“The same place you need to be. Work.”
“We’ve still got half an hour,” Hudson said.
“I’m new to the firm,” Briggs said. “I need to make a good impression.”
Hudson just rolled his eyes before drinking his coffee. Briggs studied the sugary sweet drink Hudson was sipping. “Christ, you’re giving me diabetes just watching you drink that sweet shit.”
“Drink that bitter shit you call coffee and mind your fucking business.”
Briggs laughed, and Hudson grinned at him as Briggs said, “Fuck, I’ve missed you, man.”
“Missed you too,” Hudson said.
“You ever think of moving back to Wellington?” Briggs asked.
“Nah,” Hudson said. “I don’t love the city, but my mate is happy here, and that’s all I care about. Plus, there are benefits to not living in a remote community in the middle of fucking Alaska.”
“Like your shitty sweet drinks?” Briggs said.
“Yep,” Hudson said. “My parents flew here a few months back to meet Rosalie, but I’m taking her to Wellington this summer.”
“Your parents liked Rosalie?” Briggs asked.
“They loved her,” Hudson said with a look of pride. “I knew they would. And she really liked them, too.”
“That’s good,” Briggs said.
Hudson studied him for a minute. “Mom told me what Lucille did to you, Briggs.”
Briggs grunted in annoyance. “Can’t get away from the fucking gossip, even here.”
“She wasn’t gossiping,” Hudson said. “I asked her specifically why you’d moved to the city since you weren’t telling me.”
“I wasn’t telling you for a reason, asshole.”
“She’s the cheater, Briggs. You don’t have to hide that from me. You did nothing wrong,” Hudson said.
“I don’t want to talk about it.”
Hudson just stared at him, and Briggs sighed. “I’m still in love with her, even if she did cheat on me, and it’s fucking humiliating to be that guy who can’t get over a girl, no matter how bad she fucked him over.”
“Still in love with her,” Hudson said.
“Yes,” Briggs said.
“Huh.”
“What does that mean?”
Hudson shrugged, and Briggs glared at him. “What, Hudson?”
“You just seemed into that little green witch. The one who kicked your ass with the tree.”
“One, she did not kick my ass with a tree, and two, I’m not into her. She did something weird to me with her magic.”
“Right,” Hudson said.
“I’m not into humans.”
