Page 84 of One Good Crash
I bit my lip. "There was a memo?"
She waved away my question. "You know, the invitation." She made a sound of disgust. "Dumb-asses." She gave me a long, penetrating look. "So, what are you doing herenow?"
Okay, I realized that I was just a guest, but her demeanor struck me as more than a little rude. I wanted to throw this latest question right back at her.
What areyoudoing here?
But I didn't, because I wasn't so much a guest as an interloper. I said, "I'm just waiting for a friend."
"Oh yeah?" Darla said. "Who?"
"Allie. She's, uh, from Nashville."
Why was I even telling her this? I glanced in the general direction of Jax's office. Probably, that was a mistake, because suddenly, Jaden and Darla were heading straight in that direction.
The way it looked, they were going to give Jax a dose of holy hell for firing Morgan. For all kinds of reasons, Isodidn't want that to happen. I scrambled after them. "Wait! I think he's in a meeting."
Ignoring me, they kept on going and didn't stop until they reached his office door. Upon finding it shut, Jaden reached out and tried the knob. When it didn't budge, he hollered out, "Hey, asshole! Open up! We need to talk."
"Yeah!" Darla echoed. "Like now."
Through the door, I heard Jax's muffled voice. "Ten minutes."
Jaden yelled back, "I'm not waiting ten fucking minutes."
Darla called out, "Yeah. Me neither!"
From behind the closed door, Jax replied, "Yeah? Well, too bad."
Darla and Jaden shared a look. Jaden muttered, "The guy's off his rocker."
Before I could stop myself, I said, "He is not."
They both turned to look. Neither one looked particularly appreciative of my opinion.
I cleared my throat. "I'm just saying, whatever he did, I'm sure he had his reasons."
Big mistake.
Darla gave me a hard look. "So what's the reason? You?"
I swallowed. "What?"
Her mouth tightened. "AreyouMorgan's replacement?"
"I, uh…"I squared my shoulders. "No. Definitely not."
Even if I had been offered the job.
Darla turned to Jaden and said, "So who is she, anyway?"
"You meanher?" Jaden replied, flicking his head in my direction. "Eh, just some chick."
I felt like strangling him.Just some chick?
When Darla made no reply, Jaden added, "Jax picked her up last night."
"Hey!" I said. "It's not the way you make it sound."
