Grind (The Riley Brothers Book 6) by Davies E

Author:Davies, E. [Davies, E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-07-11T07:00:00+00:00

19

James

It wasn’t hard for James to feel Roger’s dislike for Ryan, let alone for him. The two looked like the kind of guys who barely got on at work and didn’t outside of it.

Still, James shelved the incident until the last stragglers had been ushered out of the fair hall.

“Twenty-forty-sixty-eight-hundred-twenty-forty-sixty—” James mumbled. He was counting the thick stack of twenties that they’d pulled and hidden under the cash tray.

Once he finished reporting the totals to Ryan, Ryan counted to make sure he hadn’t made any mistakes. James pulled out his phone to enter the numbers into his spreadsheet.

“So?” Ryan asked, the barely-veiled hope simmering away. They both knew their gross sales figure was good.

“We made about six hundred each.”

Even James was stunned. He’d been hoping for five hundred each after expenses, after the weekend was done. If tomorrow gave them half the sales they were hoping for…

Wow.

“That’s great, isn’t it?” Ryan’s eyes were bright, like he was waiting for James to give him permission to get excited.

James laughed, reaching out to high-five Ryan. “That’s fucking awesome,” he corrected him.

Ryan’s answering laugh was rich.

It was six, just about time for supper, but James was already ready for bed. The long day dealing with a crowd had energized him, but he still had to recharge and get ready for tomorrow. There was a half-day of this, plus the barbecue with Ryan’s friends.

“Right,” Ryan nodded after a moment and locked up the cash box, hefting it under one arm. “I’ll give you a ride home, huh?”

“Thanks,” James nodded, pulling out his phone to check the spreadsheet numbers again. “I’m just gonna Netflix and chill tonight.”

Ryan was quiet, which wasn’t unusual. When James glanced up, he caught a flicker of something in his eyes. It was gone as fast as that. “Right,” Ryan agreed. “I’ll just sleep, like, twelve hours tonight.”

James laughed. “Crowds take it out of you, don’t they?”

He’d seen Ryan’s best attempts to interact with people. While Ryan had done fine, it was clearly more of an effort for him. Despite his size, Ryan was actually quite shy. James wasn’t sure how many people had figured that out.

“Yeah,” Ryan sighed and rolled his eyes. “And I wanna get those custom orders written down so I can start on them Monday night.”

James beamed. He’d almost forgotten about those—a few people had wanted custom-made pieces, and he’d taken down those details. That looked like a good revenue stream, too. “Right! Cool. Let me know if you need me to pick anything up for them.”

“Will do,” Ryan smiled as they headed for the door.

They had to stop for a minute to chat with Kate about the day, but a couple of stall vendors with similar products who had been positioned too close together ambushed her. James let her go and went out to Ryan’s car with him.

“So…” James finally spoke up when they were in the car. “Those guys earlier?”

“Oh! Roger. I almost forgot,” Ryan admitted. “He’s just kind of an asshole. He doesn’t like that I’m friends with our boss, but he has a shitty work ethic.

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