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He scowls. “Don’t be an asshole. Let’s go back to your place and talk.”
“Gotta tell ya, the prospect of more talking doesn’t make for a good sales pitch.”
He runs an exasperated hand over his close-cropped hair. “You’re leaving for three months. I haven’t seen you in weeks. Please.”
I groan in annoyance because he just played his trump card. He never says please. And no matter how much we argue, I have missed him. I nod my agreement and press the call button for my floor.
He starts talking as soon as we walk back into my apartment. “This deal could change your whole life in a second.” He snaps his fingers.
“I’ve had enough change, thank you.”
“Be serious,” he snaps.
“What makes you think I’m not serious?”
He shakes his head, “You can’t be. Chances like this come once in a lifetime. “
I shrug. “The timing is bad.”
“Why? You may have fallen on hard times, but Carter, you were a legend in the making. Hell, there’s a fucking billboard in Times Square with your face and the words Rock God written on it.”
“They’re talking about the cologne, not me,” I quip with an ease I don’t feel.
This is a once in a lifetime chance. It could turn out to be everything I’ve ever wanted. Too bad it’s come ten years too late.
Jack slaps the table between us to get my attention. “Carter, think about it. If you come back from rehab and don’t have good news to share, you’ll lose the handful of endorsements you have left.”
“So?”
“So, you’ll have to stop eating at the premium pussy palace and pick-up chicks who are the equivalent of that dive next door.”
I shrug. “What’s wrong with comfort food?”
He curls his lip in disgust. “Too much comfort food will kill you.”
I narrow my eyes and return his look of disgust. “You know, your tendency to liken women to food explains why you think you can pick them up, enjoy the parts you like, and then walk away at the first bite that’s got a flavor you didn’t expect.”
He smiles, the cocky, devil may care smile that has made some of the smartest women in the world into complete fools. “What do you mean, I think I can walk away from? I know I can.”
I shake my head in mock pity. “The sad thing is, by the time you realize you’re in too deep, it’ll be too late to fix what you’ve broken. All you’ll have is a cold heart and useless wish you’d treated her right from the start.”
He sighs and drops his head into his hands as if he’s suddenly exhausted.
“Ignore me at your own peril.”
“I wish I could ignore you. You fell in love once and act like you know everything about it.” “
“I know enough.”
“It was one summer, C.”
“If she hadn’t turned out to be a snake it would have been forever.”
“You can’t know that. I don’t know why you’ve let her decide what your love life was going to look like forever. But that’s not normal.”
“What I felt for her…wasn’t normal.” The sour taste that thinking about her always brings floods my mouth.
“If you’re not over her, why the fuck haven’t you done something about it?
