Revenge #5 by Knight JJ

Author:Knight, JJ [Knight, JJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JJ KNIGHT
Published: 2014-04-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

I stand in front of the glass doors to Morris Music.

Some people shuffle by me, muttering about it being Monday.

I haven’t seen Dylan since he left my house Saturday morning. His text messages have been brief, and worry me.

Could my life get worse?

My roommate, Amanda, is mad at me because I accidentally called her a skank. And now I’m going to walk into this building and either die from boredom, or get fired.

I also feel awful that I’ve been avoiding Nan. She’s having a tough time adjusting to life in town, away from the farm. She says her independence is gone. She makes it sound like she’s in prison. I feel bad for her, but there’s so little I can do from LA.

She doesn’t know yet that I’m living with Riley. I’ve been avoiding her because I hate lying to her. But she only knows the old Riley, who stole from her to get drugs.

I walk into the building and pass through security. The guards look grim, but resigned to their fate.

“What’s the word from upstairs?” I ask one of them.

“You tell me,” he says. “I’ve got bills. If it’s between me and you, I hope they let go of you.”

“Wow. Thanks a lot.” I stomp toward the elevator.

Nick is right behind me, and gets into the elevator with me.

“Basement, please,” he says.

I turn and look at his calm face. The elevator starts moving.

“You’re making a joke?” I ask. “You seem happy. Is shit going down today? Are your mother and David Ambler making the big move to take over the Morris empire?”

His eyes widen, and his pale face goes even whiter. His mouth moves, but nothing comes out. He looks like a fish in an aquarium.

The doors open on the archives floor, and we walk out.

“Well?” I ask.

As soon as the elevator doors close, he wheels around.

“NEVER talk in the ELEVATOR!” he yells.

“Holy fuck, Nick. Calm down. I didn’t say anything.”

His face is twitching. We stand face to face, and he looks like he wants to punch me.

“Yes, you did,” he says through gritted teeth. “You said everything. Don’t you know about Carter Morris and the elevators? They should have told you that on your first day.”

“Excuse me for living, Nick, but you’re my supervisor. And you didn’t tell me shit on my first day.”

He looks around the dark floor, his light blue eyes wild. He walks to the light switches and flicks them on. The fluorescent tubes buzz and crackle on.

I go to my desk and sit down while he does a full circuit of the floor, making sure we’re alone. He returns and sits across from me, arms crossed.

“You blew it,” he says.

“This is on you,” I reply. “And don’t worry so much. Mr. Morris doesn’t have time to sit around all day watching the elevator camera and reading lips. You’re just paranoid, because that’s the kind of creepy thing you’d do, if you were him.”

“There’s audio,” he says flatly. “He doesn’t need to read lips.”

“Paranoia, Nick.

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