I smiled. “What’s your name?”
“Marcy,” she said with a huge grin on her face.
I nodded my head. “Thank you so much, Marcy, for your help.”
She winked at me. “The pleasure was all mine. If you, um…find yourself looking for some fun, be sure to stop back by in a few hours. I can…show you around Austin, cowboy.”
My smile faded for a brief second before I took a few steps back. I turned and headed out the door. I jogged back to the car and tried to shake the uneasy feeling I had.
I opened the passenger-side door and jumped in. “Head down the road about two blocks to a place called Johnny D’s. She’s meeting a girlfriend there for a hamburger.”
Raymond started the car.
Margie let out a little squeal. “I can’t wait to see my cousin!”
I felt the same way. The closer I got to seeing Emma, the harder my dick got. It was going to take everything out of me not to make her mine this weekend.
After Raymond parked the car, we all piled out and started to make our way up to the restaurant. Raymond and I were talking about the traffic and laughing when I smacked right into the back of Billy.
“Shit, just stop in the middle of the damn sidewalk, why don’t ya?” I said as I gave him a push.
Margie quickly turned to me, and the look in her eyes told me something was wrong.
“I don’t see her. Let’s just drive around and see if we can find her,” Margie said as she tried to pull me back to the car.
“What? We haven’t even walked in. How do you know she isn’t here?” I pushed her hand off my arm and started to walk toward the entrance door.
Billy stepped in front of me and said, “She’s not in there. Let’s go.”
I gave Billy a push back. “What’s your bag? Why in the hell are y’all trying to keep me from going in?” Right after I asked that question, I looked through the window, and my heart stopped beating.
Emma. She looked beautiful. Her blonde hair had grown longer and was pulled to the side. She was laughing, and when my eyes followed to where she was looking, I almost puked.
I watched as Emma held the hand of another guy, and she was laughing at something he’d said to her.
I’ll wait for you.
“She lied,” I whispered.
Margie grabbed on to my arm and said, “No, Garrett. We don’t even know who that is. I mean, they are probably just—”
“That’s why Marcy told me to come back and see her. She knew Emma was here on a date.” I slowly turned and looked at Billy.
For the first time in almost a year, I saw pity in his eyes. I hadn’t seen it since my father passed away, and now, here it was again.
“Let’s just go back to Mason, Garrett. She doesn’t even need to know you’re here.”
I glanced back at Emma and this other guy. Have they kissed yet? Maybe she’s fucking him?
I shook my head and pushed past Billy and Margie. “Now, why would I want to do that? We drove all this way. The least we could do is say hi.”
“Garrett!” Billy, Raymond, and Margie called out.
“Shit!” I heard Billy say as he ran up behind me.
I pushed open the door and walked right up to the table. I stopped just behind Emma and said, “So, now I see what’s been keeping you so busy the last few months that you couldn’t call.”
The dick looked up at me and gave me a strange look. He was a built bastard, and I was pretty sure he was a football player.