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Chapter 17
DARREN
Past
“You do it with Hannah?” I ask JD the following night after he arrives at The Lotus.
JD plops down on the sofa. “Yeah. It was cool. She gives pretty good head.”
I thought I was going to be in a tough corner with Bridget, but once I caught her picking at her stitches, she had other things to worry about.
“I’m surprised you never boned her,” JD remarks before turning to the server and ordering a drink.
“I was her boss,” I answer.
“Why should that have stopped you?”
“If you had employees, you’d understand.”
“I don’t think so. Come on, men do it all the time. In politics, in corporate America, everywhere. The boss-secretary thing is so common, it’s cliche. Remember that sorority chick I dated back at ‘LA? That’s all she read: romances about banging the boss.”
“It’s all good until it isn’t. So you still interested in Amy?”
“Yeah. She’s super cute. Everything I do wows her.” JD sits up. “But you going to be bringing Bridget here all the time? ’Cause that’s going to cramp what I do.”
“You mean like last night? According to Bridget, you told Amy you were too jet-lagged to go out.”
“Exactly! I called Amy before Bridget told her about me, like you suggested.”
“She buy it?”
“Yep. It’s all good. I invited her to the Rai-Rai concert. Front row. She’s thinks I’m a god.”
I can’t decide if it’s a good thing or not that JD still plans to see Amy. I was surprised to see JD at the bar last night. I thought he was going to pass out on the sofa.
“How was the weed?” I ask.
“It was good shit. Would’ve enjoyed it more if it hadn’t been for Manny.”
I frown. “Manny?”
“Yeah, he wanted to talk to me and try to convince me to take him one. Motherfucker would not shut up.”
I groan. I told Manny I’d try JD again.
JD leans back and props his feet on the ottoman. “I told him there’s no way. He’s a fucking loser.”
“You said that to him?”
“Yeah. I know the truth hurts, but that’s not my fault. I’m not like you. I can’t pretend to be nice to someone like that.”
“What did Manny say?”
JD starts to laugh. “He was so fucking pissed, it was like I could see the steam coming out of his ears. But he had nothing to say. ’Cause he knows the truth: he’s a loser. Always was, always will be.”
I rub my temple. If that’s how adamant JD feels about it, I guess my talking to him again wouldn’t have produced a different outcome. Still, I wish Manny would have waited for me first.
“I told him he should just stick with the PSB and leave triad stuff to the big boys,” JD continues. “By the way, you’re not expecting Bridget again, are you?”
