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“Talk to me, friend,” he said
I opened my mouth and let it all tuoing to go someplace quiet for a couple of weeks until this blew over You didn’t have to put yourself out like this I just need to get my stuff from back at the ht” He nodded “Well, we’re here now and I’d like to go check out my place for a couple of days So why don’t you co deal It’s Friday now, the lawyers said they’d have the new papers sent to us Monday We’ll sign theht back in LA If you want you can lie low at the house for a feeeks till things calether then go our separate ways All sorted”
It did sound like a solid idea But still, I deliberated for a second Apparently, it was a second too long
“You worried about spending the weekend with aze held mine, our faces a bare hand’s breadth apart Dark hair fell around his perfect face For a ot to breathe I didn’t move I couldn’t Outside a ain
Was he scary? The ood measure
I don’t think he believedlike a creep back in LA”
“It’s okay, really, David This situation would do anyone’s head in”
“Tell etting the tat Anything else coe wasn’t soo Not with hi my life upended and splashed about on the internet Ridiculous, given nothing in my past was even mildly sordid Well, apart from the back seat of Tommy’s parents’ car “Does this eventhis conversation?”
“Guess so” He shifted back in his seat and put a hand on the wheel “You need to stretch your legs or anything?”
“A restrooreat”
“No worries”
We pulled back out onto the road and silence ensued for several minutes He’d turned off the stereo sometime while I slept The quiet ard now and it was allIt probably didn’t improve later in the day, but first up, without even a drop of caffeine to fortifyto talk, and I’d shut hiht is still a blur,” I said
He lifted a couple of fingers off the steering wheel in a little wave Such was the su ht After that, it’s hazy I rehing, but that’s about it I’ve never blacked out in my life It’s scary”
“Yeah,” he said quietly
“How did we roup of people were leaving to go to another club One of the girls wasn’t looking where she was going, bumped into a cocktail waitress Apparently the waitress was new or so and she crashed her tray Luckily, it was only a couple of eet involved?”
He dartedhis eyes off the road for athe poor waitress shit, telling her they were going to get her fired You just swooped in and handed them their asses”
“I did?”
“Oh, yeah” He licked his lips, the corner of his“Told them they were evil, pretentious, overpriced assles who should watch where they alking You helped the girl pick up the beer bottles and then you insultedclassic, actually I can’t reot pretty creative with the insults by the end”
“Huh And you likedA whole orld of nothing Nothing could actually cover a lot of ground when you put that much effort into it
“What happened next?” I asked