Page 103 of Holiday on the Rocks
Lexi nodded. “Yes. So you’ll let us get the food?”
“No can do. And I need you all out of this hallway pronto.”
Rachel leaned in close. “Please, please help us. Our friend Emily will be crushed. And then she’ll likely crush me, her Maid of Honor. If you want to avoid another crime scene at the Whispering Pines ballroom tomorrow, you have to let me grab them real quick.”
“I’m unable to help you. Please kindly leave or I’ll haul you out of here.”
FORTY-NINE
ALLIE
SUPERHERO?
Unless we could become a pastry chef in the next hour we were screwed.
Kristina groaned. “There has to be a way out of this.”
We walked around to the backside of the building and could see the balcony just two stories up of the possible Super Saver Serial Killer.
Lexi eyed me for a long moment. I did not like it.
“Levi, there’s a fire escape.”
He looked up. “Yeah?”
She cleared her throat. “We all know you did some shady shit back in high school. The only one here with a mug shot.”
He put his hand out. “That was way back. I’ve been an upstanding citizen for a long time now.”
“I hear you, and, uh, that’s good. A real good thing. But I’m about to ask you to return to the dark side for a hot minute.”
His head shook. “Won’t do it.”
Rachel pointed at the balcony above us. “You can’t climb up there and get our shit from the freezer before the detectives arrive?”
A sarcastic laugh. “Of course I could. But I won’t.”
Lexi stepped toward him. “This is our best friend, Emily. We can’t show up without her wedding desserts or she’ll kill us.”
He grinned at me. “Maybe you need more understanding friends.”
Allie held my eyes and Rachel stepped between us.
“You stop looking at each other that way! Stop it right now.”
He looked at Lexi. “I will not do this for you.” His eyes walked back over to me. “But I’ll do anything Allie asks me to.”
His words tickled my tummy and then I suddenly wanted to tickle him. “Do you want me to do it?”
I nodded as a swirl of heat circled the back of my neck when Rachel waved her hand in front of my eyes. “Stop looking at each other. Right now!”
“I’ll go if Allie comes with me.” He wore that flirty, dirty grin that always made me crazy.
Kristina squinted at him. “She can’t climb a fire escape and break in that place!”
“She’s done it before.”
All eyes shot to me, and I shrugged, maybe feeling a little badassy.
