Kiera bit her lip while I tried really hard not to frown. Anna wasn’t here, and I hadn’t asked Kiera, but I had the feeling Anna wasn’t coming. She was still avoiding Griffin, still avoiding the hard conversation she obviously didn’t want to have with him. I could understand wanting to hide, but I also knew from experience that she couldn’t hide forever—the truth was going to come out.

I watched Kiera closely, wondering what she was going to tell him…and not tell him. Kiera saw my expression, saw me raise an eyebrow in question. She looked torn, but eventually she shrugged and said, “Sorry, she had to go back east for a few days to see our parents.”

Griffin frowned, looking truly disappointed. “Really? Now?” He shook his head, and I couldn’t help but feel a little bad for him; it was odd to feel that way. “I told her we were coming up this weekend. She couldn’t wait?”

Kiera sighed, and I could see how much she hated this. Even though Griffin wasn’t her favorite person, she still wanted him to know. I did too. Jackass or not, he deserved the truth. “Sorry, family thing.”

Griffin rolled his eyes, annoyed, and Kiera frowned. “Well, I’m sure you could find someone else to…hang out with this weekend.”

I pursed my lips as I watched Kiera. Anna and Griffin’s relationship was an odd one to her. I think Kiera wanted Griffin to love Anna like the rest of us loved our girlfriends—heart and soul, wholly and completely…faithfully. But that wasn’t what they had, and I wasn’t sure if they ever would have a relationship like that. It just didn’t seem to interest them. Either one of them. Although, I had seen…something from Griffin on occasion, so I wasn’t entirely throwing in the towel yet.

Griffin still had that disappointed, disgruntled look on his face. He shrugged. “Yeah, sure…but Anna’s the best, though. She knows just what I like.” His eyes scanned the bar, his frown deepening. “These girls, they’re all too…giddy. It can be annoying…sometimes.”

My jaw almost dropped. Giddy was Griffin’s favorite type of girl. Or at least, it had been. I had to wonder if Kiera had caught the significance of what he’d just said. But then Kiera said something that blew my fucking mind. “You could hang out with Kellan and me?”