Page 82 of Blossoms of the Heart
I nearly lost my shit and beat him up, but I held back. He was trying to impress some girl when he got distracted and lost my car.
Then I came in to this.
Kenny came through the door grinning from ear to ear with his hair too long again but that was how he liked it.
“What you still doing here, man?” he asked me.
“Working.”
He chuckled. “Grab some sleep, looks like you need it. Or come with us and get your ass kicked.”
“How so?”
“Billiards.”
“Nah, I have to work.”
“Sucks to be you.” Kenny moved over to the stairs and shook his head. “Hey lover boy, you coming?” he said to Scott.
He was right to call him lover boy.
“See you later, Phoebe.” Scott smiled at Phoebe.
She blushed at his obvious admiration of her.
“See you.” She smiled.
There was no greater war leader and strategist than Chinese military general Sun Tzu.
His philosophyin his bookThe Art of Warwas spot on and didn’t just apply to war. It applied to life too.
The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. I was a firm believer in that. That’s why people thought I was scary because I used my fist when necessary.
The other times like now only required a look.
Scott went to smile at me as he passed by with Kenny.
“Aren’t you joining us?” He was foolish enough to talk to me.
I cocked a brow and continued to stare, and stare and stare.
Scott looked confused. He opened his mouth to talk but stopped himself.
“Come on, man. Tai needs sleep. Lots of it.” Kenny chuckled, resting a hand on Scott’s shoulder.
“What’d I do?” Scott muttered.
Thank fuck he at least knew that he’d done something to piss me off. Akito may own the place but they knew that next to him I was boss.
They continued walking out the door.
I looked back to Phoebe and saw she’d started packing up her things.
In complete idiot mode, I jumped up out of my chair and went over to her. I knew I was just stirring the pot and could have saved myself from making things worse but I couldn’t help myself.
“Hey, how’s the journal coming on?” I asked when I got up to her desk.
My presence startled her. That’s how much she’d blocked me out. It was as if I wasn’t even here.
