Taking Shots (Assassins, #1)(132)

Shea didn’t think she was funny.

“You suck,” Shea said, crossing his arms as his sister, his twin, laughed at his expense. When she finally calmed herself, she looked up at him.

“Oh, shut up, you know its wicked funny,” she giggled.

“I’m not laughing.”

“Party pooper. Anyways, like I said, give her time. I didn’t tell James I loved him until Ryan was born, that was almost a year into our relationship. You’ve jumped the gun, telling her at three months, I know this is your first time, but damn Shea, give her some time.”

Shea shoulders slump and he let out a frustrated sigh, “Is it too much to ask for, just to know I’m loved?”

“Aw, brother, I love you,” Grace said batting her eyes at him before bursting out in a fit of giggles.

“Oh God,” Shea said rolling his eyes as he started for the door, “I’ll see you tonight, good job in here.”

“Shea, I love you, I do, so much! I love you! Bye!”

Damn twin.





Mud baths, massages, facials, oh my!

“This is the life,” Elli basically moaned as she leaned back into her puffy chair, having her feet done. She held a glass of champagne in one hand and a chocolate covered strawberry in the other. “I will have to make sure to thank Shea extra long tonight.”

Everyone giggled as they sat back enjoying their pedicures.

“Hell, I might have to help,” Reese said as one of the workers stood behind her chair, rubbing her shoulders. That earned her a round of giggles as everyone just basked in the treatments they were getting.

“In your dreams,” Elli teased back, Reese laughed as she nodded her head.

“Hell, yes, in my dreams. That dude is sex on legs. Jeez, he’s so pretty.”

“He really is,” Piper gushed.

“Hey, you skinny hoes, back off my man!” Elli laughed; Reese and Piper giggled along, and Elli couldn’t think the last time she felt so relaxed and happy.

Being with her friends, getting pampered, was the greatest start to her birthday, and the way everyone was talking; tonight was gonna be even better.

After getting their feet and hands done, they headed up to the hair salon. Elli sat in the chair as a girl named Andee starting doing her hair. After getting it trimmed and washed up real good, Harper came over, smiling down at Elli.

“Okay, so we are covering the mirror.”

“Huh?” Elli asked as two other salon workers came over covering the mirror with a black sheet, as everyone grinned over at Elli.

“You can’t see what she does.”

“Why?” Elli complained.

“It’s part of the surprise, so shut up.”

Harper walked away, sitting back in her chair, leaving Elli frustrated. She hated not knowing what she looked like. What if this chick jacked her hair up or made her makeup look crazy. It was driving her crazy as she sat, letting the Andee girl do whatever she wanted with her hair. After about an hour and a half, Andee was finally done with Elli’s hair and makeup.

Elli stood up as everyone came over towards her with smiles on their faces. Everyone, well, expect Trice, had intricate up dos, with flowers or feathers in their hair. Everyone looked so classic, so beautiful.

“This isn’t fair! I wanna know what I look like!”

Everyone laughed as Harper came towards her a blindfold in her hand. “Oh come on!” she complained as Harper was careful to tie it over her eyes.

“Don’t ruin it. Shea’s worked hard, okay?” Harper whispered in her ear as the world went black around her.

Damn it, she was right.





Elli had no clue where she was. Everyone was talking and moving around her when they arrived at wherever they were at as Elli stood there confused and frustrated.

She wanted the damn blindfold off.

She wanted to see Shea.

Her day had been amazing, except for the blindfold business, and she wanted to thank him.

“Are we getting her dressed now?” Harper asked as Elli was sat on a couch, maybe, hell it might have been a chair.

“Yeah, go ahead. Everyone is starting to arrive.” Grace said.

“Grace?” Elli asked.

“Yeah, happy birthday!”

“Thanks, what are you doing here?”

“Um, I don’t know. You don’t hear me.”

Everyone started laughing except Elli. She didn’t think this was funny. Gosh, she hated secrets. Someone started pulling at her clothes, and then she felt someone taking off her bra.

“Hey!”

“It’s me El, shush,” Harper said putting another bra on her; Harper directed Elli into what she guessed was a dress. The satin was cool against Elli’s skin and she was dying to know what it looked like, to know what was going on, and when the hell she could take the damn blind fold off! Harper zipped her up and tied something, then Elli didn’t feel anything, but she heard everyone’s intake of breaths and their “awes.”

“Okay, when you hear the door shut, take off the blind fold,” Harper said. Elli just stood there waiting, everyone wished her luck, and then finally, the door shut. Elli practically ripped the blindfold from her head. When her eyes adjusted she was looking at herself if a full length brass mirror.