“They can if they look at the cameras,” I say. “Most parking garages have cameras. The insurance could ask to see the recording from that night.”
“Which will prove that Finn lied,” Briggs says. “I wasn’t even thinking about that. We never should’ve used that story.”
Finn leans back on the couch, looking bored. “So what do I tell him?”
“Just tell him you were looking at your phone and hit a light pole,” Briggs says. “Tell him you don’t remember where it was because you didn’t pull over. You didn’t think it did any damage.”
“What about the rest of you?” Finn says. “I hit a pole and none of you told me to stop?”
“You told him we were with you when this happened?” Briggs asks.
“Yeah. Why?”
Briggs lets out a sigh and rubs his jaw, clearly frustrated and wanting to scream at Finn for screwing up. We all want to scream at him, but it wouldn’t do any good. The damage is done.
“Great,” Parker says, sounding annoyed. “Now we’re all part of this.”
I turn to Finn. “Why’d you tell him we were with you?”
“Because you were.” Finn rolls his eyes. “Duh. Why would I lie about that? The cop saw us together.”
“But he doesn’t know we were with you when you damaged the car,” Briggs explains. “Nobody needed to know that. The whole story was made-up. You could’ve lied and said you were alone.”
“Oh, so it’s okay if I get arrested while the rest of you get to go on with your lives?” Finn stands up. “This is bullshit. I’m leaving.”
Briggs grabs him as he goes past and yanks him in front of him. “The fewer of us who are involved, the better. When you include us, there’s a chance they’ll question us, and if just one of us misses a detail or says something that goes against what the other person said, we’re all screwed.” He lets go of Finn. “That’s why we’re pissed you said we were with you. It’s not because we want you to take the blame.”
“Even though you should since you were driving,” Parker mutters.
Finn races up to Parker. “Shut the fuck up! You were sitting right next to me. You could’ve told me a guy was standing in the road.” He lunges at Parker, but Briggs grabs him, holding him back.
“This was a waste of time,” Briggs says. “All we’re doing is fighting. Finn, just go home. We’ll talk later.”
Finn glares at Parker, who’s ignoring him as he swipes through his phone.
Briggs lets go of Finn. “Everyone out. Meeting’s over.”
Finn storms out of the room while Parker and I get up from the couch.
“That was an epic failure,” Parker says, going up to Briggs and patting his shoulder. “Great job, man. Can’t wait for the next one.”
“Fuck off,” Briggs says. “You want to be the one to deal with Finn? Be my guest. You can beat each other up until you come to a decision.”
Parker ignores him and turns back to me. “You coming? I’ll walk out with you.”
“Um, thanks, but I have to talk to Briggs about our assignment.”
He smirks. “Yeah, I’m sure you do. You know he’s still with Aubrey, right?” He glances at Briggs. “You might want to call her. Otherwise you might end up single like me.”
We wait for him to leave, and when I hear the door close, I walk up to Briggs. “He broke up with Scarlett?”
“She cheated on him. I think she’s done it before but I didn’t tell him because he’d never believe me.”
“But you’re still with Aubrey,” I say, just to confirm it.
“For now, but I don’t know if it’ll last. I’d like to just end it.”
“Then why don’t you?”
