Badger Game by Abernathy Ross

Author:Abernathy Ross [Ross, Abernathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Five

The next morning, Langston woke up with something she hadn’t experienced in a while. A hangover. When she had come home last night, she felt the need to drink a mix of leftover vodka from a month ago and some seltzer water she had bought last week. Kira had still been awake and had been very confused about her friend’s actions. Now, Langston was feeling the repercussions and her head felt like someone was on the inside of her head pounding her skull with a hammer. She dragged into her bathroom, looking through the medicine cabinet for an Advil and some Pepto Bismol, the events of last night cycling through her mind. She took some medicine and then checked her phone. There was nothing from Bette.

With a sigh of frustration, she walked slowly to the living room where Kira had already cooked breakfast. “You don’t look so good,” she said when she caught sight of Langston stumbling onto the couch. “What happened last night?”

Langston groaned into the couch pillow. She wasn’t sure what to tell Kira. Typically, she would lay out all of the details of her exploits. She wasn’t sure about this one, though. She wanted to keep Bette a little secret that she kept in her pocket. Even though this was supposed to be a job she was getting paid for, and she was supposed to be extremely objective about the entire thing, she felt completely differently about Bette.

Then, Langston remembered something else she saw that night. She sat up, propping her head up on her hand. “What happened with you last night?”

Kira sat at the kitchen table with her food. “Nothing,” she said. “Why?”

“Because I saw someone downstairs,” said Langston. “That girl that you used to be in love with. Audrey, wasn’t it?”

Langston saw Kira’s cheeks immediately begin to redden. “I’m not in love with her,” said Kira, a little too quickly. Langston’s eyes narrowed. “We—uh—we met up,” she stammered.

Langston raised an eyebrow. “Met up?”

“Yeah, just for a little bit,” said Kira.

“Whose idea was that?” asked Langston, continuing to prod.

“My, aren’t you curious?” said Kira, trying to deflect. “You first. What happened last night with you? You went out on a job, didn’t you?”

“Yep,” said Langston, simply.

“Well?” asked Kira. “You went dressed to fuck. Did you fuck?”

Langston didn’t say anything but the expression on her face was enough to tell Kira everything she had to know. “You did!” she said. “Tell me, tell me!” Kira got up from the table and went to the couch next to Langston, nudging her.

“There’s nothing really to tell,” said Langston. “I did what I was paid to do.”

“Well, yeah, but did you like it?”

“She’s a pretty woman, what’s not to like?” asked Langston.

“When are you supposed to see her again?” Kira asked.

Langston bit her lip. “I don’t know. She says she’s got to figure it out. So, it’s a waiting game.”

Kira didn’t say anything for a moment, and then gave Langston a knowing smile. “This is so cute,” she said.

“Cute?”

“Yeah,” said Kira, getting up from the couch.

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