Rocking Kin (Lucy & Harris, #3) - Terri Anne Browning Page 0,34

have to watch Tainted Knights perform and then watch one girl after another chase after Jace.

Jace mostly ignored them, but there was more than one time he’d let the groupies get close and they had been all over him after the shows. I tried to tell myself that I was immune to seeing him with other chicks, but he and I both knew that was a lie. How could he not know that it hurt like a paper cut to the heart every time I saw a girl touch his arm, whisper in his ear and giggle, and then kiss him?

It fucking destroyed me a little more each time it happened and before long I wasn’t going to the club nearly as often, which meant I had to deal with Jillian and the step-bitches more and more often. I got a lot of reading done, and I was pretty sure I’d done all the homework for the entire semester during the nights I locked myself in my room ignoring them all. At least my history grade was staying steady and my GPA was exceptional.

There would be no ignoring the evil bitches tonight, however. Jillian and her daughters were going to some Halloween party and I could either go with them, or go to First Bass with Lucy. Seeing Jace was definitely the lesser of the two evils and I dressed to kill in a cop outfit I’d been able to find at Party City. Lucy hadn’t been thrilled about dressing up, but somehow I’d talked her into it anyway.

Getting her out of her house dressed like any guy’s wet dream wasn’t easy, though. Jesse Thornton would have had an aneurism if he had seen what his daughter was wearing, so I wrapped her up in an old trench coat I’d found in my father’s hall closet and distracted Jesse while Lucy hurried out of the house.

My heart was still racing from the thought of what would have happened if Jesse had seen Lucy’s outfit as we entered First Bass. I took off my jacket and handed it over to Tiny as we stopped at the bottom of the stairs that led up to the VIP floor.

“Miss Thornton, it’s always a pleasure to have you with us,” Tiny told her as Lucy started to take off the trench coat.

She gave him a warm smile as she shrugged it off and handed it over. Behind us I heard Marcus mutter a curse, the first real sign of emotion out of him I’d ever seen. Tiny’s reaction wasn’t much better. His eyes nearly bugged out of his head. Clearing his throat, he folded Lucy’s coat over his arm. “Shall I inform the boss you’ve arrived, Miss Thornton?”

“No, please don’t bother him, Tiny.” She gave him a sly grin. “I’d like to surprise him, if you don’t mind.”

I saw the hesitation in the big man’s dark eyes, but after only a second he nodded his head and stepped aside so we could climb the stairs to the VIP floor.

I wasn’t used to heels as high as I was wearing, and neither was Lucy, but the five inches on the killer stiletto knee-high boots made our legs look endless paired with our ultra-short black shorts and ripped, black leggings. We both wore matching gun belts and our tops barely covered Lucy’s assets, but we looked hot and that was exactly what I was going for.

I wanted to make Jace sweat that night, and I knew Harris would definitely be unable to hide how affected he was once he saw his ‘best friend’ all dressed up. It was slightly amusing to see how much Harris worshiped Lucy, yet how hard he tried to hide how much he really cared.

Guys were so stupid.

As soon as we reached the top of the stairs it seemed like we were surrounded by a horde of guys dressed in varying costumes. Lucy laughed as someone told her she looked hot and pushed her long, straightened hair back from her face. It was crazy that the chick didn’t understand just how beautiful she really was.

Slowly, we made our way toward the bar. We would leave a group of guys only to be surrounded again by a new group, each one a little more daring than the last. Marcus kept his distance, but I could almost feel his tension even from the ten feet that he kept between himself and Lucy.

There were five guys in the newest group who wanted to tell Lucy