Once he was done dealing with this guy, she was next.
***
The intensity of Matt’s stare had Shay grabbing for the bar. Her lips parted to say something—a thank you or an apology—anything, but she still didn’t understand what had just happened. One minute she was bickering with Matt, and the next he was taking down some drunk guy.
“Let’s get you some water,” Kate said, wrapping her arm around Shay’s shoulder and turning her to face the bar.
“Billy, a water.”
“With lemon,” Shay added. It was a natural way to rid her body of the toxins she’d just consumed. Maybe, if she was lucky, she wouldn’t feel like hell in the morning. Doubtful since she felt like she was on the Tilt-A-Whirl.
If she only hadn’t downed so many Fireball and Coke’s in the first place. It’s just her mother made her cra
