Ninety-five

Whatever it was that the two men had said to each other, nobody knew. And I doubted anyone would ever know. All we knew was Walter threw a punch at Xavier and even though he had been able to dodge it in time, there was no way Xavier Lowell would let it slide. He threw one at Walter's jaw in return. And a brawl broke out.

"Oh shit," Susie cussed.

"I'm guessing that means we can go out now," I murmured and raced out of the cafe. "Stop it right now!"

The men, however, pig heads that they were, continued fighting as if I wasn't screaming my guts out, running from the other side of the road.

"Stop it right now!" I yelled again when I reached them, trying to pry Xavier from pounding Walter's head to bits. "Xavier! Xavier stop it! Please!"

But something had possessed Xavier and it seemed it wouldn't let go. For someone who had always cared what the people would think, he was acting quite recklessly. I latched onto his arm, tugging at it. "You're causing a scene!"

That got him to let go