Page 26 of Other Woman Drama
“Thanks, Dorothy.” Silver smiled. “If you don’t mind, we’re just going to wait in here until they’re done with us. It’s too hot for Riggens outside already, and I’m fairly sure that Aella left the car on empty like she always does.”
I’d never understand the point of that.
I liked to always have a full tank of gas, and I always made sure Eedie had one, too. I’d made sure that Elizabeth did, as well, when we were together.
There was just something about knowing that you had a full tank of gas and the ability to escape that was so appealing to me.
I idly wondered if Silver had gas in her tank.
My guess would be yes, to a certain extent.
Before, it would be about being able to afford to put the money into her car. Now, it would likely be about hesitating to put money into a car that might break down on you at any second.
“You’re welcome,” Dorothy said. “Can’t stand people like that. High-falutin’ people who think they’re above the law just because they carry a badge. That woman deserved that punch to the face. How’s your hand?”
I studied her hand for a few seconds when she pulled it up to show Dorothy.
“It’s sore, but I’ll live.” She flexed her hand a few times.
“I have some ice.” Dorothy left. “Sit anywhere you like.”
Silver led us to one of the only unoccupied tables in the back nearest the bathrooms that had a great view of the parking lot and Cadence Moran’s angry face.
“She’s really a dick,” Silver said as she scooted into the booth.
I placed Riggens’s car seat on the table against the glass and sat him up a bit so he could see, which he really liked.
“I can’t believe he’s stayed in there so long,” she admitted. “One would’ve thought that he’d have screamed bloody murder by now. If he’d been doing that, it might’ve given a little credence to CB’s CPS claim.”
“CB?” I asked.
“Crazy bitch.” Silver snickered. “Would you mind watching him while I go to the bathroom? I’ve had to go for twenty minutes now.”
“Have at it,” I said.
She got up, but her phone must’ve buzzed because she groaned and pulled it out.
She frowned at the screen hard before she rolled her eyes and set it at her spot in front of me before leaving.
Unable to stop myself, I pulled her phone toward me and quickly read the message on the screen since she’d left her phone open.
Barry:
I don’t know why you aren’t answering me, but I need a ride home. No one is answering the phone and I’ve already been here ready and waiting to get a ride for fifteen minutes. Get here already.
I clenched my jaw at the text.
What a dick.
He was the stupid fuck that had his license suspended for his road rage issues, and he was getting onto other people who didn’t hop the instant he asked them to?
What a joke.
It was Silver’s reply that had me completely dumbfounded, though.
Silver:
Sorry, but I can’t today. I have Riggens, and I’m babysitting.
