Recipe for Disaster by Stacey Ballis

Author:Stacey Ballis [Ballis, Stacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Humour, Chick Lit
ISBN: 9781101612583
Google: 3PgVBAAAQBAJ
Amazon: 0425265501
Goodreads: 22571603
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2015-03-03T08:00:00+00:00

20

Liam’s helping you? When did that happen?” Marie asks, stealing one of my fries. We’re at the Athenian Room eating gyros salads, you know, because if you put salty crispy gyros meat on a SALAD, it is healthy for you. And I can’t resist their vinegary seasoned Greek fries.

“Liam isn’t helping me, he’s just coming over to take a look at the basement and consult a little bit on the new post-flood situation. Jag wanted a second opinion of someone who really knows working in Chicago and dealing with Chicago weather, and before he came to MacMurphy Liam worked for a restoration company that specialized in this sort of stuff. I actually have never dealt with fixing a wet basement, just done brand-new ones or renovated dry ones, and everyone else would charge me, so . . .”

“I think it’s nice that you reached out to him.”

“I didn’t. He called to check up on me and my hands were full and Jag answered and before I got to the phone they had already made a plan for him to come over. Trust me, I wouldn’t have done it.”

“Why did he do that? I thought you left it at, ‘Fuck you, Little Dick.’”

“Yeah, um, I ran into him at Home Depot the other day and we chatted a bit.” I haven’t fessed up to any of the girls about my parking lot meltdown and Liam’s kindness. Or my newfound ability to cry all the time. Or Gemma’s journal. Or the actual magnitude of how big a financial hit this flood will turn out to be. Turns out I’m not so bad at this whole lying thing after all. Especially lying by omission, which is now becoming something of a specialty.

“Does Jag know about your history with him?”

“No. Never thought to tell him before, and now I don’t want to be the shitty person that tries to poison the well. Jag will meet Liam and make his own decisions.”

“How terribly grown-up of you.”

“Thank you.”

“You’re going to tell him anyway.”

“Probably. But I’m going to try very hard not to; we’ll see if I’m successful. On the one hand, it would be really annoying if they hit it off and became pals. But then again, I hate to admit that Liam might be a good connection for Jag, especially if he decides he wants to go work for a real firm sometime.”

“You’ll have a real firm when this is over, and Jag will be your partner in business and in life.” The message is a little pointed, but I ignore that part.

“I’ll be lucky if I have a pot to piss in when this is all over. My current goal is to clear enough to find a real place for us to live and maybe, just maybe, enough to start another small project. We have to be prepared for the very real possibility that both of us are going to need to find regular jobs when we are done, so if I can get him connected to the community, I have to do that.

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