Part 30
Sarah was so mad with Kevin that she forgot to tell Howie where she was going and he was left standing with Ali, AJ, and Krystal.
Krystal commented, "Sarah looks ticked."
Howie looked after her saying, "That’s putting it mildly."
AJ commented, "Three in one night. Kev’s on a roll. And you guys think I have a drinking problem."
Sarah found Kevin at the bar, nursing yet another drink. She grabbed it out of his hand saying, "You’ve had enough, Kevin."
Kevin turned slowly, trying not to fall. "Sarah! Baby..you DO love me."
"You’re drunk."
"How could you tell?"
Sarah looked at the bartender, "Got any coffee?" As he went to get it, Sarah said, "Kevin, what the hell is your problem? I thought you said you loved Vanessa."
"No…I said I COULD love her…BIG difference. It’s you I love." Kevin swayed towards her and she caught him. "Baby, your arms are where I belong."
"Kevin…I’m MARRIED to Howie. I love HOWIE. You and I can only be friends but you’re quickly making even THAT difficult. What the hell did you say to Becca?"
Kevin’s face clouded over. "She lied to me."
"About what?"
"She promised to take care of you for me. She said she’d be there for
you. Look at what you went through because of her! She’s JUST like
Nick…immature as shit! Not like you….strong."
"Kevin, the ONLY person who has ANY right to be angry with Becca is Nick. Hell, Howie isn’t even mad at her. Becca is in NO WAY to blame for what I went through. In fact, YOU share some of the blame, but I am the ONLY person responsible for ME," said Sarah angrily. "I’ll be damned if I’ll have you treating my friends like this because you feel this need to protect me. You are NOT my husband so GET OVER IT!"
Kevin was too drunk to even care how Sarah was talking to him. He reached across the bar, grabbed another bottle, and started to leave. Being drunk, it was easy for Sarah to stop him. She grabbed the bottle from him and pushed him back into the seat of the barstool.
He glared at her, "You’ve made it clear how you feel. LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!"
"You IDIOT!" snapped Sarah. "You drunken idiot. You still don’t get it, do you?"
Howie had come over when Sarah’s voice and Kevin’s had risen above the
music and started attracting the attention of the other guests. He said calmly,
"Sarah, he’s drunk. There’s no sense arguing with him. Kevin, Carlos it
gonna take you back to the beach house."
"Whatever!"
Kevin lurched forward, stumbled, and Carlos caught him as he fell. He helped Kevin out to the car where Kevin passed out.
Inside, Howie took Sarah into his arms and whispered, "I’m sorry, Angel."
"It’s not your fault, D. It’s Kevin’s and I swear, he’s making it VERY hard."
"He’ll realize what he’s done in the morning. Give him time."
"I hurt him, Howie. I led him on, made him think we’d be together.
It’s my…"
"Stop right there! You NEVER made it a secret how you felt about any of us
and Kevin agreed that if you decided to come back to me or to be with AJ, he was
cool with it. This is his problem, Sarah. Don’t try to take it on
yourself."
Sarah looked up at Howie. "I love you."