifting.
“What’s with the earrings?” Tex asked.
“The earrings are bad news,” I told him.
“Not a lot of women would think that about a pair of diamond earrings.”
“I’m not ‘a lot of women’,” I said.
“You can say that again.”
We stopped at a light, I downshifted and explained.
“There’s a war going on. You know that creepy guy who looks like Grandpa Munster who came in yesterday morning? Him against Lee. Who will win me. Bookies are taking bets on it.”
“So creepy guy is tryin’ to buy you with diamonds,” Tex deduced.
“Yep, and a seventeen hundred dollar dress from Saks.”
“What’s Lee giving you?”
I counted and then told him, “Six of the best orgasms I’ve ever had in my life.”
“Too much information,” Tex said.
We shot forward from the light and I shifted to second.
“And I’ve been in love with him since I was five,” I went on.
Tex nodded as I shifted up to third. “No contest, then.”
I sighed.
“No contest.”
We parked and went in. The table was round and full of Marianne, Dolores, Tod, Stevie, Kitty Sue and Ally. Two seats were open between Ally and Dolores. Tex took the one by Dolores, leaving me to sit by Ally.
I turned to her.