Georgina turned to smile at Juliet. “Thanks for the offer of your brother’s help, Juliet. But I’ll be all right. I’m not under arrest.”
“You’re not?” Kiesha asked, grabbing her hand. “Even though you started that brawl?”
Georgina frowned at him. Why was she frowning at him? He hadn’t accused her of starting the brawl.
“I didn’t start the brawl. It was Grubby Gary.”
“Grubby Gary? He wasn’t there tonight, was he?” Kiesha asked, looking confused.
“She means Grabby Gary,” Ed explained. He rubbed his hand over his face. He was starting to see why Georgina thought they were all nuts.
Because they were.
Completely and utterly insane.
“Oh, him. I hate him,” Isa said. “He thinks that he can just grab a woman and we’ll fall at his feet and suck his dick. He grabbed me tonight while Georgie and I were dancing. And he wouldn’t let go. And all his goons were dancing around us, cutting us off from the rest of the dance floor. Then Georgie flipped him over her shoulder. It was amazing!”
Georgina blushed as everyone gave her admiring looks.
“But Georgie is tiny and Grabby Gary is twice her size!” Kiesha said. Then a calculating look came over her face. Oh shit, what was she planning? Nothing good he was willing to bet. “Do you think you can teach us to do that?”
“Umm, what?” Georgina asked.
“I want to learn how to flip someone over my shoulder.”
“Me too!” Isa said, dancing around excitedly.
“Hey, now, Ranger ran women’s self-defense classes last month and no one came to them,” Ed said.
“Yes, but Ranger is a man,” Kiesha explained. As though that was meant to mean something? “Georgie isn’t. She gets us. And she’s one of us, now.”
She was one of them? What was happening here?
“I’m not sure I’ll be here long enough. Sorry.”
Disappointment filled Kiesha’s face. Fuck. He narrowed his eyes at Georgina. She stared back at him wide-eyed.
“But we’ll see,” she added.
He ran his hand over his face tiredly. Enough. He needed to get things sorted and go home to bed. “Look, I need to talk to Georgina and all of you need to get home and into bed. Isa, sweetheart, did someone take your statement?”
“Yep. Grabby Gary disappeared though, so Jace said he’ll chase him down in the morning.”
“What an asshole,” Kiesha muttered. “How dare he touch you like that then not listen when you told him to let you go.”
“I’ll deal with him,” Ed rumbled, anger filling him.
“How is that any different than what Loki did to me?” Georgina pointed out.
Fuck.
He searched for an answer. But the truth was . . . she was right.
“You’re right. Would you rather press charges than have me give him a warning?”
Kiesha gasped and Isa’s mouth dropped open. Even Cleo stirred, opening her eyes. “You’re going to press charges against Loki?” she asked.
“He grabbed me. He wouldn’t let me go,” Georgina defended. “Do you really think that’s okay?”