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the raised, red mark. “When did this happen? I don’t remember you having it before you left Racy.”
    His eyes filled with pain and she almost recoiled. Whatever it was, it was fresh and it had hurt him terribly. “It’s nothing.”
    “Okay. Thank you for taking the time to check me out. I mean…to check out my wrists.” Oh my God . Could she be any more obvious?
    The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and she forced back a moan. They were alone. It would be so easy to let go and be bold. For once, Luke hadn’t tried to swoop in and play big brother and protector, and that was probably due to the fact that no one else was working tonight, and he had a lot of customers out there. Alexa sometimes helped out when he was short-handed, but Luke had told her earlier that Alexa had a bad cold so she hadn’t come in tonight.
    “I’m glad I was here to help. Now about those X-rays. I can drive you if you’d like.”
    Talk about temptation. But reality was still reality, and it reared its ugly head at his words. “I can’t leave Luke alone here. It’s too busy tonight and there’s no one else to come in.”
    “Later, then. What time do you get off?”
    “Midnight. But I’m sure you have—”
    “If I had something else to do, I wouldn’t have offered.”
    She stared into his eyes for so long that she was surprised Luke, Maddox, and Julie hadn’t come looking for them by now. No, he wouldn’t be repulsed at all if she kissed him and in fact, for a few seconds, Ria was certain he was going to kiss her. Her heart pounded, and his touch on her skin grew so warm that she was almost uncomfortable. Finally, she knew she had to say something. Luke might show up any second and ruin the moment. “All right. Thank you.”
    He smiled so broadly that her heart skipped a beat. “Fabulous. It’s a date, then.”
    Ria had to laugh. “A date? This will be the weirdest one I’ve ever had.”
    “You never know what amazing things can come from a weird date.”
    If he wasn’t flirting with her, she’d eat one of the pitchers she’d just dropped. Both Rohan twins were pursuing her. How the hell had that happened? And why was she questioning it? He rose, and she followed. She watched him join Maddox and Julie again, and then she went behind the bar to let Luke know she was all right, and that Trent had suggested she get both wrists X-rayed.
    “I’ll carry drinks out the rest of the night,” he said. “I don’t want you taking a chance on injuring them further.”
    “I’m sorry.”
    He handed her the tray she’d dropped with the dirty pitchers on it. “Do you think you can wash these and the rest of the stuff back there without falling again?”
    “Sure.” She went into the kitchen to wash dishes, with a smile on her face. Even Luke’s surly mood couldn’t spoil this night now.
     
    * * * *
     
    As he took his seat again, Trent watched the expressions cross Maddox’s face. He was just about to ask him what was on his mind, when Maddox spoke up first.
    “I know you weren’t here when all that shit between Ria and Marisol went down, but be careful there, okay?”
    Trent popped an onion ring into his mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it before he spoke. It wasn’t so much to intimidate Maddox as it was to choose his words first. “I know what happened. Wyatt told me, you told me, Sean told me, and even Rafe told me. But it’s over and done with.”
    “It’s not done with,” said Julie. “She never settled things with Marisol.”
    Trent turned his attention to Julie. The change in her was amazing. When he’d left, she’d been the same mousy, introverted person he remembered from school. But now, she stood taller, she walked differently, and she no longer hid her body under expensive tweed and cashmere that would have been more suited to the 1960’s. She didn’t dress provocatively, but she also didn’t look dowdy anymore. She was a psychologist, so she had a certain reputation to maintain, but it was