"That was exhilarating!" Faith cried as they finally walked away from the rides. On her insistence, they rode the first one again.After that, they tried almost every other ride in the place, including one that spun them around and around on the skinniest piece of metal she'd ever seen.She'd thrown up coming down from that one, after which she declared. "That. Was. Awesome!"Devlin smiled at his companion indulgently. It pleased him to know that she was having such a blast."Okay, hold up." She stopped and turned back to him. "There's one last thing I want us to try, but I don't know if you have the balls for it."She scooted close. "What is it?""You think the rides were scary? This takes it to the next level.""Tell me! Tell me!" She chanted."This will blow your mind out. After this, you won't sleep for a week.""Just tell me, g*dammit!""Introducing the Halls of Horror!" He pointed at the entrance that she'd completely missed passing by.The entrance to the Halls of Horror was sh
Faith finally let go of Devlin when they got to the car. He sat her down gently in the backseat and climbed in next to her but she didn't say anything, simply staring ahead in stunned silence."Are you okay?" He asked tentatively. Had he pushed her too far by making her go into the horror house?She blinked as though coming out of a dream and looked at him. "That. Was. Incredible!" She muttered.Devlin grinned. "My girl!" He knew she would enjoy it!"I'm not going to be able to sleep for a week!""Well, I've got good news then.""What?" "We're not going to be doing much sleeping tonight." She raised her brow at him. "I didn't mean like that." He laughed."Then what did you mean?""Do you know that one of the things Rifloda is best known for is its clubs?"Her eyes widened. "We're going clubbing tonight?""Yup! You're in for the experience of your life.""The last time I went partying with you, you punched a man's lights out. Promise you won't do it this time."He shrugged. "As long a
Faith ignored Devlin's persistent knocks at her door. She'd shed her clothes and crawled into bed the moment they got in.He slammed the door so hard that it rattled. She sat up, wide-eyed. Would he kick the door down? It was his hotel anyway.She waited for his next move. Seconds passed and she didn't hear anything else. Then the outer door slammed shut.Good! He'd left. He could go to his lady friend's room for all she scared. She toyed with the idea of locking him out of his room as well but dismissed the thought. He would just get an extra key from the staff.She fell back onto the bed and pulled the bedspread over her face. She groaned. To think that she'd been ready to forget everything after the day they'd had today but he just had to ruin it.She supposed it wasn't fair to blame him for what the woman did but she was in no mood to be rational. It was the way Elise had made her feel--so insignificant! She didn't even notice her until Faith pointed her out. Then instead of bein
Casiuss and Devlin nursed their drinks silently at the bar. Devlin wasn't ready to dive into the matter at hand quite yet, even though he knew he would have to eventually. That was the whole purpose of this outing, wasn't it?But Casiuss--God bless him--was as silent as ever. He wasn't the type to start a conversation especially when it was obvious that Devlin wasn't ready to.Devlin stared mindlessly into his glass of vodka as it slushed from side to side in his hands. His mind was on the events of this evening.He recalled the way Faith had looked going to the restaurant with him. She'd looked alive and happy, her usual self. He also recalled the way she'd looked when Elise--g*damn her!--had sauntered up to their table and spewed her trash. That shocked, dismayed look on her face--he hated it. It made him feel like trash.But that wasn't the worst of it. The worst had been the look on her face by the time they arrived at the room; that empty, emotionless look. He couldn't read wha
Faith woke slowly. She blindly groped around in her head, trying to remember what had woken her up.She didn't have to search long. Her phone rang again with a sharp cry, waking her up effectively. She grabbed the phone, wincing as she hit the button to shut it off.She peered at the time--11 PM. She'd fallen asleep almost immediately her head touched the bed. By her estimation, she'd only been asleep for about 5 hours. Her body felt groggy. Her mind cried to go back to sleep.Instead, Faith sat up, forcing her mind and body into obedience. She ran her hand over her face and peered into the screen again. Adele's name danced at the top of the screen."Oh, shit!" She muttered. She'd completely forgotten about the girl in all the excitement of being on this trip.She remembered shooting her a text at some point early on but she'd never gotten around to calling her. The girl was probably dying for details.She picked up the call and immediately said, "Oh Adele, I am so sorry I haven't cal
Devlin dragged himself back to the room, more than a little drunk, in the early hours of the morning.After his bleak and short discussion with Casiuss, he'd drowned himself in glass after glass of alcohol, something he usually didn't let himself do.Devlin hated getting drunk. It put him in a position where he wasn't in total control of himself and he didn't like that.Even when he went out to parties, he kept a strict watch over how much he consumed. He'd seen way too many otherwise reasonable people do absolutely crazy things when they got drunk in public. It always left a sour taste in his mouth. He had no intention of making a fool of himself like that. He prided himself on his self-control.Drunk people did stupid things, like banging on a lady's door at 3am in the morning, weeping and pleading to be let in.At least his brain still worked enough for him not to do that. He would've never recovered from the embarrassment.He shrugged his clothes off recklessly, letting them fly
Faith put on her shades and rolled her box out of the room. It was about 8 in the morning. She'd waited until day broke to put a call through to a cab company she found outside.The driver would be outside at any minute so she decided to go down to the lobby to wait. When she stepped into the outer room, she found Devlin sprawled on the bed.His clothes were all over the floor which indicated that he was either naked or almost naked. Thankfully, he'd pulled the covers over his body.She wasn't sure exactly when he'd come back in yesterday. After her discussion with Sheila and Adele last night, she packed her bags in under twenty minutes. There just wasn't that much to pack.She'd considered actually just leaving the luggage after all she didn't own any of it. Devlin had bought it all for her. But she decided against it.There was nothing he would do with these things anyway. They'd just end up being thrown out which would be a total waste.Plus as far as she was concerned, she deserve
Faith looked up slowly, confused as to if she was the one being referred to, and if so why? She didn't know anyone there. No one could possibly know her either.Her eyes landed on the woman's face. She frowned. She recognized her. It was the blonde bombshell that Devlin slept with. Why in the world would she be talking to her?"Excuse me?" She said politely."Are you hard of hearing, sweetheart?"Faith blinked in surprise at her unnecessarily harsh tone. "Can I help you?""I'm not sure there is any way you can ever help me.""Please move out of my way."She looked down, noting Faith's bags. She smiled gleefully. "Oh, you're leaving? How wonderful? Did he finally throw you out?"Faith was still struggling to get her mind together. "Don't you think you're being a little too rude to a stranger?""No. I'm only trying to help you.""Help me?" Her disbelief was apparent in her tone."Yes, sweetie."Faith huffed and said, "How philanthropic of you..." She ignored Faith's jab. "It'll do you