My stomach hit my feet, and I sobered up in the same split second. I righted myself against the banister. The moment stretched into infinity. Me and Cole and Ash. All in the same place. All together.
“What exactly is going on here?” Cole asked. His voice was tight and controlled. Anger. Very barely suppressed anger.
I knew immediately how this looked. I’d told him that Ash was staying here with his girlfriend. And now, we were here sans girlfriend and I was drunk to boot. It wasn’t how it appeared, but it sure looked bad.
My face flushed red. “Uh, Cole, this is Ash.” I gestured behind me. “Ash, Cole.”
Neither moved. I didn’t know why I’d ever envisioned them coming to a place where they could look at the other as an equal. There was no truce here. No stepping forward and accepting the
