Down to Business (Business Series) by Alexander J.C

Author:Alexander, J.C. [Alexander, J.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J.C. Alexander
Published: 2013-12-19T23:00:00+00:00

At first, I figured it might be a random drunk person not knowing we were closed…but then my worst fear was confirmed.

“Autumn?” My mother called out from behind the door.

A second bolt of painful adrenaline shot through my veins.

“Fuck!” I breathed.

“Autumn! Are you in there?”

“One sec, Mom!” I yelled, flinging myself off the side of the pool table. “Don’t open the door! I’ll let you in!”

Vinny followed my lead, scrambling to collect our scattered clothing. We bumped heads when we both leaned in for our shirts at the same time. Laughing through the pain, I managed to get fully dressed and just as I shoved my arms through the sleeves of my hoodie, my mother unlocked the door herself.

We froze in place as she pushed the door open and stared at us like we were idiots. “Why didn’t you open the door?!”

“I was going to...”

“When? Next week? What took you so long? It’s the middle of the night, Autumn. I could have been mugged waiting on you.”

Mugged? Didn’t she remember we lived in one of the most boring towns on the east coast?

“I’m sorry. We were just…finishing up a game of pool…” I said, motioning to the table behind me.

I followed her suspicious gaze as it traveled past me to the table where our pool cues were discarded on the floor and all the balls were pressed to the edges of the table from us lying around them.

My face burned with guilt and I reached up to comb my hand through my messy hair.

“Well, I didn’t mean to interrupt your ‘game’ but I called you after I left the hospital and you didn’t answer. So I called your brother and he said you guys didn’t make it home…so I came by to make sure you were okay.”

“We are great,” I said tucking my hands into my pockets and rolling back on my heels.

She crossed her arms. “It’s almost three in the morning, how much longer were you two going to be here?”

I glanced over at Vinny. “Wow, three already? Guess we should get going.”

“Yeah,” he agreed in a grunt and immediately began clearing the balls from the pool table.

I went to the bar and grabbed our empty beer bottles, tossing them in the trash.

“You two were drinking?” Mom asked, her voice laced with accusation.

“Just one beer. We paid for them,” I said, brushing off the guilt trip she was attempting to give me.

“What about your promise to never drink again? Not to mention that you are under age.”

“Mom, come on it was one beer and…Vinny was supervising me.”

We both turned to Vinny who suddenly wore a deer in the headlights look. “Uh, sorry. I shouldn’t have let her drink.”

She gave him a knowing smile. “Yeah, uh-huh. I’ll let it slide this time Vinny.”

“Thanks,” he said, giving her one of his charming smiles.

“Are you staying with us at the house tonight?”

“I wasn’t sure what the plan was, but it wouldn’t be a problem for me to check into a motel.”

“Don’t be silly.

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