Page 159 of One Good Crash
"Steal, whatever."
"Do you think he picked that night on purpose? Like he knew you were tied up?"
"Knowing him? Probably. So Jaden and I take off, thinking we're gonna be gone maybe an hour, just long enough to tell our brother to fuck off, but by the time we get there, Jake's gotten to the security guy."
That sounded bad. Bracing myself, I asked, "You mean, like he hurt him?"
"No." Jax gave a humorless laugh. "He's driven the guy nuts."
Huh?"Sorry, I'm not following."
"You'd have to know Jake," he said. "The way it looked, he'd been pushing the guy's buttons, messing with him, getting under his skin. He used to have this saying, that he could make a priest hit him."
"Could he?"
"Hell yeah."
"So…?" I prompted. "What happened?"
"He bit him."
I sucked in a breath. "Seriously? Jakebityour security guy?"
"No. The guy bit Jake."
I paused for a long moment. "You're kidding."
"I wish. But anyway, we show up, and Cooper – that's the security guy – is latched onto Jake like a mongoose on a snake. And there's blood all over the place, and Cooper looks like he'd be foaming at the mouth, except he's not gonna let go."
"And what's Jake doing?"
"The fucker's laughing."
I shook my head. "No."
Jax nodded. "Yeah. He is. And this guy who works for him, he's filming it, like the whole thing's one big joke."
"So, what did you do?"
"So I get the fire extinguisher, and I turn it on Cooper."
"The security guy? And what doeshedo?"
"Well, at first he's mostly gagging. But then, he finally lets go."
"Uh, well, that's good."
"But now, Jaden's pissed. He and Cooper, they hang out sometimes–"
"But wait," I said. "Shouldn't Jaden be mad at Cooper? I mean, he's the one who did the biting."
"Trust me," Jax said. "You'd wanna bite Jake too if he started messing with you."
I forced a laugh. "Sorry, I don't think I'd ever be that hungry."
"That's what you think," he said. "But anyway, Jaden's so pissed that he grabs a gas can, and get this. He douses the car."
I stifled a gasp. "You don't mean Jake's car?"
