By the time I'm calmed down enough to apologize to Caroline I realize she's gone.

"Where did she go?" I scan the room again just to be sure and I hear the hesitation in Mitch's voice. "Tell me."

I glare at him for all of two seconds before he folds.

"She was upset. She wanted to know why no one would ask her out and it sort of slipped that you've got your rule about—"

"Fuck." I run my fingers through my hair as frustration takes hold. "Did she go home?"

"Um, about that." Mitch takes a ...