CHAPTER 11
ELSIE
I turn my face away, ignoring Brett completely, pretending to watch the game more keenly. When Brett shows up, he and Dresden decide to play "Equalizer" in a head-to-head game of pool.
I decide to step aside.
As I watch, I can't help but think that they are a lot alike. Both handsome, competitive, and arrogant (in their own ways).
All the positions they take in the game were called out to the other. I hear the words: “Bank." “Cut." "Straight shot.” "Left corner.”
The balls clack across the table, and with every second that passes, the game only intensifies, the teasing turning to taunting turning to downright assaults on each one's masculinity.
This turns into a much more personal, physical fight to the finish than I originally imagined it would be, both men matchin
