Fuck: You Owe Me: 20
She heard someone answer. "Hello?" Laura looked up and saw Chris leaning against the kitchen doorway, phone in hand. He'd changed into a t-shirt and jeans. He wore casual well. She smiled quickly. He smiled back. "Yeah, mom. I don't know." He set the phone against his shoulder. "How long till dinner?"
"Six o'clock," Laura answered.
"Laura's says six," he said into the phone, then nodded. "Take your time." He hung up, then loud enough for Jack to hear: "Mom's on her way."
"Okee-dokee."
Keeping a cautious eye on Jack, Chris walked over behind Laura and wrapped his arms around her in a big bear hug. She tensed slightly; she hoped he couldn't feel it. "Hey," he whispered with a smile. He kissed her cheek.
She shrugged him away, motioning to her father. "Not now, stupid." He bit at her earlobe playfully. "I'm serious."
He let go. "Sorry." He went over to the drawer where the placemats were and began setting the table. "You having a beer, Jack?"
"Please. Thanks."
Chris headed for the refrigerator in the garage where they kept the Lager. Laura set the knife down and wiped her eyes again. Shit. Fucking onions.
"Excellent job, kiddo."
Dinner was chicken stir fry, Jack's favorite, and he nodded approval as he chewed. "Really. Excellent job."
"It is good," Chris agreed. He sat across from Laura and smiled warmly when she looked up.
She offered a slight smile back. "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Lisa set down the magazine she was reading and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "What's wrong?" Jack asked.
"Nothing. Headache."
Want tarraspini?""
She shook her head. "I'll be fine." She pointed to her plate with her fork. "Where'd you get the garlic?"
Laura shrugged. "We stopped on the way back from the game this morning."
Jack looked up. "You went to the game?"
Laura stopped chewing and swallowed. "Becky and I went."
Chris looked over at Jack.
"Huh." Jack scooped up a fresh helping. "Didn't think you liked soccer."
Chris looked at Laura.
don't. We were bored." She glanced at Chris. He raised an eyebrow. She
her plate and made swirls in the rice with
want for dinner
I don't
head, but no one noticed. Lisa gave Laura's forearm a pat. "Well, I appreciate you
busy.
smile, then grimaced. "On second thought, I will have an aspirin." She got up from the table
bite and sighed with satisfaction as he ate. "Oh, Chris," he said as he swallowed, wiping some
"Oh yeah?"
getting
maybe,"
"Gonna see a movie?"
"We'll see."
were
her gaze was
H-Train left last night." Then
took it in stride. "That's
looked from Laura to Chris and back again. Lisa returned and sat down, oblivious to the
play tonight?" Laura asked as she dug back into
them for another second before
They all stopped and looked at him. He rubbed his head nervously and
got the steed
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was impressed. "How'd you swing that?" he said into the
The steed was her new Maserati. Their family was disgustingly rich. And more often than not, Chris enjoyed the spoils just as much as
"That's rare lately."
a
when should I expect you?" Chris checked his watch. It was a little after 7:00. Jack was downstairs watching TV. Lisa was taking a nap in an attempt to quiet her headache. And Laura
idiot. Her signals were none to subtle. By the time it had come to do the dishes, she had made it abundantly clear
her be until she felt like talking. Since dinner had started, she'd only felt
a shower and put my face on,"
You feel like a
came Simon's reply. "What
"I'll roll some joints, then." They hung
"Okay, we're leaving."
his watch
"Check again. It's after eight. We'll be back around midnight."
up his cell phone and checked the time. 8:22. How did his watch fall an hour behind? The second hand was still ticking. He set it forward and made a mental note to check it against his phone every
checked his email and heard the garage door open then close as his parents left. When he heard
thought again about talking to Laura. He didn't like her being upset with
same time, as long as she was mad, he wasn't going to
No. He loved her.
to answer it.
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