CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

Getting the ball rolling 

“You made it!” Sawyer stood from his seat with a smile when she approached the small crowd. 

“Hi.” Star smiled politely up at him, her earlier gall nowhere to be found. 

“Everyone, meet Star, Star these are my buddies. Molly, Stan, Cory, Marc, Amber, and Ray.” He pointed at each person and a series of hi’s and hellos rang from them, till he landed on the last man, who simply stared, never uttering a greeting. 

Ray, the dark-haired man whose brooding features and suspicious eyes had gotten under her skin at Sawyer’s last get-together. She silently cursed herself for not considering he might be there, but she never knew he and Sawyer were close at all.