The Old Man in the Club by Curtis Bunn

Author:Curtis Bunn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Strebor Books

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Drama Breeds Drama

“What the hell?” Elliott said, looking back at his children.

“Did she say ‘Tamara’?” Daniel said.

“What is she doing here?” Danielle wanted to know.

Elliott didn’t answer. He unlocked the dead bolt and opened the door.

“What are you doing here?” he said in an angry tone to Tamara, who stood there wearing a cleavage-exposing top and an I-caught-you expression.

“I texted you that I was at a party downstairs at the Drink Shop,” she said.

“So,” Elliott responded. “You didn’t hear back from me, did you? You don’t come to my house like this.”

“Why not? We’re friends,” Tamara said.

And that’s when Daniel and Danielle stepped into her line of vision. They just looked at their friend.

“You need to go back to that party or wherever, “ Elliott said. And he shut the door.

“Dad, what’s going on with you and this girl?” Daniel said.

“Why would she show up at your door?” Danielle asked. “How does she even know where you live?”

Elliott had prided himself on always being truthful to his children. But there was nothing good to come out of truthfully sharing his relationship with Tamara.

“How well do you know this young lady?” he asked. “I think she has a problem.”

“We know her from school,” Danielle said. “But what’s going on with you and her? First you’re at a club with her and now she’s at your front door? What’s going on?”

“Nothing’s going on,” Elliott lied.

“Dad, something’s gotta be going on,” Daniel said. “I wanted to ask you about her, but Danielle made me promise to not bring it up. But here she is anyway, in living color.”

“Look, come on, let’s sit down,” he said, leading them to the living area. He looked into the eyes of his kids, the kids with whom he had spent the evening rebuilding a relationship. He was not going to implode what was just built.

“I went to the movies by myself a few months ago up at CineBistro in Brookhaven,” Elliott started. “I stopped at the bar there and she was there, too, with her date. We all started talking and exchanged numbers. I told them that I had a couple of small car dealerships and she contacted me about getting a vehicle.

“Evidently, she was looking for a car for her birthday. When we talked she asked me when I could meet with her. I told her I couldn’t do it on Friday because I was going to Vanquish. She said, ‘Wow, I’m having my birthday party at Vanquish Friday.’ So I told her I would drive the car she was interested in and she could check it out. That’s where we were going when I saw you that night. I wanted to talk to you but I was so shocked to see you… I didn’t know what to say.”

“Our other friends said you bought a bottle,” Daniel said.

“I did; I can write it off as a business expense,” Elliott said. “I weighed the difference between a three-hundred-fifty-dollar bottle of vodka or whatever it was over a twenty-one-thousand-dollar car she was interested in buying.

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