Little Brown Benefit novel Chapter 12

Sacha moved off me and reached for my phone in my pants pocket. Audrey's name flashed on the screen.

"Hey." I answered.

"Christian, can you come get me?"

"What? Why? Where are you?"

"I'm at Callie's and she's acting like a total bitch and I had too much to drink and I can't drive home like this!" She was screaming hysterically into the phone.

"Why not just call yourself a cab?"

"Because I lost my purse Christian!"

"Okay, I'll be there soon. I'm leaving right now." I hung up and heaved a loud sigh before turning to face Sacha. "Sorry, but we've got to go."

"Okay." She answered and we got back into the car and I dropped her off at Remy's and went to get Audrey at Callie's place.

I found Audrey sitting on the curb, with her heels in her hands and her makeup a mess. I help her into the car and she dozed right off into a sound sleep. I was happy about that because I couldn't take on her drunk nagging. When I arrived at the mansion, I carried her upstairs to the bedroom and put her to bed.

"What kind of mother would you be Audrey." I mumbled. I got in next to her with thoughts of Sacha all over my mind.

Sacha's POV

The very next morning, I was rather nervous about packing and moving out of Remy's place but I knew I couldn't stay with her forever and this was for the better.

I collected some large garbage bags from her kitchen and started throwing all my belongings, along with Judy's, into them. At mid-day, Remy came home and saw me packing.

"Sach! What's going on?"

"Hi, I'm... ah... Judy and I are moving out but I want to thank you for having the both of us here." I told her.

"Moving out? To go where?"

"I found a place."

"What place? Where? Why didn't you say anything to me about this before?"

"Remy, I just got the place, and it's for the better. You're always telling me that I can't sleep on your couch forever."

"I know you can't but this is too sudden. Is this about the stuff? Sacha, I'll give you back everything, I swear."

"No, it's fine. Go ahead and keep it. Christian gave me his summer house until I can get one on my own."

Her face fell and she looked like she was about to cry. I even heard her cussed Christian underneath her breath but I let it slide as I resumed to my packing. Christian had told me that he'll be by to collect Judy and me.

"Hey." I followed Remy into the living room and pulled her into a tight hug. She was still my best-friend and I had nothing but love for her although she could be quite over-bearing most of the times.

"I love you girl."

"I love you too and I'll miss you like crazy."

"You can always come by for a visit. I'll leave the address with you."

"This is our new house? We'll be living here?" Judy asked when her bright pair of eyes caught sight of the new house she and her sister would be living in.

"Yep. All yours." I answered and unlocked the doors to let them in.

Judy instantly started running through the house with screams of delight while Sacha laughed and tried to get her to settle.

"Thanks again Christian. We appreciate it." Sacha said and wrapped her arms around me for a hug.

"You're welcome. I'll leave you two to get settle in. There's a security system right by the door. Please enable it when I leave. In case of any incident, the police would be knocking on your door in sixty seconds."

"Sounds comforting." I gave her a quick peck on the lips and walked out the door. I drove back to my place with Audrey and found her talking in hush tones on her cellphone.

She ended her call as soon as her eyes met mine.

"Hey babe, how was work?" She asked.

"Here." I handed her purse to her.

"Oh. umm, Callie found my purse at her place?"

"It wasn't found because it wasn't lost. You threw it behind someone. What the hell is going on with you Audrey, and where did you go before going to Callie's party?"

She became silent as a lamb and started walking away from me but I wasn't having it. I trailed behind her.

"Answer me!" I demanded.