I’d hate myself if he did something to another woman on the crew.
“Fine.”I huffed.“Let’s find Harper.”
“Err, looks like she’s found you.”Lark’s wide eyes were pointed at the short blonde woman making a beeline toward us.People dodged to get out of her way.Harper was clearly a woman on a mission.
Shit.
She stopped in front of me, raised her eyebrows, surveyed me from head to toe, and then she tipped her head to the back of the club.“Let’s go.”She turned to Lark.“Did you see what happened?”
“Just the end,” Lark’s tone was devoid of her usual bubbliness.
I knew bone deep that she’d always have my back.
“Good.”Harper nodded.“You come too.”
And that was how we spent the rest of the kickoff party.Sitting in the manager’s office filing a human resources complaint against Keegan.
I just hoped it wouldn’t come back and bite me on the ass.
* * *
At our practice the next day, Bailey showed up bubbling with news.
“You’re all that anyone’s talking about!”She bounced to my side and grinned down at me.
“You say that like it’s a good thing.”I picked up my sticks and twirled them between my fingers.My eyes flicked over the spot on my right forearm where a bruise had started to form.A lovely little reminder of yesterday’s run-in with Keegan.
Bailey raised her eyebrows.“Chase dedicated the first concert to the crew and then they had to fire someone.It’s kinda epic.”
“That’s funny.It didn’t feel epic at the time.”I scoffed.“More terrifying.”
“Really?You looked so calm and composed.I never would’ve guessed you were scared.”
“You saw it?”Lark asked as she set a bottle of water down next to her stool.
“I saw the video.”
The words made ice slither through my veins.“It’s on video?”
“Well yeah.The club is littered with surveillance cameras.There wasn’t any audio, but the video was pretty badass.He’s a whole foot taller than you, and you took him down like he was nothing.Like a ninja.So epic.”
“I…” My head swam for a minute.The thought of a video going around the internet of me being held down by a big guy made me want to vomit.I didn’t want to think about it ever again.I definitely didn’t want to relive that.
I could still hear his nasty words.“And it had nothing to do with the fact you’re fucking him?”
“Do people think that about me?”I whispered hoarsely.“About Grady?”
“What?”Bailey blinked.“What happened with Grady?”
I looked down and watched my drumstick run over my jean-clad knee.“Before he grabbed me, Keegan accused me of screwing Grady.Do people think that about me?About us?”
“No!”Lark and Bailey both chorused.
“Everyone knows Grady is crazy in love with Michelle, not to mention that you’re not a sleazy ho bag.You’re Alice.”Lark said the last like it explained everything.
I laughed incredulously.“Thanks, I guess?”
“Where’s this video?”Lark twirled an impatient finger.“Pull it up.I wanna see her bring that huge asshole to his knees again.It was so sweet.”
