Chapter 713

"We’ve got an agreement to host football parties here in Vegas, like you do in Houston," Kelly revealed.

Kat and I saw our jaws drop simultaneously.

"Are you serious?" we said, and laughed at each other.

"I don’t know about Houston, but I can tell you they can’t be wilder than what I have planned for Vegas," Kelly boasted. "You’re going to have to come."

Just then, Nicole dragged Kat to the bathroom for more coke and then to the first floor because she wanted to dance. Bryce and I joined them, along with Kelly and Jamie. For the better part of an hour, we danced and drank and just reveled in the classic Vegas insanity at the poolside bungalow. As it began to wear on me -- the noise, the cramped quarters, the desire to move onto the day’s main event -- it was as if Kat and Nicole had the same thought. They pulled Bryce and me into the hallway and said it was time to get ready for dinner.

We snuck out of the party a