I respond, “Pretty sure I can, bud.” I place the card down and he groans.
Trick can’t control his laughter and asks, “Why do you even bother, Nik? You know you’re gonna win. He knows you’re gonna win. It’s like torture watching you two. Hilarious torture!”
Ghost watches from the sofa smirking.
Clip Clop, Clip Clop
High heels.
One of my sisters must be here. I don’t get up; they know where to find me.
Clip Clop, Clip Clop
The steps come quicker and harder. I face the doorway to see Tina storm past the ‘chill out’ room obviously going towards my office.
“Tina?” I yell out. I hear her stop walking and she appears at the door.
Holy Hell, she looks pissed!
She looks beautiful, too. Wearing her hair in a messy bun at the top of her head and very little make up. Her skin is flawless. She’s wearing white ankle boots and a black and white patterned knee length dress that has three buttons down the front of the chest; it’s open a little low.
God, she’s hot.
I can see her cleavage but I don’t stare.
She notices there are other people in the room and her face softens.
She says, “I’m sorry. I’ll just go. I don’t want to interrupt your…Is that Uno?” Her face brightens.#p#分页标题#e#
I reply, “Uh, yeah. We were just taking a break. Are you okay?”
She walks into the room, sits next to me at the table, takes the cards out of my hands, and starts shuffling.
She sighs and tells me, “I’ll deal this round”
The guys are looking at her like she’s crazy. Ghost gets up and joins the table. Max is looking at her like she’s freakin’ hilarious.
Tina finishes dealing and looks around the table. She introduces herself, “Hi. I’m Tina. I work across the street”.
Trick smiles widely at her. Don’t do that, asshole. He keeps sneaking peeks at her cleavage. He says, “I’m Trick”
Ghost doesn’t even look at her as he utters, “I’m Ghost”.
She scrunches up her face and asks, “As in Casper the friendly Ghost?”
He nods but still doesn’t look at her.
Her face awestruck, she whispers, “That is so cool.”
Total Goofball.
I clear my throat, look at my cards and ask, “So, You looked like you were ready to kill someone when you came in. I hope that someone wasn’t me?”
She places a blue 2 down and goes back to her cards. She replies in a bored tone “No. But I think the next time I see your wife I’m going to throw a shoe at her head.”
Um, what wife?
I almost choke on my question, “Um, what?”
She sighs and says, “I’m sorry. That was rude. Next time I see your wife I’ll throw something soft at her head.”
The guys look at me, then at Tina, then back at me.
Max speaks up, “Babe, he doesn’t have a wife to throw anything at.”
Tina places her cards down at leans forward closer to me and says, “She said she was married to the owner of The White Rabbit. That’s you, right?”
I nod. Max looks at Ghost, then Trick. They are all smiling.
I know why they’re smiling.
Sissy.
I’m going to kill her!
Tina puts her fingertips to her temples. She whispers, “God, I’m so confused.”
Trick pulls her hands down from her temples and asks, “Was she tall, blonde, and meaner than a junkyard dog?”
Tina looks up at him and nods quickly.
Rage burns in the bottom of my gut. Sissy is a royal pain in my ass. The only reason I keep her around is because she has a mouth like a Hoover. Sissy and I are not together but she has been my regular screw for a few months. I have never kissed her on the mouth; she knows it’s one of my rules. Sissy teases me by calling me Pretty Woman but I can see it hurts her. I don’t really give a shit if it hurts her, she knew what she was getting from the first time we had sex. I never once played games with her, I told her straight out that she and I were only fuck buddies. She agreed. End of story.
Unfortunately for her, after this stunt, I have to cut her loose.
This doesn’t bother me. I’ll send her a text when Tina leaves. It was fun but it is what it is.
I look at Tina and say, “I’m sorry, Tina. If I knew she was causing you trouble I would have cut her loose sooner.”
Tina looks up at me with wide eyes and responds, “I don’t want you to break up with your girlfriend because of me!”
I roll my eyes and mutter, “She wasn’t my girlfriend, just a casual acquaintance. She was becoming a huge pain in my ass anyways. Time for her to go.”
“So,” Tina frowns and purses her lips, “what do I do if she turns up at the store? I don’t want her making a scene again. Its puts customers off from coming back.” She looks uneasy.#p#分页标题#e#