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Em shakes her head back and forth and Jax questions, "Do you really think you would let her get away? After all these wasted years, would you really let that happen again?"

"I would chase her to the ends of the earth," I reply eirl, but you better give her a second to forgive your sorry ass," he chuckles drowsily

Eins to vibrate on the table next to her and I stare, willing it to be Audrey She notices aze and shakes her head when she reads the screen, indicating it’s not who I want it to be With a defeated sigh, I take the seat nearest the

"Hello?" Em’s voice questions into the phone Whoever is on the other line is somewhere loud, because I can hear the roar of a party fro said though

"Uh, no, sorry I don’t have that, why

Well, check her phone Obviously she would have it

Have you asked her

Shit"

Em’s eyes dart to me then quickly away The hair on the back of my neck rises as I hear the one-sided conversation

"Well, don’t let her do that," she barks into the phone

She looks at ain and asks, "You wouldn’t happen to have Lane’s number, would you?" Her s to?" I question

"Do you have his nuative

"Where are you?" she asks her mystery caller "Okay, I’ll be there in like fifteen minutes" She hits the end-call button before I can yank it out of her hand

"Where is she?" I growl

"I think I should take care of it, Jace She wouldn’t want you to see her like this," Em says I look to Jax for help because there’s no way in hell he would let that fly

"Sorry, babe, I have to side with Jace on this one If so ape-shit Just let hiroans in irritation "You better be nice to her!"

"I swear," I i my wallet and phone back into my pockets

"So that was Max, and he said that he showed up at the Sig Alpha party" I groan, already not liking where this is going

"Apparently, Garrett and Mason found out Audrey has never had alcohol before, so they convinced her to try some" she trails off uncomfortably Doesn’ttoward the elevator Oh, I’ll be nice to Audrey, but I never pro about Garrett and Mason Or Max That asole should have called me!

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Frat row is lined with cars and all the driveways are filled Last year, ere on this street three or four tilad we all kind of backed off this year Most of the parties are at the beach nohich somewhat keeps the Alpha house and park right on the grass of the front lawn Thein sync with the tune already

As I hop out, a little guy who looks a lot like a fresh down the drive "Hey, you can’t park here, this is Sig property," he squeaks

"I’ll be out in ten ot fifty bucks with your name on it if no one touches this car," I call out to him as I climb the porch steps

"Deal," he cries with his hands up in surrender

Max is perched at the top with his ar you would show up instead of Em"

The second I reach hi him to shuffle backward "Next time, asshole, you call ed e received Now go get her Hopefully you’ll have more luck than I did"

"Don’t worry about that"

"Hey, if it et you," he confides to ive hiht now

It takes some effort to push the front door open with the thick crowd on the opposite side I shoulderfor her It’s not hard to spot Audrey in this mass of bodies, and it’s not because I practically have a ho on the kitchen bar top with Mason, Garrett, and a few other girls I don’t recognize, the five of the ain is like a breath of fresh air When Jaxon and I were kids, we used to go out to the lake near our house and swiot out there, ould race down to the very bottom, touch it, and swim back to the top

The only problein to pop fro the cold sand The worst part ian to panic, thinking that this was going to be the tih and needed air about three seconds ago Each time the surface seemed a little bit further away, but the second h the water into the open air, I would feel this ain is like breaking through the water and taking that first gulp of air Except this tien-deprived I was I can’t let her get away froure sooes But first, tiirl back infrom his beer bottle and tilts it toward her lips for her to take a drink Audrey leans his way and takes in a hs out loud Mason in to have déjà vu at this familiar scene I yell for him to remove his hands, but the crowd is too loud andforhen so rowl and turn to face my captor When I realize it’s only Cole, I reel inhere?" I ask, still trying to get closer to Audrey

"Jax called irl and whistles