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“You sure you don’t need me to do anything?” Keane offers.
“Nah, I’ll take care of it.”
“All right. I’ll get it to you tomorrow.”
I hang up and put the phone back on the counter.
The only question in my mind is the most obvious one. What the hell does she want?
Chapter Thirteen
LILAH
Istumble up the stairs to Jimmy’s front door. It’s dark, and I’m hoping Jimmy’s asleep already.
A few voices float out from the other side of the house. Shit. Using my key, I open the front door and look at the empty living room. I spot him and a couple people out on the deck. Adelaide and Tripp. My two least favorite people.
“Ah, the prodigal daughter returns,” Tripp says when I open the sliding glass door, and he laughs, almost falling off the lounger, which spurs him to laugh harder.
Tripp’s obviously drunk. My gaze darts to Jimmy. He’s slumped back in a lounger, staring at me with half-lidded eyes.
“Hey, what are you guys doing?” I walk toward an empty lounger in their little semi-circle, doing my best not to stumble.
“Same thing you’ve been doing,” Jimmy says.
I plop down on the seat and lean back. “Hey,” I say to Adelaide and give her a nod.
What the hell is she doing here?
“Hi,” she says with a little wave.
“Where have you been?” Jimmy asks in an accusing tone.
I whip my head in his direction. “I had some things to do.”
He smirks.
“How did it go on set today?” I ask to steer this conversation anywhere but on me.
“It went well. I think we nailed a couple of the takes,” Adelaide offers.
“I’ll bet. Rolling around in the sand with Jimmy must be really hard.”
Adelaide stiffens.
“Relax, Lilah.” Jimmy brings his drink to his lips, but dribbles fall onto his T-shirt.
“How much of that have you had?” I ask.
“You’regoing to ask him that?” Tripp scoffs.
“Piss off.” I open my purse and pull out a set of rolling papers, a baggie of weed, and roll a joint.
They all remain quiet. Have they been like this all night, or is it just my company that makes everyone a mute?
Once I roll and light the joint, I take a couple tugs off it and hold it out to offer to the others. Jimmy reaches for it first. After he takes a couple of pulls, he passes it to Tripp. When he’s done, he offers it to Adelaide, who waves it away.
“What’s wrong, princess? Does it offend your sensibilities?” I ask, laughing.
