Trouble by Jamie Campbell

Author:Jamie Campbell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, relationships, short stories, love story, girlfriend, boyfriend

CHAPTER 4

“I was only thinking about you the other day and now here you are.” Bradley smiled at me, just like he used to – crookedly.

Initially I had been mortified to see Bradley at the impound lot. However, our break up hadn’t been the worst so I thought I might be able to use him to my advantage. Perhaps I wouldn’t need a ticket there.

“It’s funny, but I was thinking about you too the other day. We had some good times, didn’t we?” I leaned on the counter, trying my best to be flirty. It might have been easier to pull off if I wasn’t hungry and desperate for a hairbrush.

Bradley nodded, his grin growing even wider. It actually made it to his other cheek, fixing up some of the crookedness. If he didn’t knock up some other woman while we were together, I might have stuck around for a little longer. “We had some great times.”

It was time to get moving, I doubted my definition of our great times together would be the same as his. “So… I’m looking for a car I think has been impounded. Think you can help me out? For old time’s sake?”

“Oh, I guess I could do that. What’s the registration?” He opened the ancient ledger book on the counter between us. His finger was poised.

“A-U-G-1-9-5,” I said before he started skimming the entries. He stopped at one mid-way down the page. “It’s here?”

“Yep. It’s going to cost two hundred bucks to get it out.”

“I don’t want it, I just want to have a look inside it.” He raised an eyebrow at me in question. I guess I did need to explain a little further. “I don’t have the cash right now but I left something in the car that I’d really like back.” It was only partly a lie. Not that I felt any guilt about lying to Bradley. He deserved worse, much worse.

“We’re not supposed to do that. It’s pay or nothing.”

“Since when did you follow the rules?” I challenged him, knowing it would stroke his ego. And if Bradley liked anything stroked, it was definitely his ego.

He stared at me and I shrugged, refusing to say anything further. I could see the cogs in his head turning, thinking what a man he would be to bend the rules.

“Fine, but be quick about it,” he grabbed the keys off a corkboard and handed them over. “Row five, it should be about the middle. Bring the keys back when you’re done.”

I thanked him before hurrying away. As I left, I couldn’t help but wonder if he was still with the girl he left me for. His kid would be about two now, I think he had a boy. Or it could have been a girl, I didn’t care to ask. Knowing there was a pregnant woman in his house was the only thing stopping me torching it at the time.

Ryan was just like Bradley when I thought about it. They were both charming fast talkers.

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