The Prince Of Highland Park by Marilyn Faith Page A

invitation and you couldn’t refuse?” Sam sneered. I wasn’t surprised by her snobbery, but I wasn’t going to let her think she can talk to me any way she pleased.  “For your information Ryan is not the only person I know who knows people, now if you’ll excuse us we have better things to do than listen to your shit.”   Trying to get around them, but Sam keeps blocking our way and I’ve about had it with her.
    “What’s your problem?   I don’t know you and there’s nothing you should have to say to me.”  Looking back and forth between me and Kyla Sam said, “Well I do have something to say to you.”
    “Then say it so we can be on our way,” I say rolling my eyes at her.
    “Ryan is mine, so leave him alone” she says.  Not believing this shit I said “Really now?”  Determined to get her point across she leaned in closer to me and said “Well he is, and if you have any doubt you can ask him if he didn’t just fuck us today. 
     
    It felt like she slapped me in the face. Needing to drop this conversation, and by the look on Kyla’s face I have some explaining to do. “Well if you say so, but like you said he fucked you guys.  Can’t mean much if that all he’s doing now can it?”  With that I left the both of them standing there ready to blow a gasket.  I tell Kyla I’ll come find them in a bit, she didn’t ask any question like I expected.  She just nods ok.  I leave, finding the bathroom so I could catch the breath that was sucked outta me by what Sam just said.  Would she lie about something like that, she probably would.  I don’t want to take her word for it so I need to ask Ryan if it’ true.  I hope to God it’s not, not after what happened between us two weeks ago.  Even though we are not together it would break my heart.

Ryan Chapter Fourteen
     
    I was coming downstairs when I saw Evelyn and a guy dancing, wondering if she came here with him. Why didn’t she tell me she was coming?  I feel a pang of jealousy hit when I see the way she ’s dancing with him.  He’s touching her like they’ve know each other for a long time and I didn’t like it. I was on my way over to her when she said something to the guy and walked off.  Thinking to myself maybe it was just someone wanting a dance.  I came around the corner when I saw that Michelle and Sam.   They were talking to Ev and some girl that was standing at her side, one of her friends I assume.  I don’t know what they are talking about but it can’t be good.  So I wait until Ev walked off, and then approach Sam and Mitchell.  “Why were you talking to Evelyn just now?”  She tried to look all innocent like she thought I was stupid.  “You know what I’m talking about Sam so don’t play dumb with me.”
    “I just wanted to know wha t she was doing here, and wanted her to know that …I don’t know …I know we are not exclusive or anything like that, but I want to be.”  Hearing her say that shit, I know what I have to do, but not here, I’ll deal with this later. 
     
    “I don’t want to deal with this right now, but we will be talking about it at a later time” I say walking away to go find Evelyn.  I know I have to handle the Sam situation carefully at least for now.  I don’t want things getting back to my folks so they can intervenes before it get off the floor with Ev.
     
    Looking around the room I don’t see her, I wonder if she left the party.  No, I see the girl that was standing by her earlier so I know she’s still here somewhere.  Saying hi to some of the people I knew and having small talk will not take my focus off finding her.  I don’t want to be rude and ignore the people trying to talk to me so I stop a couple of times, but make an excuse to move on.
     
    Just as I was about to turn the corner, I see her coming out of the bathroom.  I walk up to her with my hands in my pockets.  “Ev, can we talk for a few?”   She follows me outside before she could