[The Turning 01.0] Taking Turns by JA Huss

Author:JA Huss [Huss, JA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01N1NEHQ2
Publisher: Science Future Press
Published: 2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty - Smith

“So you went to talk to her?” I ask. “Why, exactly?” If Bric gives a fuck that I’m pissed off, he doesn’t show it.

“You know why.”

“No, I actually don’t. So give me more, Bric. Because I’m starting to get mad.”

We’re sitting up in my private bar overlooking the Black Room. It’s Saturday night, I’m here alone, I can’t go see Chella because I don’t trust myself to adhere to the rules… and then this asshole comes in and tells me he checked up on her today. At least she’s at home and not here. One less thing to worry about.

Bric is smoking a cigar, which he hardly ever does and he knows I hate, so I know he’s doing it on purpose. Why is he fucking with me?

“I’m just curious, Smith.”

“About?”

But Quin walks in just as Bric is about to explain and takes his seat across from me and next to Bric. “What’s up?” he asks me. Then, “Hey, aren’t you supposed to be upstairs?”

“I’m holding back,” I say, trying not to growl out the word.

“Why?” Quin laughs. But then I look at Bric and he presses his lips together and nods. “OK. So we’re gonna go through this again? Why can’t you assholes just enjoy yourselves and not make things complicated?”

“Says the guy who fell in love with Rochelle and drove her away.” I don’t know why I just said that. And I don’t even know where it came from, because it’s not true.

“Nice,” Bric says, puffing on the cigar. “Nice going, Smith.”

“All right,” Quin says, standing back up. “Fuck both of you. I don’t need this shit. I don’t need either of you to enjoy this arrangement. I get her all to myself. No games. And I only came to go downstairs tonight, so catch you down there whenever the fuck I see you.”

Bric and I both watch him walk out.

“Just stay away from her, OK?” I say. “If it’s not Wednesday or Thursday, stay away and keep your fucking mouth shut. I don’t like to be talked about, you know that. Don’t talk about me to her.”

Bric is silent for almost a minute before he too gets up from my table and heads towards the stairs. I watch him go down into the lobby. Lucinda is here again. I cannot remember, for the life of me, seeing her so goddamned much in such a short time span.

But then I see why she’s here when the newest member, Jordan Wells, brings her a drink and he cops a feel between her legs as her husband watches with eager eyes.

Saturday nights at Turning Point Club can get wild. It’s all private. All the shades are closed on the windows facing the street and the restaurant is closed to the public, so you have to be a member to get past the front door.

Bric stops to chat with her, also copping a feel, which makes her whole face light up with delight. She’s been after us both for years.

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