Chapter 60

Being sober among drunk people was getting dull. She needed a little boost to get through the party and get her happiness back on. Right now, she needed some merry, downing it quickly and discarding it on a table.

Abby saw her and screamed in delight, yanking her onto the dance floor and immediately assaulting her with a shimmying butt-to-butt rubbing in time to the music. Rose slapped her on the rear and shoved her off laughing. She could feel the electric excitement returning with the beat of a fabulous song.

A couple of the men with Damien were dancing nearby and turned to encourage a group dance; Abby immediately jumped on one of her cousins’ back and rubbed his hair messily, shouting something about cowboys. She had been downing shots in Rose’s absence. Rose tried to stay a little demurer, but with the blink of an eye, one of the men had sidled closer. Scooping his arm around her waist and trying to thrust a thigh between her knees, and throwing her about like a rag