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TWO
“Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.”
~Katharine Hepburn
I approached him again as I was taking dinner orders. I’d skipped him on my first sweep, only getting to his seat when everyone else was taken care of.
With every other passenger, I’d politely inquired what they’d like from the menu.
Dante, as always, got special treatment from me.
“We’re out of everything but chicken,” I told him flatly. “Take it or leave it, princess.”
Dammit, I’d overdone it. That actually made him smile.
“I’ll take it,” he said, sounding amused.
I hated it when he sounded amused. It made me want to smile, and also perversely, to smash a blunt, heavy object over his head.
“It’s good to see you, Scarlett.” The fucker actually managed to sound like he meant it. “You look as amazing as you always do. How’ve you been?”
Shut up, I wanted to say. Just stop talking.
Just leave me alone.
Forever.
But I’d never say any of that. It would be too much like letting him win.
And if he won, I lost.
I’d lost enough.
“Peachy,” I said through my teeth.
“I saw that commercial you did. The one for the body lotion. You were really good.”
He was making fun of me, of course.
“Fuck you,” I drawled.
His brows lowered, bright eyes squinting at me. “I wasn’t being sarcastic. You were good. Beautiful. Charming. Charismatic. I’d bet a lot of money that the exposure from that is going to get you some offers.”
“Offers for what? Go on. Let’s hear it. Stripping? Prostitution?”
He sighed. “For an acting job. God, you don’t make anything easy. I was trying to say something nice to you.” He sounded sincere.
“Why?” My tone was outright hostile.
His mouth twisted, his eyes imploring me as he answered with a soft, “Because, insane as it is, I miss you.”
He sounded like he genuinely meant it.
It made me feel violent, so unhinged that I couldn’t keep it in, couldn’t hold back a quiet and vehement, “Go fuck yourself.”
I turned on my heel and stormed off.
Add another point for The Bastard.
