Page 150 of One Bad Idea
In a flash of inspiration, I suddenly recalled something that he'd done a few months earlier – not to me, but to someone I cared about.
I gave him a challenging look. "There was that thing with Cassidy's job."
"What thing?"
"Oh, please," I said. "Youknowwhat. You stopped Jax from hiring her."
"If you're talking aboutyourjob, she did that to herself."
"I'm not talking aboutmyjob. I'm talking about a different job."
"Yeah? And what job's that?"
"I don't know," I said, "because she didn't get it."
I waited for a reply, and when none came, I sighed. "Aren't you gonna say something?"
"No. Because I don't know what you're talking about."
I felt my jaw tighten.Did I seriously need to spell it out?
Fine. If that's what he wanted.
Speaking very clearly and concisely, I said, "I heard that Jax wanted to offer her a jobhere.At corporate. Butyoutalked him out of it."
"Yeah? So?"
I stared at him. "So, don’t you feel bad?"
"Hell no."
"Oh, well that's nice." I wasn't even sure what I'd been expecting, but thiswasn'tit. "So I guess you're pretty proud of yourself, huh?"
"Proud? No. But I don't regret it."
"Why not?"
"Lemme ask you something. You think she would've liked that? Working here? In this building?"
"Well, it would've been better than waitressing."
He gave a low scoff. "You know her mom's a hooker, right?"
I was glaring now. Her mom wasn't a streetwalker or anything, but yeah, she definitely got paid for it. But that was beside the point. "That has nothing to do with Cassidy."
"I never said it did."
"Then why'd you bring it up?"
"Because I met her mom, remember?"
Ididremember, even if I hadn't been there myself. But Cassidy had told me the whole story about Jax and Jaden rescuing her from whatever her mom had in mind. The way it sounded, Cassidy was just one limo-drive away from being forced into the family business.
I was still trying to think of a sharp comeback when Jaden said, "Your friend – does she want that?"
Un-freaking-believable."What, to be a prostitute?"
Jaden gave me a look. "No. To be employed by my brother."
