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I held up a finger and caught Connor’s eye
“Hold on one sec, Klaus – don’t go anywhere!” and then Connor swiped the phone screen, presu the call “What’s up?”
“If you want hiot to be nice and ask hih the call was on mute “I knohat Mr Westerholtz said, but if you order Klaus around, he’ll turn it into a… a pissing contest”
Just for a second, I was going to say ‘penis- contest,’ but that wouldn’t have been ladylike
And I didn’t want to give Connor the i about his… uh… you know
Because I wasn’t
Except for that peek below the belt at the beginning
And, since I was al about his just a little bit right at that moment In an abstract, totally metaphorical kind of way
Totally metaphorical
Anyway, Connor suddenly burst into a full-on grin He turned back to the phone, swiped it off ht, Klaus, you heard your boss, get your ass back here right now”
My eyes bugged out
He did exactly the OPPOSITE of what I just told him!
And he was having a great ti the funniest fart joke of his life as Klaus snarled, “W-well, ABOUT that – what EXACTLY is it you need me for?”
“Don’t you worry your pretty little head about that, Klaus You just get back over here pronto”
I glanced at Stanley If I looked anything like what Stanley looked like at that moment, ere both about to poop bricks
“I don’t like your tone,” Klaus snapped
“Yeah? Well I don’t like your attitude Dave basically – oh, that’s right, that’s Mr Westerholtz to you”
I was covering my mouth with both hands by now
Stanley was shaking his head slowly in that Roy Scheider in Jaws, glassy-eyed ‘You’re gonna need a bigger boat’ kind of way
Connor looked like he was having the time of his life
“Anyway, Dave basically said that when I say ‘Juh’ yet, Klaus”
“This is – this – Mr Westerholtz wouldn’t – ” Klaus sputtered
“Of course, if you want your assistant Lily to handle what I need, we could do that, too,” Connor suggested in a suddenly conciliatory tone
I almost screamed, Say WHAT?!
Stanley looked over at et your ass outta that water before Jaws gets you