Maid in Lace (PUBLISHED)

Chapter Forty Two

"Uhhhhh No" She looked out the window, returning my phone to me. I snatched it from her hands, eyeing her the whole time, "Oh really?"

"She's lying" I glanced back at him to offer an 'You don't say' look before returning my gaze to Tina. She slowly turned back around to look at me and I raised my eyebrows, waiting for an explanation. She met my eyes with a certain look.

Oh.

"So you're sure you don't know it?"

"Positive" She smiled when she knew that I understood. The look she gave me told me she couldn't say it with Xander here. I looked down at my phone and began replying;

I can't forgive you if I don't know who you are.

I clicked send before I felt someone right behind me, literally shadowing me. "Personal space" I hissed but Xander didn't move.

"I told you not to reply" He said before grabbing my phone.

"Xander! Give it back" I snapped but he held it above his head where I couldn't reach it. Oh this was just perfect. I jumped several times before giving up, my arm growing tired from reaching up so much.

"She'll give you a bj if you return it"

It took me a second before understanding what she said when a smirk appeared on Xander's face. "Millie has to say it"

"Give me it right now"

"Whoa calm down girl, we're in public"

"What?" My brow furrowed, "oh.... no! I meant my goddamn phone!" We all paused when a message came in and Xander quickly went to look at it but I quickly dived at him and managed to grab my phone.

I read the one word and sighed, "Nick".

"Nick?" Tina sounded confused. Hadn't she already known it was him? I was surprised when Xander said nothing, I had expected him to get annoyed or something. I raised my eyes to look at him but he pulled out his phone before dialing a number and bringing the phone to his ear.

Both Tina and I waited in silence, to see who he was calling. He let out a sigh when there was no answer before shoving the phone back into his pocket. I arched my right eyebrow in question and he just gave me a shrug.

"Did you call Nick?" I folded my arms, "You know he's not going to want to talk to you".

"Why would I call him?" His voice rang with disgust, "I was ringing Henry to ask about Evangeline and if he's hired her yet"

"Why?"

He shot me a strange look, "Why what?"

"Nothing" I pushed the unusual feeling in my gut away before strolling over to Tina. She watched me for a minute before ripping back the covers revealing her stump where her leg once was.

She grinned when I pulled a face. Stuff like this made me weak.

"Kiss it! Kiss it and make it feel better!" She wiggled the stump. How could one be so cheerful, she really was amazing.

"You guys need to go soon" She said after pulling the covers back over her and laying her head back with a sigh. Both my eyebrows raised , "Why?"

"My mom's coming to visit"

Her mom? I hadn't seen or heard about her in ages, I thought she lived far from here. Tina's mom, although lovely, was slightly crazy. Just a bit and once you got into a conversation with her you would be there for years.

"It's fine, it'll be nice to see her" I tried to laugh but it came more as a worried splutter. She grinned at my reaction before waving her hand.

"It's fine Milan, go. I'd like alone time with her anyway, it's been a while since she's visited me or I've visited her" She winked, "I'm sacrificing myself for you".