Page 50 of One Good Crash
After a long pause, she said, "You'd like that, wouldn't you?"
"Yeah. I would. So go on, get it over with."
"Get it over with?" she scoffed. "I can't believe you just said that. After all our history?"
"Hell, I've got more to say than that."
"Oh, really? What?"
"Later."
"What do you mean later?"
With a distinct edge, he replied, "We'll talk later."
"Why not now?" she demanded.
"Is that a serious question?"
"What, because you're in bed? Big freaking deal. It's not like I haven't seen it all before."
I frowned.His bed? That'swhere they were arguing?
Jax said, "Yeah, well you're not seeing it now."
In a disturbingly flirty voice, she replied, "I could if you'd ditch the blanket."
Oh, for God's sake.
"Forget it," Jax told her. "And who the fuck let you in?"
She gave a sarcastic laugh. "Oh, this is just great. So nowyou'recussing me out, too? What is this? Abuse Morgan Day?"
I sucked in a breath.Morgan?
I recalled snippets of that conversation I'd overheard between Jax and his brother. Assuming that this was the same Morgan, Jax had been – in Jaden's words – fucking her.
And yet, the way it sounded now, that sort of thing was firmly in the past.
I was obnoxiously glad, even if I did feel slimy for listening in. But in my own defense, it's not like was doing it on purpose.
Shewasyelling, after all. And what was I supposed to do? Run out there and announce that I could hear them? I could only imagine.
I glanced toward the bathroom.Should I take a shower?That would drown out the noise, right?
That's what a decent person would do, and I alwaystriedto be decent.
I was still debating this when Jax said, "You never answered my question."
"What question?"
"Wholet you in?"
"Oh, fine," she said. "If it's soooo important, it was Jaden. I caught him on the way out."
Jax replied with something too low for me to catch. Still, I was able to get the gist of it because a moment later, Morgan said, "No kidding. The guy's a total tool."
With that same edge, Jax replied, "Yeah. But he's my brother. So lay off, alright?"
